Endophthalmitis Rates and Clinical Outcomes Following Penetrating and Endothelial Keratoplasty

[...]these findings are an accurate reflection of real-world practice, since many patients who have undergone corneal transplantation do have significant ocular comorbidities, such as glaucoma or aphakia requiring secondary intraocular lens placement.2,3 The authors also mention that endothelial ker...

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Published in:American journal of ophthalmology 2019-11, Vol.207, p.426
Main Authors: Borkar, Durga S, Wibbelsman, Turner D, Buch, Preema M, Rapuano, Sara B, Obeid, Anthony, Ho, Allen C, Hsu, Jason, Regillo, Carl D, Ayres, Brandon D, Hammersmith, Kristin M, Nagra, Parveen K, Raber, Irving M, Rapuano, Christopher J, Syed, Zeba A
Format: Article
Language:English
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Clinical outcomes
Codes
Cornea
Patients
Transplants & implants
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Summary:[...]these findings are an accurate reflection of real-world practice, since many patients who have undergone corneal transplantation do have significant ocular comorbidities, such as glaucoma or aphakia requiring secondary intraocular lens placement.2,3 The authors also mention that endothelial keratoplasty was performed in cases of stromal or epithelial dystrophy in our study.1 We agree that endothelial keratoplasty is not indicated to improve visual outcomes in these conditions. [...]this is a study based on an administrative dataset from diagnosis and procedure billing codes. [...]the categorization of these indications in our study was based on ICD-9 and ICD-10 codes, rather than individual chart review. [...]it is possible that miscoding could contribute to this finding.
ISSN:0002-9394
1879-1891
DOI:10.1016/j.ajo.2019.08.003