Graft Failure and Repeat Penetrating Keratoplasty. 2021

Ozlem Barut Selver, and Irmak Karaca, and Melis Palamar, and Sait Egrilmez, and Ayse Yagci
From the Department of Ophthalmology, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey.

In this study, we report the indications and outcomes of repeat penetrating keratoplasty and the reasons for graft failure. We performed a retrospective data analysis of patients who had undergone 2 or more penetrating keratoplasties for the same eye between 1991 and 2016. Among 1613 penetrating keratoplasties, 149 regrafts of 105 eyes were reviewed. The mean follow-up time after repeat penetrating keratoplasty was 3.2 ± 3.9 (range, 3 months to 17 years) years. The mean number of penetrating keratoplasties was 2.25 ± 0.69 per eye (range, 2-6). The most common primary indication for repeat penetrating keratoplasty was bullous keratopathy (31.4%), which was followed by corneal dystrophy (20.0%). The mean follow-up time was 8.05 ± 5.03 years (range, 8 mo to 24.75 y). At the last follow-up, 62 eyes (59%) had clear grafts and the mean best-corrected visual acuity was 1.26 ± 0.99 (range, 0-3) logMAR. Endothelial failure, especially late endothelial failure (36.9%), and glaucoma-related endothelial failure (18.8%) were the most common reasons for failed grafts. Allograft rejection (17.4%) and graft infection (14.1%) constituted the next most frequent causes. Graft failure is a common indication among penetrating keratoplasties. Primary indications and reasons for failed grafts affect long-term outcomes. Therefore, a better understanding of the indications for risk, leading causes of failed grafts, and complications could help to determine effective preventive measures.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011183 Postoperative Complications Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery. Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D003317 Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary Bilateral hereditary disorders of the cornea, usually autosomal dominant, which may be present at birth but more frequently develop during adolescence and progress slowly throughout life. Central macular dystrophy is transmitted as an autosomal recessive defect. Corneal Dystrophies,Granular Dystrophy, Corneal,Groenouw's Dystrophies,Macular Dystrophy, Corneal,Stromal Dystrophies, Corneal,Corneal Dystrophy,Corneal Dystrophy, Hereditary,Corneal Granular Dystrophies,Corneal Granular Dystrophy,Corneal Macular Dystrophies,Corneal Macular Dystrophy,Corneal Stromal Dystrophies,Corneal Stromal Dystrophy,Dystrophy, Corneal,Dystrophy, Corneal Granular,Dystrophy, Corneal Macular,Dystrophy, Corneal Stromal,Dystrophy, Hereditary Corneal,Groenouw Dystrophies,Groenouws Dystrophies,Hereditary Corneal Dystrophies,Hereditary Corneal Dystrophy,Stromal Dystrophy, Corneal
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective
D015948 Keratoplasty, Penetrating Partial or total replacement of all layers of a central portion of the cornea. Keratoplasties, Penetrating,Penetrating Keratoplasties,Penetrating Keratoplasty
D017211 Treatment Failure A measure of the quality of health care by assessment of unsuccessful results of management and procedures used in combating disease, in individual cases or series. Failure, Treatment,Failures, Treatment,Treatment Failures

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