Development of Selective Lamellar Keratoplasty within an Asian CornealTransplant Program: The Singapore Corneal Transplant Study (An AmericanOphthalmological Society Thesis)

摘要

Purpose:To evaluate outcomes of anterior lamellar keratoplasty (ALK) and endothelial keratoplasty (EK) within the Singapore Corneal Transplant Study (SCTS), with the hypothesis that both ALK and EK are able to provide equivalent or improved clinical outcomes, compared to penetrating keratoplasty (PK), and to determine changing trends globally with other international databases.