[Transplantation of the cornea from the donor selected on the basis of HLA compatibility in high risk leukoma].

Fifteen corneal grafts were performed in 15 men with high risk leukoma (5+) in the period October 1988--November 1990. The age of the patients oscillated between 11 and 76 years. In 5 patients the grafting was done in only eye. The period of observation after surgery amounted 4-29 months. The favourable results (transparent and ++semi-transparent grafts) were obtained in 9 eyes (60 p.c.) and partly opacified grafts in 6 (40 p.c.). Neither of the grafts opacified. In the preceding years--without taking into account the antigenic selection of the donor--favourable results in similar leukoma cases were achieved in ca. 42 p.c. of cases.