Trends in indications of perforating keratoplasty at the Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic, E.U., during the period 2008-2012
Rybárová, N.; Vlková, E.; Pirnerová, L.; Trnková, V.; Machačová, H.
Ceska a slovenska oftalmologie casopis Ceske oftalmologicke spolecnosti a Slovenske oftalmologicke spolecnosti 71(1): 16-22
2015
ISSN/ISBN: 1211-9059 PMID: 25959780 Document Number: 682457
The aim of the study is retrospective analysis of perforating keratoplasty (PKP) indications at the Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty Hospital, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, E.U., during the period of 5 years, from January 1st, 2008 to December 31st, 2012. We performed the PKP indications retrospective analysis at the Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty Hospital, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, E.U., during the period of 5 years, from January 1st, 2008 to December 31st, 2012, with complex evaluation of demographic and clinical data. The clinical diagnoses indicating the perforating keratoplasty were divided into 6 groups (keratoconus, bulous keratopathy, keratitis, corneal dystrophies, injuries, corneal transplant failure, and others) according to Cunningham et al. 2011 (2) and Boimer et al. 2012(1) methods. Our results correspond to data in the literature published abroad, where the majority of recently published papers refer significant increase of corneal transplant failure in the last years of follow-up.Key words: perforating keratoplasty, indications.