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One hundred and forty acute corneal rejection episodes in 94 patients were studied retrospectively. Sixteen episodes in 15 eyes were associated with raised intraocular pressure (IOP) on admission, three of whom had had previously elevated IOP. At six weeks, six (37.5%) stil required hypotensive therapy. Five eyes with raised IOP at rejection had lost vision at six weeks. Five of the six eyes with graft failure at review had raised IOP either pre-graft, at rejection or at follow-up. Eyes grafted for herpes simplex keratitis with hypertensive rejection episodes had a higher mean admission IOP, with a more short-lived rise than other eyes.
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Adams, G., Stevenson, K., Kirkness, C. et al. Is raised intraocular pressure a bad prognostic sign in acute corneal graft rejection?. Eye 5, 412–419 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.1991.66
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