Table 6.

 Indications for paediatric keratoplasty reported in the literature

Study	Age criteria	Number of eyes*	Congenital	Acquired non-traumatic	Acquired traumatic
Stulting et al1	<15 years	107	45 (42%)	31 (29%)	31 (29%)
Cowden et al3	<15 years	57	25 (44%)	16 (28%)	16 (28%)
Aasuri et al4	<15 years	154	47 (31%)	85 (55%)	22 (14%)
Dana et al2	<12 years	131	84 (64%)	25 (19%)	22 (17%)
Dada et al7	<13 years	370	51 (14%)	296 (80%)	23 (6%)
Current study	<15 years	58	9 (16%)	43 (74%)	6 (10%)

*Excludes regraft procedures.