Impact of donor graft quality on deep anterior lamellar Keratoplasty (DALK)

BMC Ophthalmology

Table 2 Association of complication rate and clinical outcome parameters with donor tissue features

	Donor tissue
Outcome parameters	Gender	Age	ECD	Pm time	Excision technique	Preservation method	Total preservation time	Preservation time after split	Split
DM Detachment	0.857*	0.857‡	0.974‡	0.338‡	0.857*	0.857*	0.857‡	0.857‡	0.857*
DM folds	0.857*	0.857‡	0.857‡	0.987‡	0.857*	0.857*	0.857‡	0.857‡	0.857*
Persistent epithelial defect	0.857*	0.857‡	0.857‡	0.857‡	0.857*	0.857*	0.857‡	0.943‡	0.857*
Loose sutures	0.857*	0.857‡	0.857‡	0.857‡	0.857*	0.857*	0.857‡	0.857‡	0.857*
BSCVA after 12 months	0.857‡	0.857+	0.857+	0.857+	0.891‡	0.891‡	0.857+	0.857+	0.857‡
BSCVA after suture removal	0.913‡	0.891+	0.974+	0.857+	0.974‡	0.974‡	0.974+	0.857+	0.857‡
EC loss after 12 months	0.857‡	0.857+	0.857+	0.857+	0.857‡	0.857‡	0. 338+	0.857+	0.857‡
EC loss after suture removal	0.857‡	0.857+	0.857+	0.338+	0.857‡	0.857‡	0.857+	0.857+	0.857‡
Central corneal thickness after 12 months	0.338‡	0.857+	0.857+	0.949+	0.857‡	0.857‡	0.857+	0.857+	0.857‡
Central corneal thickness after suture removal	0.857‡	0.857+	0.857+	0.857+	0.974‡	0.974‡	0.857+	0.974+	0.857‡

P-values adjusted according to Benjamini-Hochberg correction of multiple testing are listed
* exact Fisher test; ‡ Mann-Whitney U test; + Pearson’s correlation
DM, Descemet membrane, BSCVA, best spectacle corrected visual acuity, EC loss endothelial cell loss, ECD endothelial cell density, Pm time post-mortem time

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