Clinical outcomes after conventional penetrating keratoplasty : 12 months follow up | ||||
Minia Journal of Medical Research | ||||
Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 17 August 2023 | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/mjmr.2023.217236.1418 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Mahmoud Ramadan Amer ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
1assisstant lecturer of ophthalmology, faculty of medicine, Minya university. | ||||
2Ophthalmology department, faculty of medicine, minia university | ||||
3ophthalmology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Egypt | ||||
4Department of ophthalmology, Cairo University | ||||
5Department of of ophthalmology, Minia university | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Abstract Background: Using a manual trephination technique, a diseased cornea is replaced with a healthy one in a process referred to as conventional Penetrating Keratoplasty (PKP). Healthy cornea can be obtained from a donated human cornea, which is usually obtained from an eye bank. Keratoplasty is a promising visual rehabilitation for end stage corneal cases. Purpose: to evaluate clinical outcomes after conventional PKP within 12 months postoperatively. Patients and Methods: Prospective study including 12 cases of conventional PKP. Six and twelve months after surgery, patients had slit lamp and fundus examinations, uncorrected and best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) tests, postoperative refraction and spherical equivalent evaluations.Results: The mean BCVA was 0.05(0.1) at 6 months and 0.3(0.2) at 12 months, with 12 months having a significantly higher value (p = 0.004). Manifest astigmatism is quite higher at 12 m than at 6 m.Conclusion: Clinical results, such as BCVA have significantly improved after conventional PKP. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
PKP; trephination; BCVA; astigmatism | ||||
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