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Penetrating keratoplasty was performed as an emergency procedure in 52 eyes which had perforated from acute microbial keratitis and in a further 11 where perforation had not yet occurred. The results are compared with those of keratoplasty in 33 non-infected perforations and 20 eyes where there had been microbial keratitis which had responded to medical therapy leaving a scarred cornea. This latter group had both a better five year survival (90%) compared to all the others (51%), p<0.05, and achieved significantly better visual acuities, p<0.005.
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Kirkness, C., Ficker, L., Steele, A. et al. The role of penetrating keratoplasty in the management of microbial keratitis. Eye 5, 425–431 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.1991.68
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