Table 1

Summarised data of four quadrant repeated corneal transplanted patients treated and untreated with systemic cyclosporin A

ParameterRegrafts treated with cyclosporin ARegrafts untreated with cyclosporin A
LP = light perception, NLP = no light perception.
Number of regrafts2812
Follow up (months)
    Average2620
    Range6–1062–65
Cyclosporin A treatment (months)
    Average12
    Range1–41
Regraft survival (months)
    Average16.110.9
    Range1–401–36
Survival of regrafts complicated by immune rejection (months)
    Average16.518.8
    Range10–403–36
Survival of regrafts with other complications (months)
    Average17.65.2
    Range1–391–11
Number of failed regrafts19 (68%)11 (92%)
Number of failed regrafts due to immune rejection9 (32%)5 (42%)
Visual acuity at presentationLP–20/100LP–20/100
Final visual acuityNLP–20/30LP–20/200