Clinical outcome of sequential bilateral pediatric penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) in patients with corneal dystrophies in South India  

作　　者：Rekha Gyanchand B.Mamatha Salma Mohd Iqbal Tabani Rajan Sharma Ashok Sharma 

机构地区：[1]B.W.Lions Superspeciality Eye Hospital,Bengaluru,India [2]Cornea Centre,Chandigarh,U.T,India

出　　处：《Advances in Ophthalmology Practice and Research》2024年第4期216-219,共4页眼科实践与研究新进展(英文)

摘　　要：Dear Editor,Penetrating keratoplasty(PKP)in pediatric corneal blindness(<18 years of age)is the standard surgical procedure for visual rehabilitation in full thickness corneal scarring and to avoid deprivation amblyopia.1 Congenital corneal opacities account for higher number of pediatric PKP in the western world as compared to India where it's more of corneal leucoma post microbial keratitis.2 Congenital hereditary endothelial dystrophy,congenital glaucoma and macular corneal dystrophy(MCD)are the more common indications for pediatric PKP in the gulf,middle east countries because of higher rate of consanguineous marriages.3,4 Al-Ghamdi et al.

关 键 词：CORNEAL PEDIATRIC DYSTROPHY 

分 类 号：R68[医药卫生—骨科学]