Table 1.
Surgical techniques and indications for surgery in corneal perforation.
| Characteristics | Total n (%) (n = 247) |
Female n (%) (n = 125) |
Male n (%) (n = 122) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Penetrating
keratoplasty (PK) |
116 (47.0) | 60 (52) | 56 (48) |
| Indication for surgery | |||
| Infection | 60 (24.3) | 36 (28.8) | 24 (19.7) |
| Inflammation | 33 (13.4) | 17 (13.6) | 16 (13.1) |
| Ocular trauma | 23 (9.3) | 7 (5.6) | 16 (13.1) |
| Patch graft (PK) | 117 (47.3) | 56 (48) | 61 (52) |
| Indication for surgery | |||
| Infection | 47 (19.0) | 22 (17.6) | 25 (20.5) |
| Inflammation | 54 (21.9) | 27 (21.6) | 27 (22.1) |
| Ocular trauma | 16 (6.5) | 7 (5.6) | 9 (7.4) |
| ALK | 14 (5.7) | 9 (64) | 5 (36) |
| Indication for surgery | |||
| Infection | 4 (1.6) | 3 (2.4) | 1 (0.82) |
| Inflammation | 7 (2.8) | 5 (4.0) | 2 (1.64) |
| Ocular trauma | 3 (1.2) | 1 (0.8) | 2 (1.64) |