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Indications for keratoplasty in Yogyakarta, Indonesia: 2015 - 2020

Poster Details

First Author: T.Winarti INDONESIA

Co Author(s):    S. Prawiroranu   R. Setyowati                 

Abstract Details

Purpose:

To find out the current indications for keratoplasty in Yogyakarta, Indonesia as a developing country.

Setting:

Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Methods:

A retrospective study of 201 keratoplasty surgeries was conducted in Yogyakarta, Indonesia from January 2015 to March 2020.

Results:

The most common indication for keratoplasty was corneal opacity (83 eyes, 43.00%), followed by bullous keratopathy (30 eyes, 15.54%), graft failure (23 eyes, 11.91%), corneal dystrophy (15 eyes, 7.77%), descemetocele (12 eyes, 6.21%), corneal ucer (10 eyes, 5.18 %), corneal perforation (7 eyes, 3.62%), anterior staphyloma (6 eyes, 3.10%), persistent corneal edema (5 eyes, 2.59%), and Steven Johnson Syndrome (2 eyes, 1.03%). Most of donor cornea was from foreign countries,134 corneas (70.15%), and only 57 corneas (29.85%) from Indonesia. The mean recipient age was 49.71 ± 19.9 years. More men (64.0 %) underwent keratoplasty than women (36.0 %).

Conclusions:

Currently, corneal opacity is the major indication for keratoplasty in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Improving in primary eye health care and the availability of donor cornea are necessary to decrease the prevalence of corneal blindness in developing country.

Financial Disclosure:

None