ORIGINAL ARTICLE A PROSPECTIVE STUDY ON INDICATIONS AND VISUAL OUTCOME OF PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY

Objective: Purpose of the study is to carry out a prospective study to analyze the utilization of donor corneas for different pathological conditions and the visual outcome afterpenetrating keratoplasty (PK). Methods: A prospective investigational analysis of 100 donor corneas used forPK between June 2006 and June 2008with a follow-up of 12 months, was conducted to analyse the indications and visual outcome in different patho-logical conditions. Results: It was recorded that ‘Corneal Opacity ’ was the most common indication for utilisation of donor corneas (43%), followed by Acute Infective Keratitis (AIK) cases (25%) and Pseudophakic Bullous Keratopathy (PBK) cases (14%). Utilisation of donor corneas for ‘Regrafts ’ was in 7%casesandDescemetocele was the indication in 5%. Acute bullous keratopathy (ABK) (3%) and Keratoconus (3%) were uncommon indications for utilisation of donor cor-neas in the present study. Patients having “Normal ” visual acuity increased from 0 % cases preoperatively, in al