Indications of Penetrating
Keratoplasty in Southern India
Published: November 1, 2013 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2013/.3591
Laxman Dasar, Chaitra Pujar, Kanwarpal Singh Gill , Madhuri Patil, Mallikarjun Salagar
1. Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, S. Nijalingappa Medical College, Navanagar, Bagalkot – 587102, Karnataka, India.
2. Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, S. Nijalingappa Medical College, Navanagar, Bagalkot – 587102, Karnataka, India.
3. PG Student, Department of Ophthalmology, S. Nijalingappa Medical College, Navanagar, Bagalkot – 587102, Karnataka, India.
4. PG Student, Department of Ophthalmology, S. Nijalingappa Medical College, Navanagar, Bagalkot – 587102, Karnataka, India.
5. Professor & HOD, Department of Ophthalmology, S. Nijalingappa Medical College, Navanagar, Bagalkot – 587102, Karnataka, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Laxman Dasar,
Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology,
S. Nijalingappa Medical College, Navanagar, Bagalkot – 587102, Karnataka, India.
Phone: 9945301238, E-mail: daslax74@yahoo.com
Aim: To study the indications of penetrating keratoplasty in Southern India.
Settings and Design: Retrospective study.
Material and Methods: Retrospective evaluation of eye bank records from December, 2002 to December, 2012 with respect to indications for penetrating keratoplasty.
Results: During the period considered for study, 102 penetrating keratoplasties were performed. The leading indications for penetrating keratoplasty were corneal scarring (60.7%), followed by regrafting (12.7%), spheroidal degeneration (9.8%), aphakic bullous keratopathy (5.88%), pseudophakic bullous keratopathy (2.94%), acute infectious keratitis (2.94%), corneal dystrophy and keratoconus (4.9%). Healed infectious keratitis (72.88%) was the most common subcategory among the eyes with corneal scarring followed by traumatic corneal scars (16.12%).
Conclusion: Corneal scarring from healed infectious keratitis are the most common indication for keratoplasty in Southern India.
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