TY - JOUR
T1 - Changing indications for keratoplasty
AU - Arentsen, Juan J.
AU - Morgan, Basil
AU - Green, W. Richard
N1 - Funding Information:
From the Eye Pathology Laboratory of the Wilmer Institute, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland. This study was partially supported by a postdoctoral fellowship from Fight for Sight, Inc., New York (Dr. Arentsen).
PY - 1976/3
Y1 - 1976/3
N2 - We conducted a clinical and pathologic review of 1,057 recipient corneal buttons on file at the Wilmer Institute, to assess the incidence of corneal conditions treated with keratoplasty, and how these have changed (1941-1973). Regrafting was the most frequent indication for keratoplasty in the last ten years in this series. Some corneal diseases, such as inflammatory conditions, decreased in relative importance as an indication for keratoplasty, while others such as aphakic bullous keratopathy (including vitreous touch) and Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy increased.
AB - We conducted a clinical and pathologic review of 1,057 recipient corneal buttons on file at the Wilmer Institute, to assess the incidence of corneal conditions treated with keratoplasty, and how these have changed (1941-1973). Regrafting was the most frequent indication for keratoplasty in the last ten years in this series. Some corneal diseases, such as inflammatory conditions, decreased in relative importance as an indication for keratoplasty, while others such as aphakic bullous keratopathy (including vitreous touch) and Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy increased.
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U2 - 10.1016/0002-9394(76)90246-4
DO - 10.1016/0002-9394(76)90246-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 769559
AN - SCOPUS:0017234857
SN - 0002-9394
VL - 81
SP - 313
EP - 318
JO - American journal of ophthalmology
JF - American journal of ophthalmology
IS - 3
ER -