Efficacy and Safety of Corneal Transplantation Using Corneas from Foreign Donors versus Domestic Donors: A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Trial

Table 1

Patients’ characteristics.

	Foreign group	Domestic group	P value
Number of patients	54	54
Mean age (years)	54.2 ± 11.2	53.8 ± 15.0	0.876
Sex (M : F)	40 : 14	36 : 18	0.399
Follow-up period (days)	301 ± 198	326 ± 213	0.529
BCVA (log MAR)	1.51 ± 0.59	1.46 ± 0.55	0.650
Original diseases (, %)
Infectious keratitis (Ulcer)
Bacteria	2 (3.7)	2 (3.7)
Viral	15 (27.8)	15 (27.8)
Fungal	12 (22.2)	12 (22.2)
Leukoma	12 (22.2)	12 (22.2)
Bullous keratopathy	3 (5.6)	3 (5.6)
Corneal degeneration	4 (7.4)	4 (7.4)
Keratoconus	2 (3.7)	2 (3.7)
Second operation	4 (7.4)	4 (7.4)	1.000
Preoperative glaucoma (%)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Neovascularization (%)
0	32 (59.3)	32 (59.3)
+	20 (37.0)	18 (33.3)
++	2 (3.7)	4 (7.4)
+++	0 (0)	0 (0)
++++	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.879