Table 1.

Patient data – corneal tattooing

Patient	Sex*	Age†	Diagnosis	Visual acuity	No of corneal tattooings, additional treatment	Complications	Follow up‡	Staining effect§
1	M	13	perforating injury in childhood	light perception	1, additional removal of calcification using EDTA	accidental perforation of the scar	50	+/−
2	M	34	measles keratitis in early childhood	0,16¶	2	fragile scar tissue	(lost)	?
3	F	44	perforating injury in childhood, mature cataract, divergent squint	light perception	1	none	56	+
4	F	55	post-inflammatory glaucoma, filtrating surgery in childhood	no light perception	1	none	45	++
5	F	67	diffuse corneal opacification following several vitreoretinal surgeries	light perception	1	none	31	++
6	M	34	perforating injury in childhood, divergent squint	no light perception	1, simultaneous squint surgery	none	28	+
7	M	49	perforating injury in childhood, secondary glaucoma, squint surgery	light perception	1	none	26	+
8	M	49	corneal ulcer in childhood	light perception	1	none	23	++
9	M	43	perforating injury in childhood, multiple reconstructive surgeries due to retinal detachment and secondary glaucoma	no light perception	1	accidental perforation of the scar	15	+**
10	M	26	perforating injury in childhood	no light perception	1, additional removal of calcification using EDTA	none	3	++
11	F	34	perforating injury in childhood, divergent squint	no light perception	1	none	4	+

*M = male, F = female; †years; ‡months; §subjective estimation by the patient: ++ = no fading, + = little fading, but still subjectively satisfactory, +/− = pronounced fading; ¶patient did not want a corneal transplantation as improvement of visual acuity seemed very unlikely because of amblyopia; **localised fading only in the vascularised zone of the scar, while the remaining cornea exhibited an excellent staining effect throughout the entire follow up of 15 months.