Does a minimally invasive approach increase the incidence of patient-prosthesis mismatch in aortic valve replacement?
A minimally invasive approach for AVR did not lead to an increased incidence of PPM and associated adverse events following surgery.
In this series of patients there was no evidence of an underlying vasculitic cause for the PUK. A localized autoimmune response may, however, be involved in the pathogenesis of these cases, as seen in an animal model of chemical injury or in late mustard gas keratitis. We hope that this case series will bring this newly described condition to the attention of ophthalmologists and that this may assist in their treatment, which, in this series, required systemic immunosuppressive therapy.