Study on Corneal Transplantation: Main Indications and Evaluation of Epidemiological Profile in a University Hospital | Chapter 11 | Issues and Developments in Medicine and Medical Research Vol. 3

 The corneal transplant is the most numerically expressive of all the transplants. This is owing to the cornea's immunological advantage, which results in lower rejection rates. Capture, conservation, and surgical methods all play a role in this achievement. This chapter will examine around 60 medical records of individuals who had corneal transplants between January 2015 and December 2020. The most common reasons for optical transplants are keratoconus, leukoma, corneal dystrophy, and post-facectomy decompensation, with the latter having a relationship with the number of preoperative cells and the surgeon's expertise. There is an increase in corneal decompensation following facectomy at hospitals with surgeons in training.

The main aetiology of tectonic transplants, which are performed to preserve the ocular structure, is perforation caused by trauma.

It is feasible to understand the patients' profile and primary diseases that evolve to transplantation through observational and retrospective analysis of roughly 60 medical records of patients who had keratoplasty between 2015 and 2020 in order to have an early diagnosis and optimise their treatment.

Author(S) Details

Bianca Prado Patrús
Department of Ophthalmology, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil.

Augusto Terra Baccega
Department of Ophthalmology, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil.

Gustavo Lustosa Neves
Department of Ophthalmology, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil.

Flavia Santos
Department of Ophthalmology, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil.

Larissa Batista Pegorin Ribeiro dos Santos
Department of Ophthalmology, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil.

Marcelo Vicente de Andrade Sobrinho
Department of Ophthalmology, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil.


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