Table 1

Indication for emergency corneal graft (eCG)

Indication for eCGFirst graftRegraft
n (S/T/A) %n (S/T/A) %
Ectasias63 (11/53/19)7.04 (1/2/2)0.9
 Keratoconus53 (11/47/15)5.92 (1/1/1)
 Keratoglobus30.3
 Other ectasias7 (0/6/4)0.82 (0/1/1)
Dystrophies23 (15/12/7)2.64 (0/4/0)0.9
 Fuchs’ dystrophy16 (12/9/4)1.84 (0/4/0)
 Other dystrophies7 (3/3/3)0.8
Previous ocular surgery51 (20/27/14)5.711 (2/5/5)2.5
 Pseudophakic corneal oedema30 (13/19/4)3.33 (1/0/0)
 Aphakic corneal oedema9 (5/5/3)1.0
 Complications of refractive surgery10.1
 Other previous ocular surgery11 (2/3/7)1.28 (1/5/4)
Infection353 (150/59/217)39.484 (46/22/44)19.4
 Viral infection99 (25/23/67)11.018 (3/6/13)4.2
 Bacterial infection187 (108/33/139)20.852 (35/12/29)12.0
 Fungal infection19 (17/3/11)2.110 (8/4/2)2.3
 Protozoan infection24 (19/9/4)2.72 (2/0/1)0.5
 Other infection24 (14/5/16)2.72 (1/0/1)0.5
Injury37 (1/9/30)4.112 (1/2/11)2.8
 Mechanical injury171.940.9
 Chemical injury121.361.4
 Other injury80.920.5
Ulcerative keratitis289 (16/28/262)32.261 (5/9/54)14.1
 Rheumatoid arthritis134 (6/9/127)14.919 (1/0/19)4.4
 Other ulcerative keratitis155 (10/19/135)17.342 (4/9/35)9.7
Graft failure230 (80/94/119)53.1
 Rejection32 (10/21/13)7.4
 Primary failure16 (5/9/3)3.7
 Endothelial failure8 (4/4/1)1.8
 High astigmatism1 (1/1/1)0.2
 Endophthalmitis5 (4/1/3)1.2
 Other cause of failure168 (56/58/98)38.8
Opacification17 (3/14/4)1.93 (2/3/0)0.7
Other56 (8/15/45)6.220 (4/2/16)4.6
Unknown/not reported8 (2/3/3)0.94 (2/2/2)0.9
Total897 (259/234/621)433 (146/145/255)
  • S/T/A, severe infection/threatened perforation/actual perforation.