Changing trends in the indications for penetrating keratoplasty
| Autor: | Kenneth R. Kreisler, Nick Mamalis, Maureen K. Lundergan, Randall J. Olson, Chad W. Anderson |
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| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
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Lenses
Intraocular medicine.medical_specialty Keratoconus business.industry Eye disease Incidence Cataract Extraction medicine.disease Surgery Corneal Diseases Cataract extraction Ophthalmology Intraocular lenses Utah medicine Humans business Complication Pseudophakic bullous keratopathy Keratoplasty Penetrating |
| Zdroj: | Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960). 110(10) |
| ISSN: | 0003-9950 |
| Popis: | • The indications for penetrating keratoplasty have changed over the past several years. Nine hundred ninety-nine penetrating keratoplasty specimens from 1981 through 1990 were analyzed. Overall, keratoconus was the most common indication for penetrating keratoplasty (24.2%). This was followed by pseudophakic bullous keratopathy (23.0%), regraft (13.1%), scarring (8.2%), and Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy (5.8%). Pseudophakic bullous keratopathy was the most common indication for penetrating keratoplasty in each year from 1984 through 1989 with a peak in 1987 (33%). Since 1987, the number of pseudophakic bullous keratopathy cases has decreased; and in 1990, keratoconus (33.1%) surpassed pseudophakic bullous keratopathy (24.1%) as the most common indication for penetrating keratoplasty. This decreasing incidence of pseudophakic bullous keratopathy may reflect the discontinued use of closed-looped anterior chamber and iris-plane intraocular lenses most commonly associated with this complication. |
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