Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Vol. 14 No. 4 (2020): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

Factors Affecting Success of Corneal Grafting : An Observational Study

Saif Al-Shamarti (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
29 Oct 2020

Abstract

This is an observational study of 32 corneal implantation cases performed by the researcher. It shows thatYounger patients (below 60 years) show more improvement. Female patients show more improvement.Corneal dystrophy cases show more improvement followed by Keratoconus followed lastly bullouskeratopathy. Donors aged below 60 years give results that are more positive. There are mild results that aremore positive if the time between death and transplant is less than 5 days. Trephine size more than 7.5MMshows more improvement. Punch size of 8.25MM shows most improvement. Using General anesthesiashows more improvement

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