<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The aim of the retrospective study was to analyze results after penetrating keratoplasties in patients with bullous keratopathy. The study included 60 patients with bullous keratopathy who underwent penetrating keratoplasty for the period 1990-2011, at the Eye Clinic of Pleven University Hospital. The average age of patients was 67 years (range 29-84 years). Additional risk factors were registered in 22.67% of the patients. Early postoperative complications occurred in 56.79%. In the early postoperative period, 81.31% of the patients had clear graft and improvement of visual acuity was achieved in 83.77%. In the late postoperative period, the graft failed in 28.95% of the patients. These results suggest that bullous keratopathy is an important complication after cataract surgery, and improvement of vision is possible only with keratoplasty.</p></abstract>

The aim of the retrospective study was to analyze results after penetrating keratoplasties in patients with bullous keratopathy. The study included 60 patients with bullous keratopathy who underwent penetrating keratoplasty for the period 1990-2011, at the Eye Clinic of Pleven University Hospital. The average age of patients was 67 years (range 29-84 years). Additional risk factors were registered in 22.67% of the patients. Early postoperative complications occurred in 56.79%. In the early postoperative period, 81.31% of the patients had clear graft and improvement of visual acuity was achieved in 83.77%. In the late postoperative period, the graft failed in 28.95% of the patients. These results suggest that bullous keratopathy is an important complication after cataract surgery, and improvement of vision is possible only with keratoplasty.

Penetrating Keratoplasty For Treatment Of Bullous Keratopathy

Department of Eye Diseases, Medical University – Pleven, Bulgaria

Journal of Biomedical and Clinical Research

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The aim of the retrospective study was to analyze results after penetrating keratoplasties in patients with bullous keratopathy. The study included 60 patients...

Penetrating Keratoplasty For Treatment Of Bullous Keratopathy

Published Online: Dec 22, 2015

Page range: 133 - 136

Received: Oct 28, 2015

Accepted: Nov 30, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jbcr-2015-0163

Keywords
penetrating keratoplasty, bullous keratopathy

© 2015 Snezhana V. Murgova et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Penetrating Keratoplasty For Treatment Of Bullous Keratopathy

Published Online: Dec 22, 2015

Page range: 133 - 136

Received: Oct 28, 2015

Accepted: Nov 30, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jbcr-2015-0163

Keywordspenetrating keratoplasty, bullous keratopathy

© 2015 Snezhana V. Murgova et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
penetrating keratoplasty, bullous keratopathy