Clinical Study
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 |
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