Clinical Study
Traumatic Wound Dehiscence after Keratoplasty: Characteristics, Risk Factors, and Visual Outcome
Table 1
Characteristics of the included patients.
| Case number | Age at time of trauma (years) | Indication | Procedure | Type of trauma | Interval between trauma and keratoplasty (months) |
| 1 | 25 | Keratoconus | PKP | Blunt trauma | 32 | 2 | 32 | Postbacterial keratitis scar | PKP | Assault | 15 | 3 | 22 | Corneal opacity | PKP | Fist punch | 11 | 4 | 33 | Keratoconus | DALK | Finger strike | 6 | 5 | 70 | PBK | PKP | Fall | 16 | 6 | 25 | Corneal opacity | DALK | Struck by blunt object | 7 | 7 | 19 | CHED | PKP | Assault | 3 | 8 | 25 | Keratoconus | PKP | Fall | 5 | 9 | 19 | Keratoconus | PKP | Sport injury | 25 | 10 | 72 | PBK | PKP | Fall | 8 | 11 | 28 | Keratoconus | PKP | Assault | 2 | 12 | 44 | Postherpetic opacity | PKP | Finger strike | 10 | 13 | 27 | Keratoconus | DALK | Accident | 14 | 14 | 68 | PBK | PKP | Blunt trauma | 33 | 15 | 22 | Keratoconus | PKP | Assault | 6 | 16 | 32 | Keratoconus | DALK | Punch | 18 | 17 | 41 | Postherpetic opacity | PKP | Car accident | 35 | 18 | 24 | Keratoconus | PKP | Assault | 28 | 19 | 31 | Keratoconus | PKP | Punch | 26 | 20 | 34 | Keratoconus | PKP | Struck by the door | 10 |
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PKP = penetrating keratoplasty. DALK = deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty. PBK = pseudophakic bullous keratopathy. CHED = congenital hereditary endothelial dystrophy.
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