Extracellular matrix components in a case of retrocorneal membrane associated with syphilitic interstitial keratitis.

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to determine the correct concentration and duration of application of trypan blue dye to Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) donor corneal tissue before transplant to enhance visibility while minimizing damage to the tissue. METHODS:Corneas were precut for DMEK using...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Majmudar PA,Johnson L

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report a case of successful medical treatment with oral posaconazole in refractory fungal keratitis caused by Paecilomyces lilacinus. METHODS:Case report. RESULTS:A 57-year-old male, soft contact lens wearer presented with irritation, pain, photophobia, and reduced vision. Slit-lamp examination showed a la...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Arnoldner MA,Kheirkhah A,Jakobiec FA,Durand ML,Hamrah P

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate corneal stiffness and analyze its possible influence on other corneal biomechanical and nonbiomechanical parameters in myopic eyes of Chinese patients. METHODS:A total of 387 healthy (right) myopic eyes were included in this study. Corneal visualization Scheimpflug technology was used to measure...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Zhang Y,Wang Y,Li L,Dou R,Wu W,Wu D,Jhanji V

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to estimate both the direct and indirect annual cost of managing dry eye disease (DED) in the United States from a societal and a payer's perspective. METHODS:A decision analytic model was developed to estimate the annual cost for managing a cohort of patients with dry eye with differ...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Yu J,Asche CV,Fairchild CJ

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate clinical ocular adenoviral isolates for differences among and within serotypes with respect to in vitro infectivity titers and clinical course. The study design included a retrospective chart review and the determination of in vitro infectivity titers (TCID90s) of 90 clinical ...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Roba LA,Kowalski RP,Gordon AT,Romanowski EG,Gordon YJ

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report a case of epithelial ingrowth (downgrowth) occurring in a phakic corneal transplant patient after traumatic wound dehiscence with iris prolapse that was successfully eradicated with early surgical intervention. METHODS:Interventional case report of a 70-year-old monocular, phakic patient who develope...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Nagra PK,Raber IM

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To present a novel noncontact meibography system with anterior segment optical coherence tomography (OCT), which is widely used in clinics for the anterior segment (cornea, anterior chamber angle, etc.), and compare the results with preexisting infrared meibography. METHODS:This research was carried out at the...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Hwang HS,Park CW,Joo CK

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the effects of levobunolol hydrochloride and timolol maleate on tear volume, precorneal tear film stability, and corneal epithelial barrier function in normal human eyes. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:The study population consisted of 14 healthy volunteers. To obtain pretreatment baseline values, we determin...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Ishibashi T,Yokoi N,Kinoshita S

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report 5-year outcomes for graft survival and endothelial cell survival after Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK) including regression modeling for cell survival over time. METHODS:This is a single-institution, retrospective, consecutive interventional series of 210 primary DSEK grafts operat...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Fajgenbaum MA,Hollick EJ

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To retrospectively evaluate the coexistence of congenital glaucoma with congenital hereditary endothelial dystrophy. METHODS:Ten infants presented to our hospital with diffuse corneal edema and bilaterally elevated intraocular pressure (IOP). These patients were diagnosed with congenital glaucoma. All patients...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Ramamurthy B,Sachdeva V,Mandal AK,Vemuganti GK,Garg P,Sangwan VS

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report a case of corneal infection with Chrysosporium parvum, a filamentous fungus usually associated with pulmonary infections. METHODS:A 43-year-old Saudi man had a corneal stromal infiltrate and perforation of his left eye. He was treated with a therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty and topical and system...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Wagoner MD,Badr IA,Hidayat AA

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report on the safety and clinical use of combined subconjunctival and intracorneal bevacizumab for corneal neovascularization. METHODS:The charts of 12 consecutive patients with corneal neovascularization who received combined subconjunctival and intracorneal injections of bevacizumab (2.5 mg/0.1 mL) were r...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Yeung SN,Lichtinger A,Kim P,Amiran MD,Slomovic AR

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve FITC-conjugated lectins were used to establish a reaction pattern with cellular and noncellular components in fresh-frozen and formalin-fixed paraffin sections of 11 normal human corneas. In frozen sections the epithelium demonstrated the most active lectin staining; keratocytes and endothelium stained to a les...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Brandon DM,Nayak SK,Binder PS

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the carbohydrate sulfotransferase 6 (CHST6) gene in Chinese patients with macular corneal dystrophy (MCD). METHODS:Nineteen unrelated Chinese families with MCD, including 24 patients and 3 unaffected relatives, were examined. Genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral blood leukocytes. The coding reg...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Liu Z,Tian X,Iida N,Fujiki K,Xie P,Wang W,Ma Z,Kanai A,Murakami A

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To present a new treatment modality for recurrent corneal melting in a patient with a Boston type I keratoprosthesis (B-KPro) including in situ corneal cross-linking (CXL) and lamellar keratoplasty (LKP) as combined treatment. METHODS:Case report. RESULTS:Our report concerns a 27-year-old man whose case histo...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Tóth G,Bucher F,Siebelmann S,Bachmann B,Hermann M,Szentmáry N,Nagy ZZ,Cursiefen C

