Severe herpetic keratitis. II. The costs associated with penetrating keratoplasty.
We report a study on 100 patients with severe herpetic keratitis. Overall, one in three of the study group required a penetrating keratoplasty (PK). These patients required a mean of 18 days as an inpatient and 15 outpatient visits in the year the PK was performed; these figures fell to 1 inpatient day and 8 outpatient visits in the second year after surgery. The financial cost of such therapy is discussed.
D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000191:economics; D016039:Corneal Transplantation; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007635:Keratitis, Dendritic / Q000191:economics / Q000601:surgery*; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000191:economics; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged