Indications are in accordance with the literature with the exception of regraft, which was higher. An increase in the average age of patients corresponded with the PBK epidemic. The high male-to-female ratio among patients with KC was different from that previously reported for the prevalence of this condition. Sex distribution among patients with PBK and ABK showed a female predominance. Differences in the underlying disease distributions between regrafted patients and the rest of the series coincide with prognostic classifications for PKP.
Corneal endothelial cell loss and complications are comparable between eyes with endothelial decompensation after RPK and those after PPK, although VA is worse in eyes after RPK. The outcomes after a first RPK did not differ from those after multiple RPKs.
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