The relation of conjunctival and corneal findings in severe ocular allergies.

abstract：PURPOSE:The objective of this study was to produce a porcine corneal acellular matrix (ACM) and assess its possibility for biomedical applications. METHODS:Porcine corneas were treated with various concentrations of sodium dodecylsulfate for different lengths of time. Optimal conditions for processing the ACM were not...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Zhou Y,Wu Z,Ge J,Wan P,Li N,Xiang P,Gao Q,Wang Z

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine if concurrent use of 5% natamycin and 2% econazole offers greater benefits than monotherapy with 5% natamycin for the management of fungal keratitis. METHODS:Subjects presenting to the cornea service were treated with 5% natamycin and 2% econazole used concurrently. We compared the results with a ...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Prajna NV,Nirmalan PK,Mahalakshmi R,Lalitha P,Srinivasan M

更新日期：2004-11-01 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

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study is to determine the effect of variation of the exposure time of near-infrared irradiation on corneal stiffening after a bacteriochlorophyll derivative (WST11) with dextran (WST-D) application. METHODS:One hundred four paired eyes of 3-month-old New Zealand White rabbits were included in t...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Brekelmans J,Goz A,Dickman MM,Brandis A,Sui X,Wagner HD,Nuijts RMMA,Scherz A,Marcovich AL

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To develop a mobile app that allows photographs to be captured and edited under the overlay of images and projection of a protractor with 360 degrees axis markings, which enables the surgeon to accurately visualize the programmed and marked alignment where the intrastromal corneal ring segments (ICRS) will be i...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Fernandes Dias FA,Fernandes Dias VJ,Carneiro CLB,Bernardes BG,Dutra BAL,Crispim Ribeiro J

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report a case of keratitis and corneal melt after conductive keratoplasty (CK) enhancement. METHOD:Case report. RESULTS:A 52-year-old woman with emmetropic presbyopia had undergone previous CK for monovision and underwent CK enhancement 4 years later. Postoperatively, she was managed with ketorolac trometh...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Khalifa YM,Mifflin MD

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report a case of corneal ulceration and perforation after PRK connected with high doses of ketorolac tromethamine (Acula). METHODS:A 31-year-old man presented 5 days after PRK in the left eye with corneal ulceration and perforation requiring penetrating keratoplasty. The patient admitted to using Acular eve...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Mian SI,Gupta A,Pineda R 2nd

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the process of conjunctival epithelial regeneration after three types of pterygium excision procedures. METHODS:Thirty-eight patients (45 eyes) with primary pterygium were randomly assigned to a bare-sclera procedure (group 1, 15 eyes of 12 patients), bare-sclera with intraoperative mitomycin C (MMC...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Tseng SH,Chen YT,Cheng HC,Huang FC,Lee SC,Chen FK

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

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 describe the clinical characteristics, diagnosis, treatment, and visual outcome of 61 cases of Fusarium keratitis in Mexico. METHODS:Retrospective, comparative study of 61 patients with clinically and culture-confirmed Fusarium keratitis, who were attended at an eye hospital in Mexico City from 1981 to 2001...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Pérez-Balbuena AL,Vanzzini-Rosano V,Valadéz-Virgen Jde J,Campos-Möller X

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess ultrastructural modifications in keratocytes and inflammatory cell response in rabbit corneas after riboflavin and ultraviolet A exposure using immunofluorescence microscopy. METHODS:Twenty adult New Zealand albino rabbits weighing 2.0–3.0 kg were used in this study. Two rabbits served as controls.Th...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Esquenazi S,He J,Li N,Bazan HE

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare optical low-coherence reflectometry (OLCR) and ultrasound pachymetry in measuring corneal graft thickness in patients after keratoplasty. METHODS:We retrospectively measured the central graft thickness in 41 eyes of 41 patients with the OLCR pachymeter (Haag Streit, Koeniz, Switzerland) and the SP-2...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Gaujoux T,Borderie VM,Yousfi H,Bourcier T,Touzeau O,Laroche L

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report clinical, in vivo confocal microscopy and ex vivo histopathologic findings of Salzmann nodular degeneration (SND). METHODS:A 48-year-old woman with symptoms of ocular irritation and decreased visual acuity caused by SND in both eyes was treated by corneal scraping and phototherapeutic keratectomy (PT...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Meltendorf C,Bühren J,Bug R,Ohrloff C,Kohnen T

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although corneal epithelial stem cells (SCs) are located at the limbus between the cornea and the conjunctiva, not all limbal basal epithelial cells are SCs. Using 2 dispase digestions to remove different amounts of limbal basal epithelial cells for cross-sections, flat mounts, and cytospin preparations, double immuno...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Hayashida Y,Li W,Chen YT,He H,Chen SY,Kheirkah A,Zhu YT,Matsumoto Y,Tseng SC

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine if superficial lamellar corneal excision with femtosecond laser followed by phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) using a masking substance improves visual acuity and optical quality of patients with severe corneal opacities. METHODS:Twelve eyes with corneal haze or scarring underwent confocal micros...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Alió JL,Agdeppa MC,Uceda-Montanes A

