Table 1.
Primary diagnosis | Number in non-calcified group | Number in calcified group | Total |
Herpes simplex virus | 21 | 4 | 25 |
Chemical burn | 10 | 1 | 11 |
Bullous keratopathy | 10 | 10 | |
Rheumatoid disease | 8 | 8 | |
Neuropathic cornea | 5 | 5 | |
Corneal tattooing to blind eye | 1 | 1 | |
Non-healing defect after PKP | 3 | 3 | |
Ocular pemphigoid | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Bacterial corneal ulcer | 4 | 4 | |
Atopic eczema | 3 | 3 | |
Limbal stem cell insufficiency | 3 | 3 | |
Thermal burn | 2 | 2 | |
Herpes zoster | 2 | 2 | |
Trauma | 2 | 2 | |
Systemic graft-versus-host disease | 2 | 2 | |
Floppy eyelid syndrome | 1 | 1 | |
Marginal ulcer | 1 | 1 | |
Contact lens related ulcer | 1 | 1 | |
Pterygium | 1 | 1 | |
Acanthamoeba keratitis | 1 | 1 | |
Fuchs-Stevens-Johnson’s syndrome | 1 | 1 | |
Interstitial keratitis | 1 | 1 | |
Fungal ulcer | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 83 | 10 | 93 |
PKP = penetrating keratoplasty.