Table 5.
Findings at rejection episode and graft outcome after the episode [Cases with rejection episode] (N = 65).
| Characteristic | Cases with rejection N = 65 |
Surgical procedure of keratoplasty | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [A] PK N = 33 |
[B] DSAEK N = 20 |
[C] nDSAEK N = 11 |
[D] DMEK N = 1 |
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| Time of onset from keratoplasty [days] | |||||
| Mean (SD) | 641 (670) | 717 (735) | 507 (460) | 661 (829) | 629 (NA) |
| Median [range] | 410 [5, 3149] | 438 [26, 3149] | 284 [5, 1408] | 362 [132, 2994] | 629 [629, 629] |
| Eye drop, n (%) | |||||
| [1] No | 8 (12.3%) | 1 (3.0%) | 4 (20.0%) | 3 (27.3%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| [2] Fluorometholone | 32 (49.2%) | 14 (42.4%) | 11 (55.0%) | 6 (54.5%) | 1 (100.0%) |
| [3] Betamethasone | 25 (38.5%) | 18 (54.5%) | 5 (25.0%) | 2 (18.2%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| Suture related event, n (%) | 12 (18.5%) | 8 (24.2%) | 3 (15.0%) | 1 (9.1%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| Symptomatic case, n (%) | 33 (50.8%) | 17 (51.5%) | 8 (40.0%) | 7 (63.6%) | 1 (100.0%) |
| Conjunctival hyperemia, n (%) | 17 (26.2%) | 9 (27.3%) | 6 (30.0%) | 2 (18.2%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| Corneal edema, n (%) | 30 (46.2%) | 15 (45.5%) | 9 (45.0%) | 5 (45.5%) | 1 (100.0%) |
| Keratic precipitate, n (%) | 58 (89.2%) | 28 (84.8%) | 19 (95.0%) | 10 (90.9%) | 1 (100.0%) |
| Vascularization of cornea, n (%) | 13 (20.0%) | 9 (27.3%) | 3 (15.0%) | 1 (9.1%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| Peripheral anterior synechia, n (%) | 9 (13.8%) | 4 (12.1%) | 4 (20.0%) | 1 (9.1%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| Rejection line, n (%) | 4 (6.2%) | 4 (12.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| Graft outcome, n (%) | |||||
| [1] Recovered | 50 (76.9%) | 23 (69.7%) | 17 (85.0%) | 9 (81.8%) | 1 (100.0%) |
| [2] Failed | 15 (23.1%) | 10 (30.3%) | 3 (15.0%) | 2 (18.2%) | 0 (0.0%) |
DMEK descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty, (n)DSAEK (non-)descemet’s stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty, PK penetrating keratoplasty, SD standard deviation.