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A 10-Year Review Of Indications For Penetrating Keratoplasty In A Tertiary Care Setting In Karachi Pakistan, Tanveer Anjum Chaudhry, Salman Naveed Sadiq, Zubaida Sirang, Maheen Akhtar Syed, Mustafa Kamal, Khabir Ahmad
A 10-Year Review Of Indications For Penetrating Keratoplasty In A Tertiary Care Setting In Karachi Pakistan, Tanveer Anjum Chaudhry, Salman Naveed Sadiq, Zubaida Sirang, Maheen Akhtar Syed, Mustafa Kamal, Khabir Ahmad
Department of Surgery
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The retrospective study was conducted to determine the indications and outomes of penetrating keratoplasty(PKP) in a tertiary caresetting in Pakistan. All eyes that had undergone PKP between January 2005 and December 2014 at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, were included.Data were collected on the indications of PKP, graft survival (graft clarity at final follow-up), andbest corrected visual acuity (BCVA).Kaplan-Meier\'s method was usedto analyse graft survival.Out of 437 eyes, 383(87%) were for visual purpose. Trauma-related corneal scarring 113(26.2%) was the leading cause of PKP, followed by keratoconus 74(17.1%), redo graft 56(13%), infection-related corneal opacity 46(10.6%), corneal dystrophy 44(10.2%) and …
Indications Of Enucleations And Eviscerations Performed At A Tertiary Eye Care Unit: A Case Series., Rashid Baig, Maheen Akhtar Syed, Khabir Ahmad, Tanveer Anjum Chaudhry
Indications Of Enucleations And Eviscerations Performed At A Tertiary Eye Care Unit: A Case Series., Rashid Baig, Maheen Akhtar Syed, Khabir Ahmad, Tanveer Anjum Chaudhry
Department of Surgery
Abstract
The retrospective study was planned to look at the indications of eye enucleations and eviscerations, and comprised all such procedures done at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, from January 2006 to December 2015. Data was collected regarding age at the time of procedure, gender, procedure type, indication for enucleation or evisceration, type of implant if used and complications. Of the 66 eyes of 65 individuals, 47 (71.2%) underwent evisceration and 19 (28.8%) enucleation. The mean age at the time of the procedures was 37.86±23.09 years. The indication for enucleation or evisceration were keratitis 14(21.2%), introcular tumours 13(19.7%), trauma …