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Indications and techniques of corneal transplants performed in one center in Southern Poland, in the years 2001–2020. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0276084. [DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0276084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2022] [Accepted: 09/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Purpose
The study aimed to evaluate changes over a period of time in techniques and indications for corneal transplantation in a single center in Poland.
Methods
Retrospective analysis of corneal transplants performed at the Ophthalmology Department of the District Railway Hospital in Katowice in 2001–2020. Data on indications and surgical technique were collected.
Results
A total of 3021 corneal transplantations were performed in the years 2000–2020. The most common technique was penetrating keratoplasty (69,54%), then lamellar grafts—both anterior and posterior (19,63%), and limbal grafts (10,82%). Only in 2007 the number of lamellar keratoplasties exceeded the number of penetrating grafts and accounted for 108 (54,55%), including 85 (42,93%) of Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty. The only noticeable trend in changing techniques was a decrease in the number of performed deep anterior lamellar keratoplasties (r 2 = -0.21) over the last seven years. Main indications included bullous keratopathy (23,22%), following keratoconus (18,59%), leukoma (14,67%), keratitis and perforation (14,3%), Fuchs dystrophy (11,4%), and regrafts (7,22%). Leukoma and bullous keratopathy as an indications for corneal transplant have been declining over the years (r2 = 0.60 and r2 = 0.30 respectively). Consecutively, indications such as fuchs dystrophy, regraft and keratitis perforation have increased (r2 = 0.05, r2 = 0.50, r2 = 0.33)
Conclusions
The number of keratoplasties gradually increased from 2001 to 2020. It could be possible that the development and spread of new therapeutic alternatives, like corneal cross-linking and scleral lenses, have contributed to the decrease in deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty performed. There was an increasing trend in the percentage of penetrating keratoplasties for failed grafts, Fuchs dystrophy and infectious keratitis.
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Moriyama AS, Dos Santos Forseto A, Pereira NC, Ribeiro AC, de Almeida MC, Figueras-Roca M, Casaroli-Marano RP, Mehta JS, Hofling-Lima AL. Trends in Corneal Transplantation in a Tertiary Hospital in Brazil. Cornea 2022; 41:857-866. [PMID: 34294631 DOI: 10.1097/ico.0000000000002801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2021] [Accepted: 05/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to analyze the evolving trends of surgical techniques and indications of corneal transplantation (CT) at a tertiary hospital in Brazil. METHODS The medical records of all patients who underwent CT at the Hospital Oftalmológico de Sorocaba (Sorocaba Eye Hospital) from the Banco de Olhos de Sorocaba (Sorocaba Eye Bank) group in Sorocaba, Brazil, from January 1, 2012, to December 31, 2019, were analyzed. Data regarding age, sex, transplant indication, and surgical technique were collected. RESULTS A total of 16,250 CTs were performed. There was a statistically significant decreasing trend of keratoconus-related CT ( P < 0.0001), with rates dropping from 41.7% among all CTs in 2012 to 25.5% in 2019. Penetrating keratoplasty, anterior lamellar keratoplasty, and endothelial keratoplasty (EK) accounted for 59.3%, 27.1%, and 7.8% of the CTs performed in 2012 and 33.3%, 16.4%, and 39.9% in 2019, respectively. A statistically significant decreasing trend was observed for penetrating keratoplasty ( P < 0.0001) and anterior lamellar keratoplasty ( P < 0.0001), whereas EK showed a statistically significant increasing trend during the period ( P < 0.0001). Among EKs, Descemet membrane EK increased statistically significantly from 12.8% in 2012 to 74.4% in 2019 ( P < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS This study shows relevant evolving trends in indications and preferred CT techniques in a tertiary hospital in Brazil.
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- Aline Silveira Moriyama
- Hospital Oftalmológico de Sorocaba/Banco de Olhos de Sorocaba (Sorocaba Eye Hospital/Sorocaba Eye Bank), Sorocaba, Brazil
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Hospital Oftalmológico de Sorocaba/Banco de Olhos de Sorocaba (Sorocaba Eye Hospital/Sorocaba Eye Bank), Sorocaba, Brazil
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- Hospital Oftalmológico de Sorocaba/Banco de Olhos de Sorocaba (Sorocaba Eye Hospital/Sorocaba Eye Bank), Sorocaba, Brazil
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- Hospital Oftalmológico de Sorocaba/Banco de Olhos de Sorocaba (Sorocaba Eye Hospital/Sorocaba Eye Bank), Sorocaba, Brazil
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- Hospital Oftalmológico de Sorocaba/Banco de Olhos de Sorocaba (Sorocaba Eye Hospital/Sorocaba Eye Bank), Sorocaba, Brazil
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- Service of Ophthalmology, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- Service of Ophthalmology, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Singapore
- Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore
- School of Material Science & Engineering and School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore; and
- Department of Ophthalmology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Dunker SL, Armitage WJ, Armitage M, Brocato L, Figueiredo FC, Heemskerk MBA, Hjortdal J, Jones GLA, Konijn C, Nuijts RMMA, Lundström M, Dickman MM. Practice patterns of corneal transplantation in Europe: first report by the European Cornea and Cell Transplantation Registry. J Cataract Refract Surg 2021; 47:865-869. [PMID: 33577274 DOI: 10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000000574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2020] [Accepted: 11/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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PURPOSE To report practice patterns of corneal transplantation in Europe. SETTING Corneal clinics in 10 European member states (MS), the United Kingdom, and Switzerland. DESIGN Multinational registry study. METHODS Corneal transplant procedures registered in the European Cornea and Cell Transplantation Registry were identified. Preoperative donor and recipient characteristics, indication and reason for transplantation, and surgical techniques were analyzed. RESULTS A total of 12 913 corneal transplants were identified from 10 European Union MS, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland. Most countries were self-sufficient with regard to donor tissue. Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy was the most common indication (41%, n = 5325), followed by regraft (16%, n = 2108), pseudophakic bullous keratopathy (12%, n = 1594), and keratoconus (12%, n = 1506). Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK, 46%, n = 5918) was the most commonly performed technique, followed by penetrating keratoplasty (30%, n = 3886) and Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (9%, n = 1838). Vision improvement was the main reason for corneal transplantation (90%, n = 11 591). Surgical technique and reason for transplantation differed between indications. CONCLUSIONS This report provides the most comprehensive overview of corneal transplantation practice patterns in Europe to date. Fuchs endothelial dystrophy is the most common indication, vision improvement the leading reason, and DSAEK the predominant technique for corneal transplantation.
