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Data collected included demographics, etiology, disease duration, perforation location, visual acuity on admission, and surgical procedures.\nRESULTS: A total of 796 eyes from 791 patients were included, comprising 271 women (34.2%) and 520 men (65.7%), with a mean age of 58.4\u00b115.6y (range, 0.38\u201392y). Infectious keratitis was the leading cause (62.6%), followed by postoperative complications (12.8%) and autoimmune diseases (8.7%). Fungal infections were more prevalent in rural areas, while autoimmune-related perforations were more common in females. Autoimmune cases more frequently presented with a chronic disease course and better visual acuity at admission compared to infectious causes (P&lt;0.001). Among infectious causes, viral keratitis exhibited the highest proportion of chronic cases (65.7%). Perforation location varied significantly by etiology, with infectious cases predominantly central and autoimmune cases more often peripheral or limbal (P&lt;0.001). 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