A study on outcome of penetrating keratoplasty in various types of corneal pathologies
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 3
Abstract
Introduction Penetrating keratoplasty involves surgical removal of diseased or damaged cornea from the host and replacement with a full thickness donor cornea The major goals of penetrating keratoplasty are to improve visual acuity to maintain the integrity of the eye and to treat various infection or neoplastic conditions Depending on the location of the corneal abnormality it may be sufficient to replace the anterior corneal layers anterior lamellar keratoplasty or the posterior corneal stroma and endothelium posterior lamellar keratoplasty or descements stripping endothelial keratoplasty or descements stripping endothelial keratoplastyMaterials and Methods This study has been done in department of Ophthalmology Pt JNM Medical College Raipur CG from July 2009 to October 2010 and consists of group of patients attending eye OPD and admitted in department of ophthalmology All patients included in the study were enquired about their history of diminution of vision previous surgery duration and any other associated symptoms The patients underwent a detailed preoperative examination including visual acuity measurement with snellens chart retinoscopy and subjective correction and slit lamp biomicroscopyObservations Among 40 patients 23 were male and 17 were female maximum patients were above 40 years of age Out of 40 cases 100 23 cases 575 were therapeutic and 17 cases 425 were optical purpose The mean age of the donor cornea was 6180 years age group which is used in 65 26 cases Maximum cases 40 had corneal ulcer followed by corneal opacity 35 and adherent leucoma 17 Out of 40 cases in 32 cases of PKP shows complications Improvement in visual acuity was seen in majority of casesConclusion In this study we concluded that penetrating keratoplasty is most useful to save vision and structural integrity in case of corneal blindnessKeywords Corneal pathologies Penetrating keratoplasty Visual acuity
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Yamini Rawate, Nidhi Pandey
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