Background & Aims: This study was carried out to determine the leading indications for corneal transplantation in Kerman province. Methods: Medical records of 186 patients underwent corneal transplantation during 3 years (2004-2006) in Shafa Medical Center were evaluated retrospectively. The initial diagnosis and causes of corneal grafting were recorded. Infectious keratitis (Bacterial, Fungal,...

purpose: to evaluate changes in indications of corneal transplantation at labbafinejad medical center during 2001-2003. methods: records of 563 from 684 patients who had undergone corneal transplantation from oct. 2001 to oct. 2003 were evaluated. all the procedures were performed by corneal surgeons and fellows. findings: there were 292 male (51.9%) and 217 female (48.1%) subjects ranging in a...

purpose: to investigate indications and methods of surgery in corneal transplantation in labbafinejad medical center from 2007 to 2009. methods: records of 1083 patients who had undergone corneal transplantation from 2007 to 2009 were reviewed. age, sex and indication and type of surgery were evaluated. results: patients included 709 (65.5%) male and 374 (34.5%) female subjects with mean age of...

corneal transplantation is the most common and successful form of solid organ transplantation with a 2-year survival rate of over 90% in low risk cases. this high success rate may be due to the immune privileged status of the cornea, acaid (anterior chamber associated immune deviation) induction phenomena and secretion of inhibitory molecules by corneal cells such as il1-ra, il-1a and fas ligan...

purpose: to determine the indications for and surgical techniques of corneal transplantation at labbafinejad medical center (lmc) from 2004 to 2007. methods: in this descriptive study, records of 756 patients who had undergone corneal transplantation from october 2004 to october 2007 were reviewed. results: overall, 504 male (64.9%) and 272 female (35.1%) subjects with mean age of 41.29±21.25 (...

background: human cornea expresses functional fas-ligand capable of killing fas+ activated lymphocytes. fas expression is partly regulated by -670 a/g polymorphism in the promoter region of fas gene. objective: the aim of the present study is to determine the association between fas-670a/g polymorphism and survival of corneal transplantation. methods: in 276 graft recipients who mainly underwen...

purpose: to investigate the incidence, mechanisms, characteristics, and visual outcomes of traumatic wound dehiscence following keratoplasty. methods: medical records of 32 consecutive patients with traumatic globe rupture following keratoplasty who had been treated at our center from 2001 to 2009 were retrospectively reviewed. results: the study population consisted of 32 eyes of 32 patients i...

purpose : to report a case with history of penetrating keratoplasty (pk) for keratoconus that developed acute hydrops in the recipient and donor cornea methods : a 46-year-old man, with history of bilateral keratoconus, who had undergone corneal transplantation in his left eye, presented with complaints of sudden visual reduction, photophobia, redness and pain of the left eye. results : review ...

dear editor:   sir, rabies is an important neurological infection. it is deadly and it is not possible to treat it. despite the attempt for rabies control via animal control and rabies vaccination, there are many reported cases of rabies in each year. basically, the transmission of rabies is due to animal bite. recently, the new mode of rabies transmission, human to human, via transplantation i...