The retrospective study was conducted to determine the indications and outomes of penetrating keratoplasty(PKP) in a tertiary care setting in Pakistan. All eyes that had undergone PKP between January 2005 and December 2014 at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, were included.Data were collected on the indications of PKP, graft survival (graft clarity at final follow-up), andbest correcte...

PURPOSE To evaluate whether a combination of penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) or pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) and Ahmed glaucoma valve (AGV) implantation affords a level of success similar to that of AGV implantation alone. METHODS Eighteen eyes underwent simultaneous PPV and AGV, 14 eyes with PKP and AGV and 30 eyes with AGV implantation alone were evaluated. Success was defined as attainment o...

The purpose of this study was to investigate cement leakage (CL) in osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs) with cortical defect using high-viscosity bone cement during unilateral percutaneous kyphoplasty (PKP) surgery.This study included a series of 77 patients (23 males, 54 females) with single level osteoporotic vertebral body fracture (OVCF) who underwent unilateral PKP in our ...

PURPOSE To compare the visual quality of patients with keratoconus who underwent penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) or deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) with fluid dissection. DESIGN Cross-sectional, observational study. METHODS Twelve eyes that underwent PKP (PKP group) were compared to 24 eyes that underwent DALK (DALK group) after complete removal of sutures and stability of refract...

purpose : to evaluate indications, risk factors and outcome of repeat penetrating keratoplasty (pkp) at a tertiary referral eye care center methods : in this retrospective study, medical chart of patients who underwent repeat pkp at labbafinejad medical center between january 2004 and december 2009 were reviewed. results : a total of 1,859 corneal transplantations were performed on 1,624 eyes d...

BACKGROUND Percutaneous kyphoplasty (PKP) has been proven as an effective, minimally invasive procedure for the treatment of Kummell's disease in the early stages. However, a risk of cement leakage and further neurological damage remains during and after PKP, especially in chronic osteoporotic stage III Kummell's disease with severe spinal canal stenosis. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the feasibility...

BACKGROUND To evaluate the efficacy of Ahmed Glaucoma Valve (AGV) surgery and the optimal interval between penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) and AGV implantation in a population of Asian patients with preexisting glaucoma who underwent PKP. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS In total, 45 eyes of 45 patients were included in this retrospective chart review. The final intraocular pressures (IOPs), gra...

Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan (PKP) dilaksanakan akibat penularan pandemik Covid-19 telah memberikan kesan kepada sistem pendidikan di Malaysia. Guru terpaksa berdepan dengan perubahan pendekatan proses pengajaran dan pembelajaran yang biasa secara bersemuka dalam kelas talian. Penulisan ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti cabaran dihadapi semasa PKP. Hasil dapatan menunjukkan utama tempoh PKP ial...

BACKGROUND Percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) and percutaneous balloon kyphoplasty (PKP) can increase bone strength as well as alleviate the pain caused by vertebral compression fractures (VCFs), and both procedures rely on polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) cement injected into the fractured vertebra for mechanical stabilization of the VCFs. However, there is debate over which of these 2 surgical p...