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Repeat corneal transplantation: indication, surgical technique, and early graft failures trends in France from 2004 to 2019

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Abstract

Purpose

To investigate the repeat corneal transplantation trend in France from 2004 to 2019.

Methods

Review of the prospectively compiled French Biomedicine Agency electronic database containing all corneal transplantation records from 2004 to 2019. The surgical technique, demographic characteristics, diagnosis, and previous graft data were retrieved and analyzed using the Cochran-Armitage trend test.

Results

A total of 66,584 corneal transplantations were performed, 51,260 of which were first grafts and 15,324 (23%) were regrafts. For regrafts, 77% were penetrating keratoplasties (PK) and 19.6% were lamellar keratoplasties (LK). Age, hypertonia, glaucoma, trauma, lens surgery, immune disorders, diameter > 8.5 mm, and neovessels in > 2 quadrants were associated with a higher rate of repeat keratoplasty. Keratoconus, secondary endothelial dystrophy, and Fuchs’ dystrophy were the principal indications for regrafting. When a previous graft failed, it occurred earlier for patients with LK (4.6 years, median = 2, SD = 7.54) than PK (8.48 years, median = 5, SD = 9.51). Failure within a year was the reason why 28.3% of the LK regrafts and 12.5% of PK regrafts were performed, while for failure within two years these values were 49.9% and 27.8%, respectively. Graft survival decreased with the number of repeat keratoplasty, being more pronounced after a second LK regraft and after a first PK regraft.

Conclusion

The number of LK regrafts increased continuously, and 1/3 were performed for failure within the year. This rate increased until 2015, after which it stabilized until 2019, probably due to the better mastery of the technique.

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The datasets generated during and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, CHU Besançon, 3 Bd Fleming, 25000, Besançon, France

    Sarah Noureddine, Bernard Delbosc & Anne-Sophie Gauthier

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, CHU Nord, Avenue Albert Raimond, 42270, Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, France

    Thibaud Garcin, Olfa Ben Moussa & Benjamin Peyret

  3. Department of Clinical Research, CHU Besançon, 3 Bd Fleming, 25000, Besançon, France

    Marc Puyraveau

  4. French Agency of Biomedicine, 1 Avenue du Stade de France, 93212, Saint-Denis, France

    Isabelle Martinache

  5. Independent Actuary, 41 Avenue de Verdun, 78290, Croissy-sur-Seine, France

    Aurélie Thizy

  6. INSERM, EFS BFC, UMR 1098, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 25030, Besançon, France

    Anne-Sophie Gauthier

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Noureddine, S., Garcin, T., Puyraveau, M. et al. Repeat corneal transplantation: indication, surgical technique, and early graft failures trends in France from 2004 to 2019. Cell Tissue Bank 23, 729–738 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10561-021-09972-2

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