Penetrating Keratoplasty For Treatment Of Bullous Keratopathy

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. T...

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Main Authors: Snezhana V. Murgova, Chavdar Balabanov
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Language:English
Published: Medical University - Pleven 2015-12-01
Series:Journal of Biomedical & Clinical Research
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Online Access:https://jbcr.arphahub.com/article/34394/download/pdf/
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description 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.
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spelling doaj-art-de97453c44b0493799d0b0bafa59fcdd2025-08-20T03:08:51ZengMedical University - PlevenJournal of Biomedical & Clinical Research1313-90532015-12-018213313610.1515/jbcr-2015-016334394Penetrating Keratoplasty For Treatment Of Bullous KeratopathySnezhana V. Murgova0Chavdar BalabanovEye Clinic, Dr. Georgi Stranski University Hospital, Medical UniversityThe 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.https://jbcr.arphahub.com/article/34394/download/pdf/penetrating keratoplastybullous keratopathy
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penetrating keratoplasty
bullous keratopathy
title Penetrating Keratoplasty For Treatment Of Bullous Keratopathy
title_full Penetrating Keratoplasty For Treatment Of Bullous Keratopathy
title_fullStr Penetrating Keratoplasty For Treatment Of Bullous Keratopathy
title_full_unstemmed Penetrating Keratoplasty For Treatment Of Bullous Keratopathy
title_short Penetrating Keratoplasty For Treatment Of Bullous Keratopathy
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