Penetrating keratoplasty: Indications and graft survival by geographic region

S Qureshi, TH Dohlman - Seminars in ophthalmology, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Corneal transplantation, or penetrating keratoplasty (PK), is the most common form of solid-
organ transplantation performed worldwide. Here, we evaluated the indications for PK and …

Recent surgical trends in pediatric corneal transplantation: a 13-year review

AY Zhu, CR Prescott - Cornea, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: Corneal transplantation is the standard of care for pediatric corneal opacities, but
little consensus exists on optimal surgical management. Our goal was to evaluate cross …

Indications and techniques of corneal transplantation in a referral center in Colombia, South America (2012–2016)

V Galvis, A Tello, AN Laiton, SLL Salcedo - International ophthalmology, 2019 - Springer
Purpose To describe the indications and techniques of corneal grafting in a tertiary
institution in a middle-sized city in Colombia. Methods A retrospective review of surgical …

Trends in surgical procedures and indications for corneal transplantation over 27 years in a tertiary hospital in Japan

A Takahashi, T Yamaguchi, D Tomida… - Japanese Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose To characterize trends in procedures, and indications for corneal transplantation
over 27 years in a single referral center in Japan. Study design Retrospective study …

Outcomes of descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty in Bangkok, Thailand

K Lekhanont, P Pisitpayat… - Clinical …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose To investigate the medium-term clinical outcomes and risk factors for primary graft
failure after Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) in Thai patients. Patients …

Trends in corneal Transplantation in a Tertiary hospital in Brazil

AS Moriyama, A dos Santos Forseto, NC Pereira… - Cornea, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze the evolving trends of surgical techniques
and indications of corneal transplantation (CT) at a tertiary hospital in Brazil. Methods: The …

Trends in corneal transplantation and characteristics of donors in the chongqing eye bank, China: A retrospective study, 1999–2018

H Tan, M Lin, Q Gou, A Li, F Gu, Q Liu, Q Zhang… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Aim: This study aimed to analyze corneal transplantation trends and voluntary donor
characteristics at the Chongqing Eye Bank in China. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed …

[HTML][HTML] Eye bank records on pediatric keratoplasty

SM Moshtaghion, M Abolhosseini, B Kheiri… - Journal of Ophthalmic …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods In a retrospective study, all electronic records of the Central Eye Bank of Iran for
pediatric keratoplasty between April 2006 and March 2019 were analyzed in terms of …

Indications and techniques of pediatric keratoplasty in eastern China from 2008 to 2017

S Zhao, Q Le, W Yao, J Xu - Cornea, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: To explore the transition of indications and surgical techniques of pediatric
keratoplasty in Eastern China in the past 10 years. Methods: Medical charts of 1026 …

Zebrafish carbohydrate sulfotransferase 6 (chst6) mutants provide a preclinical model for macular corneal dystrophy

E Ersoz-Gulseven, M Basol, H Özaktaş, S Kalyoncu… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Macular corneal dystrophy (MCD) is a rare congenital disease caused by mutations in the
carbohydrate sulfotransferase 6 (chst6) gene. Patients suffer from opaque aggregates in the …