Correlation between clinical in vivo confocal microscopic and ex vivo histopathologic findings of Salzmann nodular degeneration.

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe a novel technique for removal of Descemet membrane (DM) tags or remnants in hazy corneas during Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty. METHODS:The DM tags or remnants may be difficult to visualize in the presence of hazy corneas. To identify and remove the residual DM remnants and t...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Sharma N,Sharma VK,Arora T,Singh KR,Agarwal T,Vajpayee RB

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report a case of Pseudomonas aeruginosa keratitis that progressed to posterior scleritis. METHODS:Observational case report. RESULTS:A 64-year-old woman was treated for P. aeruginosa keratitis. Twelve days later, she was diagnosed with posterior scleritis and treated with oral ciprofloxacin. Her condition ...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Fahim K,Houghton O,Dastjerdi M,Mian SI

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To minimize recurrence and improve graft stability after pterygium surgery, conjunctival autograft adherence is done using fibrin glue (FG) or autologous blood coagulum (ABC). But there are studies that have reported conflicting or inconclusive results. This meta-analysis was conducted to evaluate the postopera...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Maiti R,Mukherjee S,Hota D

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to describe the clinical features of infectious scleritis with distinct inciting events and to analyze the factors associated with poor visual outcome. METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed the predisposing factors, clinical findings, isolated organisms, complications, and outcomes of p...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Ho YF,Yeh LK,Tan HY,Chen HC,Chen YF,Lin HC,Chen SY,Hui-Kang D,Hsiao CH

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report a case of delayed bilateral Descemet's detachment with spontaneous resolution in one eye following successful treatment of the fellow eye. METHOD:Case report. RESULTS:A 78-year-old male who underwent uncomplicated bilateral cataract extraction with phacoemulsification developed delayed bilateral Des...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Couch SM,Baratz KH

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the efficacy of posterior corneal elevation, measured by 2 methods, in discriminating subclinical keratoconus from normal corneas. METHODS:In 30 consecutive patients with subclinical keratoconus, and 37 candidates for refractive surgery, posterior corneal elevation was measured using Pentacam's rota...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： de Sanctis U,Aragno V,Dalmasso P,Brusasco L,Grignolo F

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the distribution and relative level of expression of the receptor tyrosine kinases, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), ErbB2 and ErbB3, in human ocular surface epithelia. METHODS:Immunofluorescent staining was performed to identify expression of the EGFR, ErbB2 and ErbB3 in the corneal, li...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Liu Z,Carvajal M,Carraway CA,Carraway K,Pflugfelder SC

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To retrospectively evaluate the results of myopic photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) for different levels of intended correction, including analysis of loss of best spectacle-corrected visual acuity. METHODS:Four hundred seventy-five consecutive eyes with 1 year of follow-up that had PRK for the correction of 1...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Kapadia MS,Wilson SE

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the rate of epithelial healing of corneal erosion in an animal model with 2 commercial formulations of fourth-generation fluoroquinolones: 0.3% gatifloxacin and 0.5% moxifloxacin. METHODS:Corneal erosions, 6 mm in diameter, were created in 28 rabbit eyes. The rabbits were randomized to receive topic...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Barequet IS,Habot-Wilner Z,Lavinsky F,Ziv H,Belkin M,Rosner M

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the factors associated with clinically significant dry eye after keratorefractive surgery. METHODS:This is a large database retrospective study that included consecutive cases of myopic laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) or photorefractive keratectomy performed between 2008 and 2016 at Care-Visi...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Shehadeh-Mashor R,Mimouni M,Shapira Y,Sela T,Munzer G,Kaiserman I

更新日期：2019-12-01 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 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 study the possible changes in Scheimpflug corneal densitometry 6 months after mitomycin C-augmented trabeculectomy and to compare these measurements with healthy controls. METHODS:Corneal densitometry was monitored with the Pentacam HR3 before and 6 months after first-time uncomplicated mitomycin C-augmente...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Pillunat KR,Orphal J,Haase M,Pillunat LE,Herber R

更新日期：2020-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report the histopathologic findings in the host tissue of 2 human keratoconic corneas undergoing maximum-depth anterior lamellar keratoplasty (MDALK) using the manual dissection technique described by Melles. METHODS:Corneal buttons were examined from 2 patients with keratoconus who underwent MDALK using th...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Saw VP,Ng T,Crouch R,Maloof AJ

