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The effect of ABO blood incompatibility on corneal transplant failure in conditions with low-risk of graft rejection.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To determine whether corneal graft survival over a 5-year follow-up period was affected by ABO blood type compatibility in participants in the Cornea Donor Study undergoing corneal transplantation principally for Fuchs dystrophy or pseudophakic corneal edema, conditions at low-risk for graft rejection.

Design

Multi-center prospective, double-masked, clinical trial.

Methods

ABO blood group compatibility was determined for 1,002 donors and recipients. During a 5-year follow-up period, episodes of graft rejection were documented, and graft failures were classified as to whether or not they were attributable to immunologic rejection. Endothelial cell density was determined by a central reading center for a subset of subjects.

Results

ABO donor-recipient incompatibility was not associated with graft failure attributable to any cause including graft failure because of rejection, or with the occurrence of a rejection episode. The 5-year cumulative incidence of graft failure attributable to rejection was 32 (6%) for recipients with ABO recipient-donor compatibility and 12 (4%) for those with ABO incompatibility (hazard ratio, 0.65; 95% confidence interval, 0.33 to 1.25; P = .20). The 5-year incidence for a definite rejection episode, irrespective of whether graft failure ultimately occurred, was 64 (12%) for ABO compatible compared with 25 (8%) for ABO incompatible cases (P = .09). Among clear grafts at 5 years, percent loss of endothelial cells was similar in ABO compatible and incompatible cases.

Conclusions

In patients undergoing penetrating keratoplasty for Fuchs dystrophy or pseudophakic corneal edema, ABO matching is not indicated since ABO incompatibility does not increase the risk of transplant failure attributable to graft rejection.

SUBMITTER: Dunn SP

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2671194 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The effect of ABO blood incompatibility on corneal transplant failure in conditions with low-risk of graft rejection.

Dunn Steven P SP Stark Walter J WJ Stulting R Doyle RD Lass Jonathan H JH Sugar Alan A Pavilack Mark A MA Smith Patricia W PW Tanner Jean Paul JP Dontchev Mariya M Gal Robin L RL Beck Roy W RW Kollman Craig C Mannis Mark J MJ Holland Edward J EJ

American journal of ophthalmology 20081204 3

<h4>Purpose</h4>To determine whether corneal graft survival over a 5-year follow-up period was affected by ABO blood type compatibility in participants in the Cornea Donor Study undergoing corneal transplantation principally for Fuchs dystrophy or pseudophakic corneal edema, conditions at low-risk for graft rejection.<h4>Design</h4>Multi-center prospective, double-masked, clinical trial.<h4>Methods</h4>ABO blood group compatibility was determined for 1,002 donors and recipients. During a 5-year ...[more]

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The effect of ABO blood incompatibility on corneal transplant failure in conditions with low-risk of graft rejection.

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The effect of ABO blood incompatibility on corneal transplant failure in conditions with low-risk of graft rejection.

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