Table 3.
Anatomical success
| Type of infection | Number of cases | Follow-up <8 weeksa | Number of cases followed up >8 weeks | Reasons for losing anatomic stability after primary TPK
|
Cases achieving anatomic stability (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recurrence of infection | Phthisis | Anterior staphyloma | |||||
| Fungal | 49 | 5 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 34/44 (77.2) |
| Bacterial | 49 | 4 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 43/45 (95.5) |
| Bacterial and fungal | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/3 |
| Culture-negative ulcers | 79 | 9 | 70 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 65/70 (92.8) |
| Total | 180 | 18a | 162 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 145/162 (89.5) |
Notes:
a
These cases were not included in outcome analysis. Fungal ulcers undergoing TPK had statistically less anatomic success than bacterial ulcers (P-value =0.012).
Abbreviation: TPK, therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty.