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. 2021 May 24;22(4):697–702. doi: 10.1007/s10561-021-09934-8

Table 2.

Corneal transplant metrics during the first month after the lockdown period (May, 2020) vs. May, 2019 and May, 2018

May 2020 May 2019 May 2018 p
N° of received corneas 850 1655 1477 0.0003
N° of Surgical Procedures 430 746 717  < 0.0001
N° of PKs 150 325 310 0.0041
N° of ALKs 54 80 80 0.2307
N° of EKs 226 341 327 0.0144
N° of EPs 17 35 34 0.6832
N° of cancelled procedures 8 7 20 0.6368
N° of requested albeit not transplanted corneas 0 7 10 0.0237
N° of wasted Grafts 65 40 58 0.9138

PK penetrating keratoplasty; ALK Anterior lamellar keratoplasty; EK endothelial keratoplasty