Microbial keratitis and clinical outcomes following penetrating and endothelial keratoplasty.
Nicolas DohseTurner D WibbelsmanSara B RapuanoKristin M HammersmithParveen K NagraChristopher J RapuanoZeba A SyedPublished in: Acta ophthalmologica (2020)
Rates of microbial keratitis were significantly higher after PK compared to EK, and repeat transplantation was a risk factor for microbial keratitis. To the best of our knowledge, there is no prior study in the literature evaluating microbial keratitis rates after PK and EK and comparing outcomes.