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. 2015 Jul 11;17:51–58. doi: 10.1007/s10561-015-9520-y

Table 2.

Distribution and pathological conditions treated during the period 2003–2014

Pathological conditions 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014a Total
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)