Open AccessIntermediate outcomes of therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty for severe microbial keratitis using glycerol-preserved donor corneas during the COVID-19 pandemic
Author(s) -
Aravind Roy,
Dhruv Kamra,
Somasheila I Murthy,
Ashik Mohamed,
Sunita Chaurasia,
Merle Fernandes,
Sujata Das,
Savitri Sharma
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/ijo.ijo_1183_21
Subject(s) - medicine , keratitis , corneal transplantation , ophthalmology , corneal transplant , etiology , surgery , cornea , fungal keratitis , retrospective cohort study , demographics , glycerol , corneal graft , chemistry , demography , organic chemistry , sociology
To report the intermediate outcomes of therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty (TPK) performed for severe microbial keratitis using glycerol-preserved corneas during the Corona virus diseases of 2019 (COVID-19).