Congenital and acquired indications for corneal graft in children: summary of patients
| Visual acuity | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient | Case | Age at graft (years) | Follow up (years) | Indication for graft (congenital conditions) | Eye | Pre-graft | Best | Last follow up | Co-existing ocular conditions |
| CHED = congenital hereditary endothelial dystrophy; MPS I = mucopolysaccharidosis type I; CF = counting fingers at 1 metre; HM = hand movement at 1 metre; PL = light perception. | |||||||||
| 3 | 4 | 1.75 | 13.0 | Peters’ anomaly | R | PL | 1/60 | 1/60 | Glaucoma Molteno valve |
| 3 | 5 | 2.8 | 12.0 | Peters’ anomaly | L | PL | 1/60 | 1/60 | Glaucoma Molteno valve Cataract |
| 5 | 7 | 2.6 | 2.33 | Peters’ anomaly | L | PL | 3/36 | HM | Glaucoma Molteno valve |
| 7 | 10 | 14.1 | 7.0 | MPS I | R | 6/36 | 6/15 | 6/15 | None |
| 11 | 14 | 4.4 | 0.5 | Aniridia | L | Unknown | CF | PL | Glaucoma Molteno valve Cataract |
| 16 | 19 | 0.04 | 2.25 | Aniridia | L | Unknown | 1/60 | 1/60 | None |
| 12 | 15 | 7.1 | 5.5 | CHED | R | PL | 2/36 | 2/36 | Glaucoma |
| Pre-Graft | Best | Last F/U | |||||||
| 1 | 1 | 8.5 | 10.25 | Keratoconus, acute hydrops | R | PL | 6/9 | 6/9 | None |
| 1 | 2 | 10.9 | 7.8 | Keratoconus | L | CF | 6/6 | 6/6 | None |
| 2 | 3 | 12.8 | 14.0 | Keratoconus | L | CF | 6/4 | 6/4 | None |
| 6 | 9 | 14.25 | 7.5 | Keratoconus | R | CF | 6/7.5 | 6/7.5 | None |
| 8 | 11 | 14.25 | 7.0 | Keratoconus | R | CF | 6/9 | 6/9 | None |
| 9 | 12 | 14.7 | 7.0 | Keratoconus | R | CF | 6/4.5 | 6/4.5 | None |
| 10 | 13 | 14.25 | 0.9 | Keratoconus | R | HM | 6/36 | NPL | None |
| 15 | 18 | 12.6 | 2.5 | Keratoconus | R | CF | 6/9 | 6/9 | None |
| 4 | 6 | 3.1 | 7.0 | Neonatal corneal opacity | L | PL | 6/150 | 6/150 | None |
| 5 | 8 | 5.0 | 5.0 | Graft failure without rejection | L | 1/60 | 3/36 | 6/60 | Glaucoma Molteno valve |
| 13 | 16 | 10.1 | 5.25 | Fungal keratitis | R | 6/6 | 6/9 | 6/9 | None |
| 14 | 17 | 13.2 | 1.0 | Acquired adherent leucoma | R | PL | HM | HM | Glaucoma Cataract |