Surgery-Related Factors Influencing Corneal Neovascularization After Low-Risk Keratoplasty

Small LSD, small LGD, and narrow stitching with small ISA were identified as potentially modifiable surgical risk factors for CNV after PK. The speed of CNV outgrowth was most pronounced in the first weeks after PK making early postoperative controls for CNV growth and initiation of antiangiogenic treatment important.