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight pseudomonal species were involved in 106 invasive infections of the eye; all were community acquired. Eighteen percent of the total and 9% of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains were gentamicin resistant, as defined using conventional criteria. All 10 cases of "resistant" pseudomonal (nine P. aeruginosa) keratiti...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Ormerod LD,Heseltine PN,Alfonso E,Becker MI,Kenyon KR,Baerveldt G,Smith RE

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report intraocular lens (IOL) power calculation in 2 eyes that were highly undercorrected by previous myopic automated lamellar keratoplasty (ALK). METHODS:A 35-year-old man underwent bilateral myopic ALK, which caused high residual myopia (-9.0 -4.0 x 171 and -9.5 -4.5 x 74). The patient then underwent cat...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Lee SH,Tsai CY,Liou SW,Tsai RJ,Ho JD

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report 7 cases of recurrent corneal neovascularization (NV) and lipid deposition after subconjunctival injection of bevacizumab for the treatment of corneal NV-induced lipid keratopathy. METHODS:We conducted a prospective interventional case series that included 20 eyes of chronic lipid keratopathy that rec...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Chu HS,Chen TC,Hu FR,Chen WL

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the antiangiogenic activity of AU6, a novel 6-amino acid peptide derived from Kringle V of human apolipoprotein (a). METHODS:RF/6A rhesus macaque choroid endothelial cells were used for in vitro studies. MTS [3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-5-(3-carboxymethoxyphenyl)-2-(4-sul...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Wang Z,Zhao H,Ma JX,Xu X

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to compare four methods of counting corneal endothelial cell density using the Topcon SP 1000 microscope and Image-NET digital graphic software. Two independent observers quantified cell density from 63 endothelial photomicrographs using the various standardized techniques. The first me...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Vecchi M,Braccio L,Orsoni JG

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate and report the efficacy of fibrin glue (FG)-assisted augmented amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT) in patients with large corneal perforations. METHODS:In a retrospective case series, 10 patients with corneal perforations more than 2 mm in diameter were treated with "FG-assisted augmented AMT."...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Kim HK,Park HS

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this research is 2-fold. First of all, the level of keratopathy development in patients with congenital aniridia is studied. In addition, a correlation between the effects of ocular surgery on the severity of keratopathy is made. METHODS:A thorough search for the total number of patients with an...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Edén U,Riise R,Tornqvist K

更新日期：2010-10-01 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 report the first case of fungal keratitis caused by presumed Carpoligna species. METHODS:A 37-year-old gardener sustained a full-thickness, stellate corneal laceration while cutting wood outdoors with a circular saw. Two months after surgical repair, he developed a severe infectious keratitis with descemeto...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Chew HF,Jungkind DL,Mah DY,Raber IM,Toll AD,Tokarczyk MJ,Cohen EJ

更新日期：2010-04-01 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:We aimed to investigate the association between atherosclerotic changes in the common carotid artery (CA) and conjunctival and corneal calcification (CCC) in maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients. METHODS:Fifty eyes of MHD patients with the highest CCC scores were enrolled. CCCs were scored according to the ...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Çalışkan S,Hekimoğlu A,Çelikay O,Biçer T,Canbakan B,Aylı MD,Gürdal C

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the keratocyte density (KD) in the cornea of patients with keratoconus not using contact lenses. METHOD:In this pilot study, the eyes (n = 68) of 35 patients with the diagnosis of keratoconus, who did not use contact lenses and the eyes(n = 70) of 35 healthy controls were prospectively examined using...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Timucin OB,Karadag MF,Cinal A

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report a case of Listeria monocytogenes sclerokeratitis and to review the literature. METHODS:Case report. RESULTS:A 25-year-old non-contact lens-wearing male rugby player was referred with progressive infective sclerokeratitis unresponsive to topical antivirals and antibiotics. On examination, visual acui...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Tay E,Rajan M,Tuft S

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the role of epithelial cells in inducing the differentiation of keratocytes into myofibroblasts and to determine whether this effect may be inhibited by amniotic membrane matrix. METHODS:In vivo, a 9-mm diameter, partial-thickness corneal flap was created in 12 rabbit eyes (6 rabbits), which were eq...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Choi TH,Tseng SC

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To analyze characteristics and indications for corneal transplantation in patients undergoing penetrating, lamellar, and endothelial keratoplasty in Auckland, New Zealand (NZ). METHODS:Corneal transplantation data from the NZ National Eye Bank and hospital records of corneal transplant recipients in the Auckla...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Crawford AZ,McKelvie J,Craig JP,McGhee CN,Patel DV

更新日期：2017-05-01 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