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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-7-11
pubmed:abstractText
We analyzed 740 penetrating keratoplasty specimens received at the Intermountain Ocular Research Center from 1981 through 1988. These corneal specimens were categorized by clinical indications for removal and pathologic confirmation of the clinical findings. Keratoconus was the most common indication for a penetrating keratoplasty (22.8%). This was closely followed by pseudophakie bullous keratopathy (21.8%), regraft (13.2%), scarring (8.9%), aphakic bullous keratopathy (6.4%), and Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy (5.8%). Since 1984, pseudophakic bullous keratopathy has surpassed keratoconus as the most common indication for penetrating keratoplasty (27.3% vs. 20.2%). Pseudophakic bullous keratopathy was found more commonly than keratoconus in each of the last four years of this study. The most common type of intraocular lens associated with pseudophakic bullous keratopathy was an anterior chamber lens (52.8%), with iris-fixated (26.7%) and posterior chamber (17.4%) lenses seen less frequently.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0886-3350
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
163-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Penetrating keratoplasty 1981-1988: clinical indications and pathologic findings.
pubmed:affiliation
Intermountain Ocular Research Center, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't