Ten-year outcomes of repeat keratoplasty for optical indications.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To analyze the clinical outcomes of repeat keratoplasties following a failed primary optical keratoplasty in an Asian population.

Methods

In this prospective cohort study, clinical data of consecutive patients who had repeat keratoplasty at Singapore National Eye Centre from 2007 to 2020 were recorded from our ongoing Singapore Corneal Transplant Registry.

Results

A total of 284 first regrafts (181 Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (EK), 63 penetrating keratoplasty (PK), 21 Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty, and 19 deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK)) were analyzed. Graft rejection (38.4%) and late endothelial failure (15.8%) were the main causes of initial graft failure. PK/EK and EK/EK had better one-year postoperative best co

SUBMITTER: Dimacali VG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11796611 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature