Advanced fusarium keratitis progressing to endophthalmitis.

abstract：PURPOSE:To study changes in structure and barrier function of the corneal epithelium after penetrating keratoplasty. METHODS:Sixty-nine eyes of 56 patients undergoing penetrating keratoplasty were studied. Fifty-six age-matched normal eyes served as controls. Corneal epithelial structure was studied by using specular ...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Shimazaki J,Shimmura S,Mochizuki K,Tsubota K

更新日期：1999-09-01 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 determine keratometric astigmatism (KA), posterior corneal astigmatism (PCA), and total corneal astigmatism (TCA) in 951 normal eyes, to establish a model for estimating TCA from anterior corneal data, and to test this method in a new group of eyes with toric intraocular lenses (TIOLs). METHODS:We used a Pe...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Næser K,Savini G,Bregnhøj JF

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the efficacy of supratarsal triamcinolone injection in the treatment of superior limbic keratoconjunctivitis (SLK). METHODS:Forty eyes of 20 patients were diagnosed with SLK. All eyes with long-standing severe ocular irritation unresponsive to topical steroid and artificial tears were treated with ...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Shen YC,Wang CY,Tsai HY,Lee YF

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A serial study was carried out with the scanning electron microscope every 5 h to examine the endothelial alterations that occur when the rabbit cornea remains in the eye after enucleation. The findings are compared with those encountered when the cornea with a scleral rim was removed from the globe immediately after ...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Bonafonte S,Aguirre Vila-Coro A,Aguirre Vila-Coro A

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively examined Michigan Eye-Bank and Transplantation Center data on all eye/cornea donors in Michigan and Illinois for whom human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody screening results were available. This was done to compare the HIV-antibody positive serology rate in hospital versus medical examiner don...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Danneffel MB,Sugar A

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe bilateral microsporidial keratoconjunctivitis in healthy individuals with long-term follow-up. METHODS:Six cases of smear-positive bilateral microsporidial keratoconjunctivitis were diagnosed and followed up during the study period August 2017 to January 2019. Associated risk factors, clinical feat...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Mohanty A,Mitra S,Das S,Priyadarshini S,Sahu SK

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess changes in color discernment after Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) in patients with Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD). METHODS:In this prospective, single-center study, the study group was composed of 26 patients with FECD, aged 46 to 85 years, who underwent DMEK as a singl...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Price DA,Price MO,Lopez A,Price FW Jr

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the therapeutic effect of corneal cross-linking (CXL) in 2 cases of bullous keratopathy combined with corneal ulcer. METHODS:Two patients (2 eyes) were recruited for the sake of the study. Both suffered from bullous keratopathy and presented a gradually deteriorating, vision-threatening, central co...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Kozobolis V,Labiris G,Gkika M,Sideroudi H,Kaloghianni E,Papadopoulou D,Toufexis G

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the incidence, clinical course, and management of fungal interface keratitis (IK) after Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK). METHODS:This is a single-center retrospective observational case series of 3950 eyes undergoing DMEK. Six eyes with fungal IK were detected and analyzed. Analys...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Augustin VA,Weller JM,Kruse FE,Tourtas T

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the validity of the observations made by specialist corneal surgeons that there seems to be an absence or loss of older patients with keratoconus (KC). METHODS:Using a PubMed search and key words such as KC, epidemiology, mortality, mitral valve prolapse, atopy, and asthma, the literature related to...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： McMonnies CW

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare paired human corneas after storage at 4 degrees C in Chen medium (CM) and Optisol-GS medium (OM) for 7, 10, 14, and 21 days. METHODS:One cornea of each pair from nine human donors was randomly stored in either CM or OM, with its mate cornea stored in the other medium. Three pairs of corneas were sto...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Nelson LR,Hodge DO,Bourne WM

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe an invasive spindle cell carcinoma of the conjunctiva managed by full-thickness eye wall resection. METHODS:A 51-year-old man developed a conjunctival mass that was excised and proved to be a spindle cell carcinoma. A tumor recurrence 20 months later was evaluated by ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM) ...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Shields JA,Eagle RC,Marr BP,Shields CL,Grossniklaus HE,Stulting RD

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report successful management of a case of persistent keratoconus-related hydrops with a Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) patch graft. METHODS:A case of corneal hydrops persisting for 7 months treated with DMEK was identified. The following information was collected: demographic data, surgic...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Tu EY

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report two patients with glaucoma who exhibited severe damage to the corneal endothelium after a trabeculectomy with mitomycin C (MMC). METHODS:This study includes clinical histories and specular microscopic pictures of the cases. RESULTS:Both patients were middle-aged women, underwent trabeculectomy with ...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Fukuchi T,Hayakawa Y,Hara H,Abe H

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The study aimed to determine whether detectable concentrations of colchicine are present in the tear fluid of treated patients with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) and thus demonstrate a possible route by which colchicine reaches the corneal surface. METHODS:Tear fluid samples (50-100 microL) were collected...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Leibovitch I,Alster Y,Scherrmann JM,Azmon B,Barequet IS,Livneh A,O'Brien TP,Lazar M,Loewenstein A

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This trial was a randomized, double-masked, crossover study during which patients with keratoconjunctivitis sicca underwent 6 weeks of treatment with either cyclosporine 1% ophthalmic ointment or placebo followed by 6 weeks of the alternative treatment. Washout periods using only unpreserved artificial tears preceded ...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Laibovitz RA,Solch S,Andriano K,O'Connell M,Silverman MH

更新日期：1993-07-01 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：:After n-heptanol removal of the total corneal epithelium and a limbal lamellar keratectomy, 23 rabbit eyes developed features of limbal stem cell deficiency including conjunctival epithelial ingrowth, vascularization and chronic inflammation. One month later, 10 control eyes received a total keratectomy, and 13 experi...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Kim JC,Tseng SC

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To identify changing trends in penetrating keratoplasties (PKs) performed at the Hotel-Dieu Hospital in Paris between January 1980 and December 1999 and to explain the reasons for the changes. METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed 3,736 of the 3,836 PKs performed between January 1, 1980, and December 31, 1999, a...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Legeais JM,Parc C,d'Hermies F,Pouliquen Y,Renard G

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective chemotherapy for Acanthamoeba keratitis has been hampered because of the marked resistance of the parasites to a variety of antimicrobial agents. In view of the fact that topical Brolene (propamidine isethionate) and neosporin are currently considered to be the medical treatment of choice in Europe, we sough...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Alizadeh H,Silvany RE,Meyer DR,Dougherty JM,McCulley JP

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We standardized quality-controlled cord blood serum (CBS)-based eye drops and evaluated the efficacy of 1-month CBS treatment in the healing of diseased corneal epithelium in severe dry eye (DE) patients. METHODS:Seventeen graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and 13 Sjogren syndrome patients with severe persistent...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Versura P,Profazio V,Buzzi M,Stancari A,Arpinati M,Malavolta N,Campos EC

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To review data on malpractice claims related to refractive surgery to identify common allegations and injuries and financial outcomes. METHODS:The WestlawNext database was reviewed for all malpractice lawsuits/settlements related to refractive eye surgery. Data evaluated included patient demographics, type of ...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Custer BL,Ballard SR,Carroll RB,Barnes SD,Justin GA

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the efficacy of ultraviolet-corneal cross-linking (CXL) for treating infectious melting keratitis. METHODS:Five patients with infectious keratitis associated with corneal melting were treated with CXL at the outpatient departments of the Institut für Refraktive und Ophthalmo-Chirurgie and the eye h...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Iseli HP,Thiel MA,Hafezi F,Kampmeier J,Seiler T

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report the clinical, histopathologic, and confocal findings of corneal siderosis. METHODS:A 35-year-old man presented after a car battery explosion with diffuse left corneal anterior stromal pigment deposition and an intraocular metallic foreign body of the left iris. The corneal pigment was analyzed by con...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Witherspoon SR,Hogan RN,Petroll WM,Mootha VV

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the effects of pterygium excision with conjunctival autograft plus corneal polishing on ocular higher-order aberrations (HOAs) and to monitor the changes throughout the first postoperative year. METHODS:A total of 18 eyes of 16 patients with primary pterygium who had an indication for surgical e...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Gumus K,Topaktas D,Göktaş A,Karakucuk S,Oner A,Mirza GE

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the feasibility of using Brillouin microscopy for assessment of corneal edema in patients with Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD). Brillouin microscopy analyzes the frequency shift of light inelastically scattered by naturally occurring acoustic waves in a small volume of tissue. The resu...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Eltony AM,Clouser F,Shao P,Pineda R 2nd,Yun SH

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To measure subbasal nerve density and orientation in normal human corneas across a broad age range. METHODS:Sixty-five normal corneas of 65 subjects were examined by using tandem scanning confocal microscopy. Ages of subjects ranged from 15 to 79 years (mean 46 +/- 19 years), with 5 subjects from each hemideca...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Erie JC,McLaren JW,Hodge DO,Bourne WM

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the long-term changes in anterior and posterior corneal irregular astigmatism and curvatures after small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE). METHODS:Fifty eyes of 28 patients underwent SMILE for myopic astigmatism. All procedures were performed using the VisuMax® femtosecond laser. A Scheimpflug...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Sideroudi H,Lazaridis A,Messerschmidt-Roth A,Labiris G,Kozobolis V,Sekundo W

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to examine the efficacy and surgical success rates of amniotic membrane (AM) transplantation performed for corneal perforation closure using a novel technique. METHODS:This study included 6 eyes from 6 patients with corneal perforation who had received AM transplantation between May 2...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Namba H,Narumi M,Nishi K,Goto S,Hayashi S,Yamashita H

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00