PurposeThis study aimed to evaluate the anatomical, therapeutic, and functional outcome of therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty (TPK) in terms of success and failure.MethodsIn this retrospective study 57 eyes of 57 patients were reviewed. They had undergone TPK from December 2012 to June 2017. Data analyzed included the baseline demographic features and characteristics, preoperative diagnosis, and postoperative outcomes. The baseline characteristics included age, gender, laterality, indications of TPK, lens status, size of the recipient, grade of the graft, organisms identified, preoperative best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), secondary procedures, adjunctive surgical procedure, postoperative BCVA at last follow-up, intraocular pressure (IOP), and long-term complications of TPK. The ultimate outcome of TPK was observed in terms of anatomical, therapeutic, and functional outcome which indicated the success and failure.ResultsA total of 57 eyes of 57 with an age range of 2–76-year-old patients who underwent TPK were included in the study. Perforated corneal ulcer was a major indication of TPK in 32 (56.1%) cases. Anatomical success was obtained overall in 49 (85.96%) cases. Indications of TPK and preoperative visual acuity, complications of TPK, and ultimate graft clarity showed significant impact on the anatomical outcome (P = 0.03, P = 0.00, P = 0.00, and P = 0.05), respectively. The therapeutic and functional success was observed in 51 (89.47%) and 40 (70.17%) cases, respectively.ConclusionsPerforated corneal ulcers was the major indication for TPK. Indications and complications significantly affect the anatomical, therapeutic, and functional outcome.

Purpose:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the serological profile of the eye donors and to study the influence of various factors on serological test results.Methods:A cross-sectional, observational study was conducted, and data of 509 donors were reviewed from the records of eye bank from December 2012 to June 2017. Various details of donors analyzed included the age, sex of the donor, cause of death, source of tissue, time since blood collection after death, macroscopic appearance of blood sample, and details of discarded tissues. Serological examination of blood was performed for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus (HCV), venereal disease research laboratory (VDRL), and serology reports reactive or nonreactive were analyzed.Results:Among the 509 donors, 295 (58%) were male, and 420 (82.50%) belonged to age group ≥60 years. Most donors (354, 69.5%) died due to cardiac arrest. Macroscopically, sera were normal in the majority of 488 (95.9%) cases. Among 509 donors, 475 (93.3%) were nonreactive, 12 (2.4%) donors were found to be reactive to hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), and 1 (0.2%) was reactive to HCV, but no donor serology was reactive to HIV or VDRL. Twenty-one (4.12%) donors’ sera were not fit for serological testing. Among all donors, 475 (93.32%) donors were accepted and 34 (6.67%) were rejected or discarded on the basis of serological testing. Cause of death and macroscopic aspect of sera influenced the serological results in a highly significant manner (P = 0.00). Acceptance or rejection of the donor was significantly influenced by the serological results of the donor (P = 0.00).Conclusion:The seroprevalence among eye donor for HBsAg and HCV was 12 (2.4%) and 1 (0.2%), respectively. Factors such as cause of death and macroscopic aspect of sera influence the serological results. Time since blood collection or sampling will not show any impact on viral serological results if postmortem sampling will be done in < 10 hours(h) after death which can improve the safety and utility of the donor cornea.

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Purpose The aim of the study was to analyze morphological parameters of apparently functional filtering blebs with anterior segment optical coherence tomography at 1 month post trabeculectomy and to correlate these parameters with intraocular pressure at 6 months of follow-up to predict the short-term success of trabeculectomy. Methods In this cross-sectional, descriptive study, apparently functional blebs were evaluated using anterior segment optical coherence tomography with crossline scans after 1 month of trabeculectomy. Results A total of 55 eyes of 55 cases with mean age 49.29 ± 13.72 years were included in the study. On anterior segment optical coherence tomography examination, the mean bleb height and mean bleb wall thickness, subconjunctival fluid space, and scleral flap thickness were 1.45 ± 0.39 mm, 0.63 ± 0.25 mm, 0.64 ± 0.26 mm, and 0.45 ± 0.068 mm, respectively. There was statistically significant negative correlation between intraocular pressure at 1 month and bleb height ( r = −0.25, p = 0.05). There was statistically significant negative correlation between extent of cavity and intraocular pressure at 6 months ( r = −0.318, p = 0.018). Bleb height showed significant negative correlation with supra-scleral space ( r = −0.31, p = 0.02). Multi reflective bleb walls showed statistically significant increased chances of successful functioning blebs at 6 months as compared to uniform wall reflectivity ( p = 0.00). Bleb function was successful in 37 (67.3%) and unsuccessful in 18 (32.7%) in short term of 6 months of follow-up. Conclusion Bleb walls with multiform wall reflectivity on anterior segment optical coherence tomography at 1 month post trabeculectomy show increased chances of success of functioning filtering bleb at 6 months. Bleb wall characteristics on anterior segment optical coherence tomography at 1 month can predict the short-term success of blebs at 6 months.

This study aimed to monitor the graft-host junction's (GHJ's) apposition with anterior segment optical coherence tomogram after penetrating keratoplasty (PK) and correlate the analysis with the preoperative diagnosis. Fifty-one eyes of 50 patients with various preoperative diagnosis of adherent leucoma, pseudophakic bullous keratopathy, corneal opacity or scarring, graft failure, corneal dystrophy and anterior staphyloma, who underwent PK for optical purposes were reviewed retrospectively. Based on the age, the patients were divided into groups 1 and II: those aged ≤40 and >40 years, respectively. Anterior segment optical coherence tomography was done for all these eyes to evaluate the posterior graft-host junction. All graft-host junction patterns were classified as well apposed, and malapposed with various components like hill, gap, step and tag. The comparisons of various clinical parameters were done for the various malapposed junction groups (hill, gap, step and tag). A total of 408 graft-host junction cross sections of 51 eyes were analysed. Amongst them 70 (17.15 %) sections were well apposed, and 338 (82.84 %) were malapposed. Most frequent type of malapposition was hill: 164 sections (40.19 %) followed by step: 139 sections (34.06 %). The distribution of graft-host junction alignment patterns varied amongst all the indications. Patients with preoperative diagnosis of adherent leucoma and corneal dystrophy had predominantly steps pattern in 65 (40.62 %) and 12 (75 %) sections, respectively. Hill pattern was seen predominantly in PBK, corneal opacity, graft failure and anterior staphyloma in 55 (42.96 %), 16 (40 %), 22 (45.83 %) and 8 (50 %) sections, respectively. Comparisons of various clinical characteristics like intraocular pressure, central corneal thickness, best-corrected visual acuity, astigmatism and size of graft with the various malapposed patterns showed significant differences in best-corrected visual acuity and keratometric astigmatism in the hill pattern of malapposition group with p values of .004 and .053, respectively, using independent T test. Posterior graft-host junction analysis with anterior segment optical coherence tomography is very important for post penetrating keratoplasty management. The posterior wound profile differed according to the indications of penetrating keratoplasty. Best-corrected visual acuity and keratometric astigmatism showed significant difference with the malapposition hill (pattern).