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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cornea. 2022 Feb 1;41(2):224–231. doi: 10.1097/ICO.0000000000002897

Table 4.

Surgical complications of individuals after corneal transplantation or cataract surgery during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Complications PKP (n=84) DSAEK (n=107) DMEK (n=38) ALK (n=7) K-Pro (n=4) All transplants (n=240) Cataract surgery (n=240)
Graft detachment*** - 12.1% 31.6% - - 10.4% -
Graft failure*** 10.7% 13.1% 42.1% 11.1% 0% 16.3% -
Pupillary block - 0% 2.6% 0% - 0.4% -
CME* 0% 0.9% 5.3% 0% 0% 1.3% 0%
Wound dehiscence* 3.6% 0% 0% 0 0% 1.3% 0%
Intraocular Infection 2.4% 0.9% 0% 0% 0% 1.3% 0%
Retro-prosthetic membrane - - - - 25% 0.4% -
Dellen* 0% 0% 0% 0% 25% 0.4% 0%
Persistent KED 2.4% 0.9% 0% 11.1% 0% 1.3% 0%
Persistently elevated IOP 6.0% 0% 2.6% 0% 0% 2.5% 0%
Intra-operative Choroidal hemorrhage 1.2% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0.4% 0%
IFIS 0% 0% 0% 0% - 0% 1.3%
IOL rotation 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0.4%
Intraoperative posterior capsule tear - - - - - - 0.4%

PKP=penetrating keratoplasty, DSAEK=Descemet Stripping Automated Keratoplasty, DMEK= Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty, ALK=Anterior Lamellar keratoplasty, K-pro= keratoprosthesis, KED=Corneal epithelial defect, CME=Cystoid macular edema, IOP=intraocular pressure, IFIS= intra-operative floppy iris syndrome.

*

Statistically significant at p<0.05 level

***

Statistically significant at p<0.01 level