Recipient data (preoperative and intraoperative)
| Series No | Age | Diagnosis | Date of surgery | Preoperative medication | Donor eye No | Type of surgery | Course of surgery | Type and No of suture | Subcutaneous injection | Culture from media in OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHED, congenital hereditary endothelial dystrophy; PK, penetrating keratoplasty; OT, operating theatre; poly B, polymyxin B. | ||||||||||
| 1 | 5/F | CHED | 28.6.03 | 0.3% ciprofloxacin four times daily | 1 | Optical PK (figs 1, 2) | Uneventful | 10.0 MFN 16, interrupted | Dexamethasone and gentamicin | Pseudomonas sensitive to poly B |
| 2 | 17/F | Keratoconus | 30.8.03 | 0.3% ciprofloxacin four times daily | 2 | DLK | Uneventful | 10.0 MFN 16, interrupted | Dexamethasone and gentamicin | Not sent |
| 3 | 46/M | Leucomatous corneal opacity | 7.11.03 | 0.3% ciprofloxacin four times daily | 3 | Optical PK | Uneventful | 10.0 MFN 16, interrupted | Dexamethasone and gentamicin | Not sent |
| 4 | 65/F | Fuchs’ endothelial dystrophy | 7.4.04 | 0.3% ciprofloxacin four times daily | 4* | Triple procedure | Uneventful | 10.0 MFN 16, interrupted | Dexamethasone and gentamicin | Pseudomonas sensitive to poly B |
| 5 | 39/F | Post-pterygium surgery, scleral melting | 7.4.04 | 0.3% ciprofloxacin four times daily | 4* | Scleral patch graft | Uneventful | 10.0 MFN interrupted 5, 8-0 Vicryl scleral suture 6 | Dexamethasone and gentamicin | Pseudomonas sensitive to poly B |
| 6 | 50/M | Leucomatous corneal opacity | 21.4.04 | 0.3% ciprofloxacin four times daily | 5A | Triple procedure | Uneventful | 10-0 MFN 16 interrupted | Dexamethasone and gentamicin | Not sent |
| 7 | 55/M | Leucomatous corneal opacity | 21.4.04 | 0.3% ciprofloxacin four times daily | 5B | Optical PK | Uneventful | 10.0 MFN 16, interrupted | Dexamethasone and gentamicin | Not sent |