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- Suryan L Dunker
- From the University Eye Clinic, Maastricht University Medical Center+, The Netherlands (Dunker, Nuijts, Dickman); Translational Health Sciences, University of Bristol, United Kingdom (Armitage); Tissue and Eye Services, NHS Blood and Transplant, Bristol, United Kingdom (Armitage); European Eye Bank Association, Venice, Italy (Armitage, Jones); Department of Ophthalmology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden (Armitage); European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland (Brocato, Nuijts, Lundström); Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Victoria Infirmary and Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom (Figueiredo); Dutch Transplant Foundation, Leiden, The Netherlands (Heemskerk, Konijn); Department of Ophthalmology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark (Hjortdal); European Society of Cornea and Ocular Surface Disease Specialists, Dublin, Ireland (Hjortdal); The Veneto Eye Bank Foundation, Venice, Italy (Jones); Department of Clinical Sciences, Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden (Lundström)
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Fernández J, Sánchez‐García A, Rodríguez‐Vallejo M, Piñero DP. Systematic review of potential causes of intraocular lens opacification. Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2019; 48:89-97. [DOI: 10.1111/ceo.13650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2019] [Revised: 09/02/2019] [Accepted: 09/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Joaquín Fernández
- Department of Ophthalmology (Qvision)Vithas Virgen del Mar Hospital Almería Spain
- Department of OphthalmologyTorrecárdenas Hospital Complex Almería Spain
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- Department of Ophthalmology (Qvision)Vithas Virgen del Mar Hospital Almería Spain
- Department of Optics, Pharmacology and AnatomyUniversity of Alicante Alicante Spain
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- Department of Optics, Pharmacology and AnatomyUniversity of Alicante Alicante Spain
- Department of OphthalmologyVithas Medimar International Hospital Alicante Spain
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Galvis V, Tello A, Laiton AN, Salcedo SLL. Indications and techniques of corneal transplantation in a referral center in Colombia, South America (2012-2016). Int Ophthalmol 2018; 39:1723-1733. [PMID: 30047076 DOI: 10.1007/s10792-018-0994-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2017] [Accepted: 07/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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PURPOSE To describe the indications and techniques of corneal grafting in a tertiary institution in a middle-sized city in Colombia. METHODS A retrospective review of surgical reports and medical records of patients undergoing keratoplasty from January 2012 to December of 2016. RESULTS A total of 346 eyes from 316 patients were included. The first three indications for keratoplasty were: bullous keratopathy (BK) with 46.2% of the cases, active infectious keratitis (22.3%) and the group of corneal dystrophies and degenerations, including Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy (9%). Keratoconus was in the sixth place (4.9%). 73.3% of the procedures were penetrating keratoplasties (n = 255), 21.7% posterior lamellar (n = 75) and 3.5% anterior lamellar (n = 12). While in 2012, 25 cases of endothelial grafts were performed, only 13 were done in 2016. CONCLUSIONS BK was the first cause of keratoplasty with almost half of the cases, and keratoconus was relegated to sixth place with less than 5%. In comparison, in a study from eye banks from the US, BK was the second and keratoconus was the third indication for corneal grafts. The frequency of endothelial lamellar techniques in our institution decreased from 2012 to 2016. This could have been related to both the long time that the patients had to be on a waiting list, which made them unsuitable candidates for this technique, due to stromal fibrosis, and to the fact that surgeons of our institution had less experience with posterior endothelial grafting than with penetrating keratoplasties.
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- Virgilio Galvis
- Centro Oftalmológico Virgilio Galvis, Centro Medico Ardila Lulle, Torre A, Piso 3, Modulo 7, Floridablanca, Santander, Colombia.,Department of Ophthalmology, Fundación Oftalmológica de Santander FOSCAL, Floridablanca, Colombia.,Department of Ophthalmology, Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga, Bucaramanga, Colombia
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- Centro Oftalmológico Virgilio Galvis, Centro Medico Ardila Lulle, Torre A, Piso 3, Modulo 7, Floridablanca, Santander, Colombia. .,Department of Ophthalmology, Fundación Oftalmológica de Santander FOSCAL, Floridablanca, Colombia. .,Department of Ophthalmology, Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga, Bucaramanga, Colombia.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga, Bucaramanga, Colombia
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- Centro Oftalmológico Virgilio Galvis, Centro Medico Ardila Lulle, Torre A, Piso 3, Modulo 7, Floridablanca, Santander, Colombia
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