PURPOSE: To review the indications and outcome of optical partial @entity9762 (LKP) over a 22-year period. METHODS: The study is a retrospective review of 138 eyes of 126 @entity1 . Snellen visual acuity, preoperative clinical condition, and postoperative clinical status were assessed. RESULTS: Postoperative follow-up ranged from 1 month to 174 months (average, 34.5). In descending order of frequency, climatic @entity2372 , @entity1036 , and band-shaped @entity2372 were the most common indications for surgery. Follow-up records were available for 130 eyes; 93% of grafts remained transparent. One @entity735 (80%) preoperative measured Snellen acuity of 6/60 or less. Postoperatively, only 20 eyes (13.4%) were assessed as worse than 6/60. Mean best-corrected visual acuity postoperative was 0.58 +/- 0.24. Twenty-two eyes (16.9%) demonstrated postoperative visual acuity of better than 6/12. Complications included presumed rejection in two eyes, nonhealing epithelial defect in two eyes, and graft infection in seven eyes. CONCLUSION: Vision gain following LKP is generally moderate (visual acuity, 6/18-6/12) in the majority of eyes (61.5%). Vision-threatening complications are low (6.9%). There is scope for reducing complications like @entity86 and improving @entity227 through deep lamellar keratoplasty.

Indications and outcome of optical partial XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity227 :: ('MESH:D014786', 'Disease') :: ['visual gain'] @entity1036 :: ('MESH:D007634', 'Disease') :: ['infectious keratitis scar'] @entity2372 :: ('MESH:C562399', 'Disease') :: ['keratopathy', 'droplet keratopathy'] @entity735 :: ('MESH:D005124', 'Disease') :: ['hundred eyes'] @entity86 :: ('MESH:D019106', 'Disease') :: ['postoperative infections'] @entity9762 :: ('MESH:C535342', 'Disease') :: ['thickness lamellar keratoplasty']
@entity9762 :: (MESH:C535342,Disease) :: ['thickness lamellar keratoplasty']
