Therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty for microbial keratitis in Taiwan from 2001 to 2014.

CONCLUSIONS: TPK is valuable in the management of medically uncontrolled microbial keratitis, although the 1-year graft survival rate is unsatisfactory. TPK combined with intravitreal antibiotics and vitrectomy is also a beneficial treatment strategy for patients with endophthalmitis secondary to microbial keratitis. PMID: 31635845 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31635845?dopt=Abstract

Source: J Formos Med Assoc - October 17, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tew TB, Chu HS, Hou YC, Chen WL, Wang IJ, Hu FR Tags: J Formos Med Assoc Source Type: research