PURPOSE: To report long-term results in a case series of patients treated with systemic immune suppression for prevention of penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) graft rejection. DESIGN: Retrospective noncomparative chart review. PARTICIPANTS: Three patients presented with PKP graft failure. METHODS: Patients received oral prednisone, azathioprine and cyclosporine to prevent rejection of repeat corne...

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2010 CATARACT & REFRACTIVE SURGERY TODAY EUROPE 23 F ull-thickness penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) has been the preferred corneal transplantation technique since the procedure was first described in 1905 by Eduard Zirm.1 Today, PKP generally results in clear corneal grafts, with a graft survival rate of up to 72% at 5 years.2 However, the procedure is frequently complicated by ...

BACKGROUND Our aim was to demonstrate the publication trends of corneal transplantation in the last decade. METHODS All of the keratoplasty research articles, letters, case reports, reviews and meeting abstracts published between January 2006 and December 2015 indexed on the Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge were evaluated. A bibliometric filter was used to capture keratoplasty related publica...

ABSTRAGT Background/aims This paper will compare the visual outcomes of two dffierent penetrating keratoplasty (PKPI techniques in patients with keratoconus. lt is a retrospective comparative surgical case series of 116 keratoconus patients {137 eyes} who had PKP at the Cornea Eye Institute, Bevedy Hills, California, USA. Methods 56 keratoconus patients (66 eyesl underwent femtosecond laser-ena...

PURPOSE In this study, we assessed the outcome of penetrating keratoplasties using organ-cultured corneal tissues at the University Eye Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany. The goal was to identify perioperative and postoperative risk factors that may affect graft survival. PATIENTS AND METHODS The medical records of 377 patients who underwent a penetrating keratoplasty b...