Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty Versus Penetrating Keratoplasty in Keratoconus: A Retrospective Study Using Coarsened Exact Matching
In patients with KCN, DALK demonstrated comparable outcomes to PKP in terms of BCVA, but showed superiority in graft rejection-free survival. Corneal vascularization was the major recipient risk factor for graft rejection and failure.
Authors
- Mohammad Ali Javadi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4886-7901)
- Farbod Semnani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8964-419X)
- Kiana Hassanpour (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1788-7352)
- Sepehr Feizi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4457-8077)
- Amir Faramarzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2785-1716)
- Mohammad-Reza Jafarinasab (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2429-8035)
- Farid Karimian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6758-7457)
Institutions
- Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- Tehran University of Medical Sciences (IR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Ophthalmic and Vision Research
- Published
- 2025-09-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.18502/jovr.v20.15222
- Primary Topic
- Corneal surgery and disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00