title: Indications and contra-indications for perforation keratoplasty.
abstract: Thirty years' experience with perforating keratoplasty has shown us new indications for this technique, but certainly also new contra-indications. At first the prognosis of perforating keratoplasty improved because of better surgical techniques, so that the number of indications increased. Recently a better prognosis for heavily vascularized eyes has become possible thanks to HLA-matched donor material.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D016039:Corneal Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous / Q000379:methods