Research Article
Indications and Surgical Techniques for Repeat Corneal Transplantation in Eastern China: A Twelve-Year Study
Table 2
Reasons for repeat corneal transplantations.
| | Reasons | First repeat keratoplasties | Multiple repeat (3rd–7th) keratoplasties | |
| | Rejection | 202 | 48.3% | 60 | 53.1% | 0.37 | | Endothelial dysfunction | 77 | 18.4% | 15 | 13.3% | 0.2 | | For vision improvement | 55 | 13.2% | 5 | 4.4% | 0.009 | | Recurrence of primary diseases | 40 | 9.6% | 7 | 6.2% | 0.26 | | Graft infections | 17 | 4.1% | 2 | 1.8% | 0.38 | | Graft melting | 9 | 2.2% | 20 | 17.7% | <0.001 | | Primary graft failure | 4 | 1.0% | 1 | 0.9% | 1 | | Persistent epithelial defect | 4 | 1.0% | 0 | 0.0% | — | | Graft dislocation | 3 | 0.7% | 0 | 0.0% | — | | Trauma | 2 | 0.5% | 0 | 0.0% | — | | Others | 5 | 1.2% | 3 | 2.7% | 0.49 | | Total | 418 | 100.0% | 113 | 100.0% | |
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