Table 1 Incidence of ALI‐induced bullous keratopathy (ALI‐BK) as a primary indication for penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) in 3 centres from 2001 to 2004.
Institution | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | ||||
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Total PKPs | No. of ALI‐BK cases (%) | Total PKPs | No. of ALI‐BK cases (%) | Total PKPs | No. of ALI‐BK cases (%) | Total PKPs | No. of ALI‐BK cases (%) | |
KPUM, Japan | 48 | 9 (18.8) | 45 | 10 (22.2) | 54 | 10 (18.5) | 48 | 10 (20.8) |
SNEC, Singapore | 121 | 1 (0.8) | 145 | 1 (0.7) | 123 | 6 (4.9) | 172 | 2 (1.2) |
NQMC, UK | 75 | 0 (0) | 52 | 0 (0) | 52 | 0 (0) | 66 | 0 (0) |