Abstract

This is a hospital based prospective surgical,interventional study conducted in department of ophthalmology at LLRM medical college,Meerut to study the visual,functional outcomes & various complications after TPK in fungal keratitis patients . Total 20 patients with diagnosed fungal corneal ulcer fulfilling the inclusion exclusion criteria , underwent detailed ophthalmic examination and evaluation & were treated surgically with TPK after obtaining an informed consent, and were on regular follow up till 6 months.
Moderate grade post-op visual acuity was seen in most of the patients.Glaucoma,superficial & deep vascularization,suture related complications were being the most common complications after TPK.Immune mediated graft rejection was the commonest cause in graft failure patients

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