ABSTRACT
Objective
to investigate the clinical and surgical profile of patients who performed keratoplasty in a university hospital.
Methods
It is a cross-sectional, observational study. The surgical description from the medical records of transplanted patients in the years 2019 and 2020 was assessed to analyze social and clinical data. Data were processed using the Microsoft Office Excel 2017 program. Numerical variables were analyzed using descriptive statistics in the Bioestat program version 5.3. Descriptive information was analyzed qualitatively.
Results
167 procedures were performed in this period, with an average age of 45 years old, male individuals, recipients of tissue donated in Pará or sent from the State of Ceará. Transplants were mostly optic, elective, with an average corneal donor button of 8mm and recipient of 7.5mm. As for the indications, most were due to corneal dystrophies, followed by leukoma and perforation of the eyeball, with a predominance of the penetrating surgical technique, interrupted suture, and local anesthesia.
Conclusion
The knowledge of these data is important to consider that the clinical and surgical profile of patients in the hospital studied is close to the national reality, especially in clinical indication.
Corneal transplantation; Health profile; Health services research
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