Abstract:A total of 16/206 eyes in 14/186 patients developed irreversible immune reactions. 15 of the rejected eyes belonged to the 'classical' risk groups, i.e. systemic immune disorders (3/3), metaherpetic keratitis (6/41), pseudophakic bullous keratopathy with inflammation (2/6), non herpetic keratitis with vessel invasion (1/23) and 3 regrafts not included in these groups (a total of 7/31 regrafted eyes rejected). Only 1 rejection occurred in the low-risk groups: an aphakic eye with bullous keratopathy. Histopathol… Show more
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