Indications and techniques employed for keratoplasty in the Eastern province of Saudi Arabia: 6 years of experience.

Background And Objectives: Keratoplasty services in Saudi Arabia have progressed steadily in the past few decades. We sought to identify the leading indications and types of keratoplasty performed in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia over a six-year period and to compare these indications with published data.

Design And Setting: This was a retrospective descriptive analysis of the records of patients who underwent keratoplasty at four ophthalmology centers in the Eastern Province between 2008 and 2013.