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  • Title: The incidence of retinal detachment after penetrating keratoplasty.
    Author: Forstot SL, Binder PS, Fitzgerald C, Kaufman HE.
    Journal: Am J Ophthalmol; 1975 Jul; 80(1):102-5. PubMed ID: 1098468.
    Abstract:
    Of 610 penetrating keratoplasties reviewed, retinal detachments did not occur after any phakic graft, or after aphakic or combined (keratoplasty and cataract extraction) procedures unless these were associated with vitreous manipulation. A 5.4% incidence of retinal detachment occurred after keratoplasty that involved vitrectomy. The resultant detachments had a poor prognosis probably because of delayd diagnosis and difficulties in visualization. Vitreous manipulation, therefore, may be essential to graft clarity but it is hazardous.
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