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Results:
A total of 12976 corneal grafts were performed, 11646 (88.6%) of which were done under routine conditions and 1330 (11.4%) under emergency circumstances including 433 regrafts. Actual perforation occurred in 876 (65.9%) patients of which 420 (31.58%) were grafted for tectonic purposes and 217 (16.3%) were also grafted for visual rehabilitation. The main diagnostic categories were infection (353 patients, 39.4%), ulcerative keratitis (289 patients, 32.2%) and other (ectasias 7%, previous ocular surgery 5.7%, injury 4.1%, dystrophies 2.6% and opacification 1.9%).
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