Table 2.
Pathological conditions | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014a | Total |
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Corneal ulcers including neurotrophic keratitis | 142 | 160 | 182 | 199 | 179 | 219 | 256 | 235 | 240 | 244 | 214 | 160 | 2430 |
Keratitis/endophthalmitis | 38 | 40 | 27 | 29 | 36 | 29 | 29 | 33 | 53 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 363 |
Pterygium | 14 | 23 | 34 | 41 | 30 | 38 | 39 | 52 | 16 | 22 | 26 | 8 | 343 |
Post keratoplasty, glaucoma or cataract | 21 | 22 | 28 | 38 | 32 | 28 | 28 | 50 | 36 | 30 | 19 | 7 | 339 |
Chemical trauma | 32 | 32 | 41 | 41 | 31 | 35 | 30 | 18 | 32 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 332 |
Bullous keratopathy | 17 | 27 | 16 | 21 | 36 | 32 | 31 | 26 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 265 |
Neoplasm of the ocular surface | 12 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 21 | 28 | 18 | 23 | 26 | 23 | 239 |
Reconstruction of the conjunctiva and fornix | 15 | 10 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 154 |
Corneal degeneration | 5 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 21 | 15 | 123 |
Recurrent epithelial erosion | 12 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 10 | 109 |
Primary and secondary limbal stem cell deficiency | 9 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 78 | ||
Mucous membrane pemphigoid | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 59 |
Dystrophy | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 58 |
Mechanical trauma | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 25 | |||
Stevens–Johnson or Lyell’s syndrome | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 20 | |||||
Reconstruction of the anophthalmic cavity | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | |||
Physical trauma | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | |||||
Eyelid reconstruction | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | ||||||
Dysfunctional tear syndrome | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||||||
Other | 29 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 44 | 35 | 22 | 33 | 30 | 30 | 41 | 22 | 359 |
Data on the number of AM utilized for ocular conditions between 2003 and 2014 (aup to 30/09/2014)