Complications After Pediatric Penetrating Keratoplasty: An IRIS Registry Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To describe the frequency of postoperative complications in children undergoing penetrating keratoplasty (PK).

Methods

This retrospective cohort study included pediatric patients (aged 0-18 years) in the Intelligent Research in Sight (IRIS) Registry who underwent primary PK between January 2013 and December 2020. Patients were identified using Current Procedure Terminology codes. Postoperative complications were identified using International Classification of Diseases Revision 9 and 10 codes and categorized as complications affecting the anterior segment (epithelial defect, infectious keratitis, neurotrophic keratitis, and glaucoma) or posterior segment (vitreous hemorrhage, retinal detachment, choroid detachment, choroidal hemorrhage, endophthalmitis, epiretinal me

SUBMITTER: Zhang LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11537838 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature