Cornea
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To describe the corneal transplantation activity in Italy, to assess the long-term graft survival, and to begin to outline the potential risk factors for graft outcome. ⋯ CORTES is the most extensive survey on corneal transplantation in Italy that involves a large cohort of patients and a significant number of surgeons with corneal tissues processed and distributed by a single eye bank. In the first 3 years, a picture of the epidemiology of the corneal transplant has been defined. The graft survival rates were comparable to those reported by other studies for the same follow-up period. However, the follow-up of a sample of this cohort for a further 3 years will allow us to precisely estimate the long-term graft survival and to better evaluate the risk factors related to graft failure.
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To describe the causes, clinical characteristics, and treatment of wound dehiscence in patients after penetrating keratoplasty (PK). ⋯ These observations show that graft dehiscence can occur for a variety of reasons after PK, including trauma, infectious keratitis, suture failure, or spontaneous wound separation. The graft-host interface remains vulnerable after corneal transplant and is a potential area for wound dehiscence even many years after keratoplasty. Nevertheless, comparable or even improved vision is possible after wound dehiscence.