Outcome of Therapeutic Penetrating Keratoplasty in R.M. Kedia Eye hospital - A Retrospective Study

Infectious keratitis is the major cause of vision threatening condition and leading corneal blindness in developing countries. Therapeutic keratoplasty procedure for terminating or improving an actively infectious disease. This study was carried out to determine outcome therapeutic infective at R.M. Kedia eye hospital. retrospective where all cases that underwent TPK active from May 2019 April 2020 were included study. Data collected about demographic parameters, indication surgery, details donor tissue terms size, graft size endothelial density. The measured anatomic stability, eradication disease, clarity development cataract glaucoma. 30 eyes patients keratitis. 73.3% male. Average age 42. In 60% organisms isolated as follows: 11 fungus, 3 bacteria 4 mixed fungus. Two surgeries (6.6%) combined with extracapsular extraction without posterior chamber intraocular lens. infection after primary 23 (76.8%). Twelve (40%) had documentation variable grades cataract. One case secondary Six (20%) failure. It helps save preserve severe There a high incidence postoperative glaucoma, cataract, failure such surgery.