Indirect Corneal Neurotization: Long-Term Outcomes Using a Sural Nerve Graft in Patients With Facial Palsy and Neurotrophic Keratopathy
CN is a novel procedure that provides a new source of nerve innervation, enhances corneal sensation, and delivers local trophic factors, potentially improving ocular surface health in patients with neurotrophic keratopathy. We successfully implemented this technique in patients with facial paralysis and in those with corneal anesthesia after posterior cranial fossa surgery.
Authors
- Arturo Ramírez-Miranda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6419-5116)
- Guillermo Raúl Vera-Duarte (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3417-256X)
- Thamar Gómez-Villegas
- Enrique O Graue-Hernández (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3267-3915)
- Alejandro Navas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9417-5711)
- Tania Albavera-Giles
- Gustavo Ortiz-Morales (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4217-8985)
- Gerardo Serrano-Robles
Institutions
- Ocular Proteomics (United States) (US)
- Vietnam National Children's Hospital (VN)
- Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía (MX)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cornea
- Published
- 2025-08-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/ico.0000000000003969
- Primary Topic
- Ocular Surface and Contact Lens
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00