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate and compare 1-year postoperative visual acuity, refractive results, endothelial cell density (ECD), and complications in a consecutive group of patients who underwent deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty (DLEK) with those who underwent penetrating keratoplasty (PK) performed by 1 surgeon. METHODS...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Heidemann DG,Dunn SP,Chow CY

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the effect of various ceramides on the apoptosis of corneal fibroblasts and to determine the pathway on which they act. METHOD:Corneal fibroblasts isolated and cultured from New Zealand white rabbits were exposed to various concentrations of ceramide types II and VI and phytoceramide types II and V...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Kim TI,Pak JH,Tchah H,Lee SA,Kook MS

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate clinical and ultrasonographic findings associated with advanced microbial keratitis with concurrent endophthalmitis. METHODS:We performed a retrospective analytical study of patients with severe microbial keratitis who underwent ocular ultrasonography for possible endophthalmitis at our institution...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Christopher KL,Hood CT,Mian SI,Ayres B

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This review discusses cellular senescence, the state in which normal cells do not respond to growth stimuli, and shows characteristic alterations in their cytologic and biochemical properties and their gene expression profiles. METHODS AND RESULTS:Cellular senescence is elicited by various stresses. It was rec...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Ishikawa F

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study the predisposing conditions, treatments, and visual outcomes of nontraumatic corneal perforations. METHODS:A retrospective chart review was conducted of all nontraumatic corneal perforations seen between January 1992 and December 1998, with > or = 3 months of follow-up, at the Cornea Service Wills Eye...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Lekskul M,Fracht HU,Cohen EJ,Rapuano CJ,Laibson PR

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether canalicular occlusion with collagen and silicone plugs reduces the severity of symptoms in patients with conjunctivitis secondary to dry eye. METHODS:This was a prospective, randomized, double-masked study conducted at a single center in Mexico, in which 61 patients with dry eye/conjunctiv...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Nava-Castaneda A,Tovilla-Canales JL,Rodriguez L,Tovilla Y Pomar JL,Jones CE

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We quantitated herpes simplex virus (HSV) DNA in tear film obtained from 2 patients who developed herpetic epithelial keratitis (HEK) during treatment with latanoprost and a beta-blocker. METHODS:The patient in case 1 is a 77-year-old woman with bilateral open-angle glaucoma who had been treated with latanopro...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Deai T,Fukuda M,Hibino T,Higaki S,Hayashi K,Shimomura Y

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe whether subconjunctival bevacizumab decreases corneal neovascularization in patients with ocular surface inflammatory diseases. METHODS:The study is a retrospective case series that includes 8 eyes of 7 patients with corneal neovascularization. Patients received 1-3 injections of 2.5 mg subconjunct...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Doctor PP,Bhat PV,Foster CS

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Corneal Recipient Registry was begun in 1985 to collect information on all recipients of corneal grafts in the province of Ontario, Canada, and on the donors providing tissue. While most of the tissue is handled by the Eye Bank of Canada (Ontario Division), ophthalmologists in centers away from the Eye Bank often ...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Chipman ML,Willett P,Basu PK,Wolf A

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report 2 cases of corneal perforation associated with a persistent epithelial defect (PED), which were treated with eye drops containing the fibronectin-derived peptide PHSRN (Pro-His-Ser-Arg-Asn). METHODS:A 67-year-old man and a 58-year-old man presented with corneal perforation associated with a PED cause...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Morita Y,Morishige N,Yamada N,Ohta M,Sonoda KH,Nishida T

更新日期：2015-11-01 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:Corneal transplantation is the standard of care for pediatric corneal opacities, but little consensus exists on optimal surgical management. Our goal was to evaluate cross-sectional data of donor and recipient characteristics collected from eye banks providing tissue for pediatric corneal transplant cases to as...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Zhu AY,Prescott CR

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are essential for the maintenance of immune homeostasis. Studies of Treg are not only necessary for understanding the mechanism of immune homeostasis but also extremely useful for the development of treatments of various immune diseases. Forkhead box P3 (Foxp3) was identified as the master g...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Ito M,Iizuka-Koga M,Ando M,Yoshimura A

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the relationships among endothelial morphometric variables and contact lens-induced corneal swelling in a homogeneous sample of adapted contact-lens wearers. METHODS:Fifteen male subjects ranging in age from 20 to 40 years, all adapted to daily wear of hydrogel lenses, wore uniform-thickness lense...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Erickson P,Doughty MJ,Comstock TL,Cullen AP

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the long-term effect and safety of collagen cross-linking (CXL) on patients with bullous keratopathy (BK) in a randomized control manner. It is, to our knowledge, the first randomized control study on the effect of CXL on BK. METHODS:Subjects were randomized to receive CXL as in the standard pro...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Choy BNK,Ng ALK,Zhu MM,Liu CC,Xu S,Lai JSM

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00