Research Article
Indications and Surgical Techniques for Repeat Corneal Transplantation in Eastern China: A Twelve-Year Study
Table 1
The primary indications for keratoplasty.
| | Indications | Total | One repeat keratoplasty | Multiple repeat keratoplasties | |
| | Acquired nontraumatic | 256 (61.2%) | 204 (60.5%) | 52 (64.2%) | 0.54 | | Infectious keratitis | 99 (23.7%) | 80 (23.7%) | 19 (23.5%) | 0.96 | | Fungal keratitis | 40 (40.4%) | 33 (41.3%) | 7 (36.8%) | 0.75 | | Viral keratitis | 36 (36.4%) | 28 (35.0%) | 8 (42.1%) | 0.65 | | Bacterial keratitis | 4 (4.0%) | 4 (5.0%) | 0 (0%) | — | | Acanthamoeba keratitis | 1 (1.0%) | 1 (1.3%) | 0 (0%) | — | | Unknown | 18 (18.2%) | 14 (17.5%) | 4 (21.1%) | 1.0 | | Bullous keratopathy (except those caused by Fuchs dystrophy) | 62 (14.8%) | 49 (14.5%) | 13 (16%) | 0.73 | | Corneal scarring | 56 (13.4%) | 46 (13.7%) | 10 (12.3%) | 0.76 | | Keratoconus | 15 (3.6%) | 13 (3.9%) | 2 (2.5%) | 0.8 | | Noninfectious keratitis | 14 (3.4%) | 7 (2.1%) | 7 (8.6%) | 0.009 | | Corneal degeneration | 7 (1.7%) | 6 (1.8%) | 1 (1.2%) | 1 | | Others | 3 (0.7%) | 3 (0.9%) | 0 (0%) | — | | Congenital abnormalities | 84 (20.1%) | 75 (22.3%) | 9 (11.1%) | 0.025 | | Corneal dystrophy | 42 (10.1%) | 34 (10.1%) | 8 (9.9%) | 0.95 | | Congenital leucoma | 27 (6.5%) | 26 (7.7%) | 1 (1.2%) | 0.033 | | Limbal dermoid | 15 (3.6%) | 15 (4.5%) | 0 (0%) | — | | Acquired traumatic | 78 (18.7%) | 58 (17.2%) | 20 (24.7%) | 0.12 | | Chemical injury | 37 (8.9%) | 23 (6.8%) | 14 (17.3%) | 0.003 | | Mechanical injury | 30 (7.2%) | 27 (8.0%) | 3 (3.7%) | 0.18 | | Thermal injury | 11 (2.6%) | 8 (2.4%) | 3 (3.7%) | 0.78 | | Total | 418 (100%) | 337 (100.0%) | 81 (100%) | — |
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x2 test among the one repeat keratoplasty group and multiple repeat keratoplasties group.
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