J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.  1986 Aug;27(4):483-491.

Clinical Evaluation of 280 Corneal Grafted Eyes

• Ham TS
• Park WG
• Rhee SW

Abstract

The clinical and statistical evaluations of the 280 corneal grafted eyes which were operated at St. Mary's and Kangnam St. Mary's hospital from January 1980 to December 1985 were done. The follow-up period ranged from 1 month to 5 and 3/4 years(mean: 3 and 1/2 years). The results are as follows: 1. There were three major causes requiring corneal graft. The highest percentage was occupied by trauma(80 eyes, 28.57%) followed by keratoconus(46 eyes, 16.43%) and herpes simplex keratitis(40 eyes, 14.29%). At the time of keratoplasty the condition of the majority of the cornea was either leucoma cornea(125 eyes, 44.65%) or leucoma cornea adherens(26 eyes, 9.29%). 2. 215 eyes(76.79%) had penetrating keratoplasty and 65 eyes(23.21%) lamellar keratoplasty. 3. 221 eyes(78.92%) maintained the clarity of grafted cornea. 4. Postoperative corrected visual acuity of 0.5 or more was achieved in 111 eyes(40.36%), between 0.4 and 0.1 in 93 eyes(33.82%) and below 0.1 in 71 eyes(25.82%). There were 5 eyes excluded because of poor cooperation. 5. The causes of 59 opaque grafts were graft rejection(42 eyes, 71.19%), corneal edema(6 eyes, 10.17%), herpes simplex reinvasion(4 eyes, 6.78%), glaucoma(3 eyes, 5.08%) and others(4 eyes, 6.78%). 6. There were no statistically significant differences in the graft clarity and corrected visual acuity of both the Healon(R)-used group and the control group.

MeSH Terms

Cornea
Corneal Transplantation
Follow-Up Studies
Herpes Simplex
Keratoplasty, Penetrating
Transplants*
Visual Acuity