Keratoplastik in Ungarn

Abstract

The author reports on the results of keratoplasty in Hungary on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the first successful keratoplasty performed by Eduard K. Zirm.

Corneal transplantation in Hungary (1946-2009)

“…Data from the last 4 years were examined annually to demonstrate the changing trend in keratoplasty in the most recent years. Therefore, the 64-year interval was divided into seven time periods (1946-19551956-19651966-19751976-19851986-199519962006-2009.…”

“…2 The second wave of corneal transplantation procedures began after the Second World War, Aladár Kettesy started to perform keratoplasties in the eastern part of Hungary, at the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Debrecen between 1945 and 1954. 3 He introduced and described the 'bio-suture' (a biomaterial prepared from rat tail tendon fibres), a novel surgical technique for graft fixation, and summarized the experiences in an ophthalmic surgical textbook. 4 He and his disciple, Béla Alberth who performed about 3000 keratoplasties, following new principles, using new surgical methods, made Debrecen the centre of corneal transplantation surgery.…”