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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Surv Ophthalmol. 2012 Apr 28;57(5):448–462. doi: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2012.01.005

TABLE 8.

HSV as Indication for Corneal Transplant in Tertiary Centers

Location Author(s) Summary
Ankara, Turkey Yalniz-Akkaya et al98 HSV associated with 10.9% of first-time PKPs and 9.4% of repeat procedures from 1995–2005
Toronto, Canada Dorrepaal et al18 HSV associated with 3.9% of PKPs from 1996–2004
Qingdao, China Xie et al95 HSV second leading indication for PKP accounting for 18% of cases from 1997–2002
East Grinstead, UK Al-Yousuf et al2 HSV and HZV associated with 5.9% of primary PKPs and 21.2% of regrafts, with regraft being the leading indication, from 1990–1999
San Francisco, California, USA Branco et al9 HSV associated with 6% of PKPs from 1972–1976 and 1% from 1997–2001

PKP = penetrating keratoplasty.