A study to assess the outcome of optical penetrating keratoplasty in a tertiary health care centre in north India

Abstract

Blindness is one of the major problems in the world and more so in developing countries which opacity results in significant morbidity both in terms of loss of vision and socio-economic reasons corneal blindness is one of the major causes of visual deficiency. The solution to this problem is keratoplasty. The main purpose of this study is to analyze the indications, visual outcome, postoperative complications, and follow-up of corneal transplants done for optical purposes. 20 patients posted for optical penetrating keratoplasty in the