Corneal Transplant Rejection Postvaccination Among Medicare Beneficiaries.
Muhammad AliChen DunGayane YenokyanUri SoibermanBennie H JengMartin A MakaryFasika WoretaDivya SrikumaranPublished in: Cornea (2024)
The incidence of graft rejection postvaccination is low compared with the overall rates of rejection in the published literature. Most post-COVID vaccination graft rejections were after 1 year postkeratoplasty when corticosteroids are expected to have been tapered to lower doses. Surgeons may counsel patients regarding graft rejection symptoms, but overall low rates may not warrant pretreatment in low-risk keratoplasty patients.