The donation-transplantation process and corneal graft failure: A case-control study.

<h4>Introduction</h4>The survival after a corneal transplantation depends on several factors, many of which are not fully known.<h4>Objective</h4>The present study aimed to verify the relationship between the factors inherent to the donation-transplantation process in graft f...

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Main Authors: Giovanna Karinny Pereira Cruz, Marcos Antonio Ferreira Júnior, Viviane Euzébia Pereira Santos, Allyne Fortes Vitor, Oleci Pereira Frota, Elen Ferraz Teston, Felipe Machado Mota, Maria Eduarda Gonçalves Zulin, Gustavo Moura Maidana, Letícia Lima Meza, Bruna Dias Abes, Mayra Dias
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Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2025-01-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0321225
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author Giovanna Karinny Pereira Cruz
Marcos Antonio Ferreira Júnior
Viviane Euzébia Pereira Santos
Allyne Fortes Vitor
Oleci Pereira Frota
Elen Ferraz Teston
Felipe Machado Mota
Maria Eduarda Gonçalves Zulin
Gustavo Moura Maidana
Letícia Lima Meza
Bruna Dias Abes
Mayra Dias
author_facet Giovanna Karinny Pereira Cruz
Marcos Antonio Ferreira Júnior
Viviane Euzébia Pereira Santos
Allyne Fortes Vitor
Oleci Pereira Frota
Elen Ferraz Teston
Felipe Machado Mota
Maria Eduarda Gonçalves Zulin
Gustavo Moura Maidana
Letícia Lima Meza
Bruna Dias Abes
Mayra Dias
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description <h4>Introduction</h4>The survival after a corneal transplantation depends on several factors, many of which are not fully known.<h4>Objective</h4>The present study aimed to verify the relationship between the factors inherent to the donation-transplantation process in graft failure.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>Longitudinal case-control study carried out in a reference service in corneal transplantation in northeastern Brazil, which included transplanted patients with corneal graft failure and their respective controls. The sample consisted of 27 cases of graft failure and 54 controls.<h4>Results</h4>A total of 427 transplantations were performed between 2010 and 2016 in the studied service, during which 27 cases of corneal graft failure were identified, representing a failure rate of 9.04%. The intergroup descriptive analysis identified the predominance of corneal graft failure in females (cases: 59.26%; control: 55.56%), brown (cases: 65.38%; controls: 53.70%), single (cases: 71.43%; controls: 68.52%) and residents in the capital and metropolitan region (cases: 66.67%; controls: 50%). The mean age of the patients who underwent corneal transplantation was 52.31 years (cases: 56.15 years; control: 50.39 years). Regarding the "type of keratoplasty", the prevalence of penetrating keratoplasty was observed in 87.65% of the transplantations (cases: 81.48%; controls: 18.52%). In addition, 85.19% of the failures were late and 46.91% of the patients subjected to transplantation had already undergone an ophthalmological surgical procedure previously.<h4>Conclusion</h4>The present study identified the following variables as factors of the donation-transplantation process associated with corneal graft failure: donor button size ≤ 8.25 mm, donor-recipient button size difference less than 0.25 mm, death due to respiratory failure, time interval between enucleation-preservation and corneal endothelial disorder.
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spelling doaj-art-e39a8a82eac141599f04ed8c6eab937a2025-08-20T03:48:26ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032025-01-01205e032122510.1371/journal.pone.0321225The donation-transplantation process and corneal graft failure: A case-control study.Giovanna Karinny Pereira CruzMarcos Antonio Ferreira JúniorViviane Euzébia Pereira SantosAllyne Fortes VitorOleci Pereira FrotaElen Ferraz TestonFelipe Machado MotaMaria Eduarda Gonçalves ZulinGustavo Moura MaidanaLetícia Lima MezaBruna Dias AbesMayra Dias<h4>Introduction</h4>The survival after a corneal transplantation depends on several factors, many of which are not fully known.<h4>Objective</h4>The present study aimed to verify the relationship between the factors inherent to the donation-transplantation process in graft failure.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>Longitudinal case-control study carried out in a reference service in corneal transplantation in northeastern Brazil, which included transplanted patients with corneal graft failure and their respective controls. The sample consisted of 27 cases of graft failure and 54 controls.<h4>Results</h4>A total of 427 transplantations were performed between 2010 and 2016 in the studied service, during which 27 cases of corneal graft failure were identified, representing a failure rate of 9.04%. The intergroup descriptive analysis identified the predominance of corneal graft failure in females (cases: 59.26%; control: 55.56%), brown (cases: 65.38%; controls: 53.70%), single (cases: 71.43%; controls: 68.52%) and residents in the capital and metropolitan region (cases: 66.67%; controls: 50%). The mean age of the patients who underwent corneal transplantation was 52.31 years (cases: 56.15 years; control: 50.39 years). Regarding the "type of keratoplasty", the prevalence of penetrating keratoplasty was observed in 87.65% of the transplantations (cases: 81.48%; controls: 18.52%). In addition, 85.19% of the failures were late and 46.91% of the patients subjected to transplantation had already undergone an ophthalmological surgical procedure previously.<h4>Conclusion</h4>The present study identified the following variables as factors of the donation-transplantation process associated with corneal graft failure: donor button size ≤ 8.25 mm, donor-recipient button size difference less than 0.25 mm, death due to respiratory failure, time interval between enucleation-preservation and corneal endothelial disorder.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0321225
spellingShingle Giovanna Karinny Pereira Cruz
Marcos Antonio Ferreira Júnior
Viviane Euzébia Pereira Santos
Allyne Fortes Vitor
Oleci Pereira Frota
Elen Ferraz Teston
Felipe Machado Mota
Maria Eduarda Gonçalves Zulin
Gustavo Moura Maidana
Letícia Lima Meza
Bruna Dias Abes
Mayra Dias
The donation-transplantation process and corneal graft failure: A case-control study.
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title The donation-transplantation process and corneal graft failure: A case-control study.
title_full The donation-transplantation process and corneal graft failure: A case-control study.
title_fullStr The donation-transplantation process and corneal graft failure: A case-control study.
title_full_unstemmed The donation-transplantation process and corneal graft failure: A case-control study.
title_short The donation-transplantation process and corneal graft failure: A case-control study.
title_sort donation transplantation process and corneal graft failure a case control study
url https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0321225
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