Indications and techniques of corneal transplants performed in one center in Southern Poland, in the years 2001-2020.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The study aimed to evaluate changes over a period of time in techniques and indications for corneal transplantation in a single center in Poland.

Methods

Retrospective analysis of corneal transplants performed at the Ophthalmology Department of the District Railway Hospital in Katowice in 2001-2020. Data on indications and surgical technique were collected.

Results

A total of 3021 corneal transplantations were performed in the years 2000-2020. The most common technique was penetrating keratoplasty (69,54%), then lamellar grafts-both anterior and posterior (19,63%), and limbal grafts (10,82%). Only in 2007 the number of lamellar keratoplasties exceeded the number of penetrating grafts and accounted for 108 (54,55%), including 85 (42,93%) of Descemet Stripping A

SUBMITTER: Szkodny D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9674162 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature