Table 3.
Best-corrected visual acuities, length of follow-up following initial corneal perforation, and number of corneal transplants performed in affected eye.
Case Number | BCVA at first presentation to ophthalmology | BCVA at first corneal perforation | BCVA at last follow-up visit | Length of follow-up period after first perforation (months) | Number of corneal transplants in affected eye during follow-up interval | Size of corneal transplant graft (initial transplant after perforation) |
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1 | 20/20 | Unknown | 20/60 | 140 | 2 | Unknown size of PKP |
2 | 20/60 | Hand motion | Bare light perception | 66 | 0 | N/A |
3 | 20/20 | 20/300 | N/A (evisceration) | 48 | 0 | N/A |
4 | 20/20 | Hand motion | Light perception | 15 | 0 | N/A |
5 | 20/70 | Count fingers at 4 feet | 20/90 | 29 | 1 | 8.25 mm |
6 | 20/35 | Unknown | No light perception | 31 | 2 | 8.25 mm |
7 | 20/300 | Unknown | 20/400 | 31 | 3 | 8.25 mm |
8 | 20/300 | 20/150 | Hand motion | 2 | 0 | N/A |
9 | 20/20 | Light perception | Hand motion | 20 | 3 | 9.50 mm |
10 | 20/40 | Unknown | 20/70 | 41 | 1 | 4.00 mm |
11 | 20/25 | Unknown | 20/70 | 4 | 1 | 2.00 mm |
12 | 20/20 | 20/400 | 20/50 | 3 | 0 | N/A |
13 | 20/50 | Hand motion | Light perception | 45 | 3 | 9.00 mm |
14 | 20/20 | 20/200 | 20/300 | 2 | 0 | N/A |
Abbreviations: Best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), penetrating keratoplasty (PKP). All parameters refer to the eye with corneal perforation.