[Indications for keratoplasty in District Railway Hospital in Katowice].
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.
Wylegała
Edward
E
Z Oddziału Okulistyki Okregowego Szpitala Kolejowego w Katowicach.
Dobrowolski
Dariusz
D
Tarnawska
Dorota
D
Wróblewska-Czajka
Ewa
E
Jurewicz
Antonina
A
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