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. 2007 Dec;105:616–648.

TABLE 5.

CHANGE IN VISUAL ACUITY AFTER PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY SURGERY

INCREASE BCVA (LINES)
PEDIGREE PATIENT NUMBER PREOP. BCVA 1 2 3 >4 NO CHANGE DECREASE BCVA (LINES) ADD. SURG. FOLLOW UP (YRS) POST-OPERATIVE PATHOLOGY
A II 9 20/30 X 5
II 9 20/50 X 1
B I 1 20/70 X 4 Suture Abscess
C 2 20/200 X CE IOL 5
2 20/400 X CE IOL 4
D 3 CF X CE IOL 4 SMD
G 1 20/25 X 6 Cataract
1 20/25 X 7 Cataract
Q 1 20/30 X 7 Cataract
1 20/50 X 8 Cataract
X 1 20/70 X 7

CE IOL, cataract extraction and intraocular lens; CF, count fingers; Preop BCVA, preoperative best-corrected visual acuity; SMD, senile macular degeneration.

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Each patient in the individual pedigree has a unique identifying patient number. Patient identification numbers for pedigrees A and B are also listed on the individual pedigree for family A (Figure 3) and family B (Figure 4).

Additional ocular surgical procedures, such as CE IOL.