Glaucoma Drainage Devices and Reasons For Keratoplasty

Conclusions: The frequency of GDDs as a reason for keratoplasty has not changed significantly between 10 years in this tertiary care setting. Patients with GDDs who later required keratoplasty had associated features including multiple surgical procedures and comorbid infection, pseudophakic bullous keratopathy, Fuchs dystrophy, pseudoexfoliation, uveitis, and congenital glaucoma.
Source: Journal of Glaucoma - Category: Opthalmology Tags: Original Studies Source Type: research