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the safety, validity, and comfort of 0.35% fluorexon disodium and 0.4% benoxinate (Flura-Safe) compared with the gold standard of 0.25% sodium fluorescein and 0.4% benoxinate for Goldmann applanation tonometry (GAT). METHODS:This was a double-masked, randomized, crossover clinical trial. Subjects r...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Ng LT,Tong JW,De Land PN

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report the association between colonization of contact lenses with Streptococcus pneumoniae and the observation of corneal infiltrative events in a group of patients wearing disposable hydrogel lenses on an extended-wear schedule. METHODS:In a prospective clinical trial, 330 patients wore disposable hydroge...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Sankaridurg PR,Sharma S,Willcox M,Sweeney DF,Naduvilath TJ,Holden BA,Rao GN

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the accuracy and precision of corneal flap thickness following laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) performed using the 140-, 160-, and 180-microm heads for the Amadeus microkeratome (AMO, Irvine, CA). SETTING:The study took place at the Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston. M...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Jackson DW,Wang L,Koch DD

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To measure the refractive index (RI) of the human corneal stroma in vivo using an objective Abbé refractometer (VCH-1) and to determine if RI of the stroma is related to age. METHODS:The VCH-1 was calibrated against a standard subjective Abbé refractometer using 7 randomly selected turbid semiliquid media. VCH...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Patel S,Alió JL,Amparo F,Rodriguez-Prats JL

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Little research has been done on robotic ocular microsurgery. This study aims to demonstrate the feasibility of pterygium surgery using a robotic surgical system. METHODS:Robot-assisted pterygium surgery was performed on a 73-year-old patient with nasal and temporal pterygia using the DaVinci Si HD robotic Sur...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Bourcier T,Chammas J,Becmeur PH,Danan J,Sauer A,Gaucher D,Liverneaux P,Mutter D

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the difference between endothelial cells from tissues preserved in media supplemented with fetal bovine serum (FBS) and recombinant human serum albumin (rHSA). METHODS:In a donor-matched study, 48 tissues were preserved for 28 days at 31°C in Cornea Max and Cornea Syn supplemented with FBS and rHSA, ...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Parekh M,Ruzza A,Ponzin D,Ahmad S,Ferrari S

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether preserved amniotic membrane can be used to reconstruct the ocular surface after excision of the invading granulation material typical of LOGIC syndrome (laryngeal and ocular granulation tissue in children from the Indian subcontinent). METHODS:Granulation tissue was dissected and excised f...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Moore JE,Dua HS,Page AB,Irvine AD,Archer DB

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study two cases of corneal scarring due to trauma (one case) and infection (one case) unrelated to a previous photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) for the correction of myopia. METHODS:The patients are part of an Institutional Review Board-approved study of the safety and efficacy of PRK. Both patients underwe...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Campos M,Takahashi R,Tanaka H,Chamon W,Allemann N

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to establish a new rhesus monkey model of severe dry eye. METHODS:A total of 8 rhesus monkeys were used for the study. Four monkeys had their main lacrimal gland and nictitating membrane surgically removed (group 1). Another 4 monkeys had a similar surgery with further application of ...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Qin Y,Tan X,Zhang Y,Jie Y,Labbe A,Pan Z

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the frequency of positive rim cultures after penetrating keratoplasty using corneas preserved by hypothermic and organ culture storage. To evaluate the influence of standard procurement techniques on the frequency of microbial donor rim contamination. METHODS:Six hundred four donor corneas stored at...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Fontana L,Errani PG,Zerbinati A,Musacchi Y,Di Pede B,Tassinari G

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe the clinical and in vivo confocal microscopic findings of the cornea in 2 male siblings with Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome. METHODS:Two male siblings 27 and 22 years of age who had been diagnosed with Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome underwent ophthalmologic assessment. In vivo confocal microscopy of their cornea...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Mocan MC,Eldem B,Irkec M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the stromal interface quality after femtosecond laser full lamellar cuts in gamma-irradiated corneas (VisionGraft sterile cornea) and to determine the limits of the cut depth using the VisionGraft as donor corneas for laser-assisted lamellar anterior keratoplasty. METHODS:Fourteen VisionGraft corne...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Zhang C,Liu L,Tang M,Li Y,Chamberlain W,Huang D

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the rebubbling rate and clinical outcomes of Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) with 5% sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) gas versus 100% air as a tamponade for graft attachment. METHODS:Retrospective, comparative, interventional case series including 368 consecutive pseudophakic eyes with Fu...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Ampazas P,Droutsas K,Giallouros E,Schroeder FM,Sekundo W

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Peters anomaly is the most common cause of congenital corneal opacities. Although conservative management is often ineffective except in mild cases, surgical intervention in the form of penetrating keratoplasty is fraught with unpredictability and often has unacceptable postoperative outcomes. As such, there is...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Soh YQ,Mehta JS

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen patients presenting with neuropsychiatric manifestations of Wilson's disease were treated with oral tetrathiomolybdate (TM) for 8 weeks followed by oral zinc (Zn) maintenance therapy. The patients were evaluated prospectively at baseline and at yearly intervals for up to 5 years by slit-lamp biomicroscopy and...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Esmaeli B,Burnstine MA,Martonyi CL,Sugar A,Johnson V,Brewer GJ

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00