Table 1 Summary of the Individual Cases
Case No. | Age & gender | Etiology of perforation | Time from symptoms onset | Location & size (mm) | Preop VA | Intralamellar graft | Postop BCVA | Postop ECD | Postoperative complications | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 66 & M | Herpetic keratitis | 20 days | Inferior & 2*4.5 | HM/20 cm | Allo | 0.04 | Not recorded | Nil | |
2 | 39 & F | BKC | 3 months | Inferonasal & 2*1.5 | 0.02 | Allo | 0.3 | 2568 | Nil | |
3 | 64 & M | Marginal degeneration with trauma history | 7 days | Superior & 4*1 | 0.04 | Auto | 0.08 | 1935 | Nil | |
4 | 53 & F | Fungal keratitis | 11 days | Inferior & 4*2 with hypopyon | LP | Allo | 0.15 | 1523 | Cataract | ECCE + IOL 15 months later |
5 | 46 & M | Traumatic injury | 2 months | Inferior & 3*3 | 0.08 | Auto | 0.1 | 1860 | Nil | |
6 | 71 & F | Rheumatic Arthritis | 9 days | Inferior, double & 2*2.5 plus 2*2 | HM/10 cm | Auto | 0.5 | 1045 | Elevated IOP; Epithelial defects | ECCE + IOL 10 months later |
7 | 42 & M | Neurotrophic ulcer | 8 days | Inferior & 2*3 | 0.06 | Auto | 0.06 | Not recorded | Nil | Tarsorrhaphy 2 days later |
8 | 62 & F | Bacterial keratitis secondary to dacryocystitis | 7 days | Nasal & 1*3 | FC/20 cm | Auto | 0.5 | 2380 | Nil | ECCE + IOL without suture removal 2 years later; |
9 | 71 & M | Herpetic keratitis | 20 days | Inferior & 5*6 | LP | Allo | 0.06 | Not recorded | PCED | PK + ECCE + IOL half a year later |
10 | 16 & M | BKC | 3 months | Inferior & 2*4 | 0.6 | Allo | 0.8 | 2076 | Nil | |
11 | 21 & M | BKC | 2 days | Inferonasal & 2.5*2 | 0.4 | Allo | 0.8 | 2400 | Epithelial defects | |
12 | 60 & F | Ocular cicatricial pemphigoid | 1 day | Nasal, central & 2*3 | HM/10 cm | Auto | HM/30 cm | 2344 | Nil | |
13 | 70 & F | Mooren ulcer | 1 day | Nasal & 2*1 | FC/30 cm | Auto | 0.06 | 2154 | Nil |