Cornea and External Disease

High-risk patients almost 5x more likely to develop complications after penetrating keratoplasty

Patients undergoing penetrating keratoplasty (PK) who are considered high-risk for transplant are up to 4.65 times more likely to develop complications than patients with a good prognosis, according to a study. In this retrospective analysis of corneal graft failure, data from 758 PK procedures, including indications of bullous keratopathy (20.58%),...