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

Table 3

Surgical outcome of infectious keratitis between the two groups.

Outcome	Foreign infectious group	Domestic infectious group	value
Effectiveness			0.687
Cure	19 (65.6%)	17 (58.6%)
Improvement	7 (24.1%)	8 (27.6%)
Ineffectiveness	3 (10.3%)	4 (13.8%)

Therapeutic effectiveness was achieved if infectious keratitis (corneal ulcers) was cured or improved.