Frecuencia de enfermedades oculares que requieren de queratoplastia en el Hospital José Carrasco Arteaga. Cuenca, 2017-2021

Abstract

Background. Cases where the visual impairment is caused by a corneal disease, which when aggravated, requires a corneal transplant to restore visual function, this is considered the most common type of transplant in the world and has developed rapidly in recent years. General aim. Determine the Frequency of eye diseases that require keratoplasty at Hospital José Carrasco Arteaga, Cuenca 2017-2021. Methodological design. A cross-sectional, retrospective study was carried out in patients with ocular pathologies at the José Carrasco Arteaga Hospital, for this, 1500 medical records were reviewed and 130 medical records were used, said data were collected in a form, entered into the Microsoft Excel program and into the IBM SPSS Statistics version 24 program it was calculated frequencies and percentages, the results are presented in the relevant tables. Results. 58.5% were men; 26.2% were between 26 and 35 years old; 66.2% of patients requiring keratoplasty had a diagnosis of keratoconus presented on; 81.5% of the patients were successful in the procedure; 71% of success in this type of procedure was presented in patients with Keratoconus. Conclusions. The diagnosed ophthalmological pathology that required keratoplasty was keratoconus, blurred vision and corneal scar were the most frequent signs and symptoms. A high success rate was obtained in this procedure keratoconus being the most successful pathology in keratoplasty.