Recent Surgical Trends in Pediatric Corneal Transplantation: A 13-Year Review

Purpose: Corneal transplantation is the standard of care for pediatric corneal opacities, but little consensus exists on optimal surgical management. Our goal was to evaluate cross-sectional data of donor and recipient characteristics collected from eye banks providing tissue for pediatric corneal transplant cases to assess surgical trends in pediatric keratoplasty over the past 13 years. Methods: We performed a retrospective review of recipient data, collected from 4 major eye banks, for pediatric patients (
Source: Cornea - Category: Opthalmology Tags: Clinical Science Source Type: research