Filamentary Keratitis Following Penetrating Keratoplasty

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1982

Abstract

Filamentary keratitis is a problem associated with a wide variety of ocular conditions. Of 114 patients receiving penetrating keratoplasty, 31 (27.2%) were noted to have filaments. Those patients receiving transplants for keratoconus were noted to have the highest incidence (12 of 31, 39%), while transplants following herpetic scars were not associated with filaments (0 of 11) in this series. Suturing technique or relation of donor button-to-graft site were not apparently important factors in the development of postoperative filamentary keratitis. © 1982, American Academy of Ophthalmology, Inc. All rights reserved.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Ophthalmology

First Page

946

Last Page

949

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