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Late postoperative results of penetrating keratoplasty :a 10-year retrospective study

The purpose of this study is to analyse the results of penetrating keratoplasty 5 to 10 years after operation - long term results. Patients operated on Univ. Department of Ophthalmology Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital from January 1991 to January 1996 are included in this retrospective study. The enrolment consist of 95 operated eyes in 86 patients. The most common reason for keratoplasty was bullous keratopathy , corneal dystrophy and keratoconus. Graft failure was noticed in 17 eyes or 18%. In the group with keratoconus there was no graft failure. More then 80% of operated eyes still have visual acuity over 0.1 5 to 10 years after operation.

keratoplasty; bullous keratoplasty; keratoconus; corneal dystrophy

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