Graft survival after penetrating keratoplasty.
Graft survival after penetrating keratoplasty.
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穿透性角膜移植术后移植物存活。
DOI:
10.1016/j.ajo.2010.10.006
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发表时间:
2011
影响因子:
4.2
通讯作者:
Patel,SanjayV
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作者:
Patel,SanjayV
Corneal transplantation has evolved toward selective tissue transplantation over the last decade, with many corneal diseases being treated by a variety of anterior and posterior lamellar graft procedures. Surgeons have rapidly adopted these new techniques because of distinct advantages over penetrating keratoplasty (PK). 1 Simultaneously, the quest for a tissue-engineered corneal substitute has made rapid progress, and implantation of corneal substitutes might become the future of corneal surgery. 2 Despite the exciting progress in corneal surgery, PK remains the commonest form of corneal transplantation in the world at present, and although PK might diminish in importance in the future, it will remain the default or procedure of choice for some eyes.The success of PK has generally been measured by the longevity of graft survival, which is the time to graft failure. A wealth of graft survival and outcomes data have been amassed over the last three decades from sources such as individual surgeon series, 3–5 randomized clinical trials, 6 and corneal graft registries. 7–9 The Singapore Corneal Transplant Study (SCTS) is one such source of data, and is unique because it reflects the indications for and outcomes of PK in an Asian population. 10 Since 1991, all corneal transplant procedures at the Singapore National Eye Center, which performs 80–90% of all transplants in Singapore, have been entered into the SCTS, and postoperative outcomes have been recorded annually. During the first 13 years of the study, there were 1130 PKs, and the initial outcomes of 901 PKs in 901 eyes were reported. 10 Of these, 87% were for optical (visual rehabilitation) indications, whereas 13% were for therapeutic (surgical treatment of infectious disease) and tectonic (preservation of globe integrity) indications. The graft survival rate was highest for optical indications (64% at 5 years and 52% at 10 years) and was lower for therapeutic (37% at 5 years) and tectonic (42% at 3 years) indications. At the time of the first report of the SCTS, 10 31% of penetrating grafts were known to have failed, and half of these were because of endothelial graft rejection and late endothelial failure. The initial results of optical PK in the SCTS are comparable to those of other large series outside of Asia (there are limited data for outcomes of PK in Asia11), and are a testament to successful corneal transplantation and eye banking in Asia. Not surprisingly, the proportion of therapeutic and tectonic PKs in Asia, accounting for 12–13% of all PKs, 10, 11 is much higher than outside of Asia.