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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cornea. 2018 May;37(5):602–608. doi: 10.1097/ICO.0000000000001544

TABLE 1.

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS

Females 11/22 (50.0%)

Mean Age at time of KPro 50.0 ± 15.1 (10–81 yrs)

Race
African American 12/22 (54.5%)
Caucasian 8/22 (36.4%)
Hispanic 2/22 (9.1%)

Indications for KPro
Non-Inflammatory Dystrophies/Degenerations 8/22 (36.4%)
  Corneal dystrophy (1 CHED, 1 lattice, 2 gelatinous droplike) 4/22 (18.2%)
  Pseudophakic bullous keratopathy 1/22 (4.5%)
  Keratoconus 1/22 (4.5%)
  Iridocorneal endothelial syndrome (Chandler syndrome) 1/22 (4.5%)
  Limbal stem cell deficiency 1/22 (4.5%)
Burns 5/22 (22.7%)
  Chemical burn 4/22 (18.2%)
  Thermal burn 1/22 (4.5%)
Autoimmune 4/22 (18.2%)
  Uveitis 2/22 (9.1%)
  Stevens-Johnson syndrome 2/22 (9.1%)
Infectious 3/22 (15/6%)
  Herpetic keratitis 3/22 (15.6%)
Aniridia 2/22 (9.1%)

Primary KPro 7/22 (31.8%)
Secondary Kpro (following prior immunologic transplant rejection) 15/22 (68.2%)

# of Patients who had IOP-Lowering Procedures
None 6/22 (27.3%)
At Any Time 16/22 (72.7%)
  Pre-KPro 5/22 (22.7%)
  Concurrently 10/22 (45.5%)
  Post-KPro 6/22 (27.3%)