title: [Indications for keratoplasty in District Railway Hospital in Katowice].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The retrospective analysis of indications for keratoplasty.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study of 517 keratoplasties between May 2000 and December 2004.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The indications were: corneal oedema--24,5%, keratoconus--18,1%, corneal leucoma--15,0%, limbus insufficiency--10,2%, Fuchs endothelial dystrophy--9,0%, graft decompensation--8,1%, other acquired keratopaties--5,9%, corneal perforation--5,8%, anterior and stromal dystrophies--2,3%, Peters' syndrome--0,38%, choristoma--0,19%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Main indication for keratoplasty are corneal oedema and keratoconus.
authors.affiliation: Z Oddziału Okulistyki Okregowego Szpitala Kolejowego w Katowicach.
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wylegała
authors.forename: Dariusz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dobrowolski
authors.forename: Dorota
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tarnawska
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wróblewska-Czajka
authors.forename: Antonina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jurewicz
mesh_terms: D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D016039:Corneal Transplantation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies