Repeat corneal transplantation in Auckland, New Zealand: Indications, visual outcomes and risk factors for repeat keratoplasty failure.
Lucy M LuAlexander B BoyleRachael L NiedererNigel H BrookesCharles N J McGheeDipika V PatelPublished in: Clinical & experimental ophthalmology (2019)
Repeat keratoplasty survival is affected by multiple interacting factors and prognosis worsens with each subsequent regraft. These results will help guide clinicians in addressing patients' individual risk factors when embarking on repeat corneal transplant surgery.
Keyphrases
- risk factors
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- minimally invasive
- chronic kidney disease
- optical coherence tomography
- peritoneal dialysis
- palliative care
- prognostic factors
- coronary artery bypass
- stem cells
- coronary artery disease
- metabolic syndrome
- acute coronary syndrome
- cell therapy
- mesenchymal stem cells
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- protein kinase
- insulin resistance
- cataract surgery
- skeletal muscle
- free survival