Table 3: Recently Published Studies on Keratoplasty Indications

New Zealand China Scotland Canada Hungary
n = 2,253 n = 5,316 n = 921 n = 3,571 n = 402
Cunningham et al. [8] Xie et al. [11] Ting et al. [6] Sheldon et al. [5] Mdis et al. [4]
2000-2009 1996-2007 2001-2010 1995-2005 2006-2009
Keratoconus 938 41,6% 674 12,7% 264 28,7% 592 16,6% 60 14,9%
PBK/ABK 315 14,0% 353 6,6% 88 9,6% 790 22,1% 116 28,9%
Fuchs Distrophy 187 8,3% 30 0,6% 191 20,7% 384 10,8% 9 2,2%
Regraft 391 17,4% 246 4,6% 177 19,2% 755 21,1% 74 18,4%
Keratitis 180 8,0% 2387 44,9% 106 11,5% 294 8,2% 22 5,5%
Stromal opacities^ 94 4,2% 1195 22,5% 21 2,3% 573 16,0% 74 18,4%
Others 148 6,6% 431 8% 74 8,0% 183 5,1% 47 11,7%
United Kingdom Iran Germany Australia Colombia (Present Study)
n = 22,779 n = 1,859 n = 1,200 n=22,898 n = 402
Keenan et al. [7] Zare et al. [9] Wang et al. [10] Williams et al. [12] V. Galvis et al.
1999-2009 2004-2009 2001-2010 1985-2011 2004-2011
Keratoconus 5469 24,0% 714 38,4% 306 25,5% 6789 29,6% 51 12,7%
PBK/ABK 3597 15,8% 218 11,7% 175 14,6% 4478 19,6% 139 34,6%
Fuchs Distrophy 4434 19,5% 15 0,8% 254 21,2% 2790 12,2% 30 7,5%
Regraft 3318 14,6% 197 10,6% 84 7,0% 4650 20,3% 31 7,7%
Keratitis 1885 8,3% 188 10,1% 156 13,0% 1254 5,5% 58 14,4%
Stromal opacities^ 1437 6,3% 297 16,0% 198 16,5% 1531 6,7% 63 15,7%
Others 2639 11,6% 230 12,4% 27 2,3% 1406 6,1% 30 7,5%