Randomized clinical study for comparative evaluation of fourth-generation fluoroquinolones with the combination of fortified antibiotics in the treatment of bacterial corneal ulcers.

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the pachymetric changes of collagen cross-linking in corneas with edema because of endothelial dysfunction. METHODS:Interventional case series included 25 eyes of 25 consecutive patients with corneal edema for at least 4 months related to Fuchs endothelial dystrophy, corneal graft failure, and p...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Cordeiro Barbosa MM,Barbosa JB Jr,Hirai FE,Hofling-Lima AL

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To find the level of dissection in keratoconic corneas undergoing deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) using the big-bubble technique. METHODS:In 3 keratoconic eyes that underwent DALK, the operation was converted into penetrating keratoplasty after complete big-bubble formation because of extensive tear...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Jafarinasab MR,Rahmati-Kamel M,Kanavi MR,Feizi S

更新日期：2010-04-01 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 ascertain whether offsetting the Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) punch can expand the donor pool in conjunction with prepunched and preloaded services by recapturing the corneas otherwise excluded by the conventional central clear zone criteria. METHODS:In this retrospective review of corn...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Kornberg DL,Prabhu S,Sales CS,Williams RS,Clover J,Tran KD

更新日期：2020-10-01 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:This study was designed to assess the success of surgical monovision in presbyopic patients. METHODS:A university refractive surgery center retrospective chart review of 82 patients who elected to undergo surgical monovision with laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) between January 2000 and January 2003 was co...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Reilly CD,Lee WB,Alvarenga L,Caspar J,Garcia-Ferrer F,Mannis MJ

更新日期：2006-02-01 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：PURPOSE:To determine the stability of the laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) flap in a rabbit model when subjected to vertical acceleration at nine times the force of gravity (+9 Gz) in an aircraft cockpit ejection simulator. METHODS:Thirty-six eyes from 25 New Zealand white rabbits underwent LASIK flap creation wit...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Goodman RL,Johnson DA,Dillon H,Edelhauser HF,Waller SG

更新日期：2003-03-01 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:A web-like retrocorneal membrane (RCM) is an uncommon complication of chronic syphilitic interstitial keratitis. Extracellular matrix components have not yet been defined in this structure, although previous histologic examinations have suggested the presence of collagen. We examined the presence and distributi...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Kawaguchi R,Saika S,Wakayama M,Ooshima A,Ohnishi Y,Yabe H

更新日期：2001-01-01 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 investigate the moderately long-term safety and efficacy of repeat penetrating keratoplasty (PK) for treatment of a failed PK graft. METHODS:Retrospective consecutive clinical case series. Of 992 consecutive cases that underwent PK at Baptist Eye Institute, Kyoto, Japan, between April 1998 and September 201...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Kitazawa K,Wakimasu K,Kayukawa K,Yokota I,Inatomi T,Hieda O,Sotozono C,Kinoshita S

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Corneal epithelial stem cells are deficient in cases of limbal disorders, leading to conjunctival epithelial ingrowth, vascularization, and eventually visual disturbance. We introduced the eye development-associated transcription factor pax6 to embryonic stem (ES) cells and tested whether pax6-transfected cells...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Ueno H,Kurokawa MS,Kayama M,Homma R,Kumagai Y,Masuda C,Takada E,Tsubota K,Ueno S,Suzuki N

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study the corneal biocompatibility of bevacizumab on various cultured human corneal cells. METHODS:Cell cultures of corneal keratinocytes (CKs), corneal fibroblasts (CFs), and corneal endothelial cells (CECs) were harvested from human donor eyes and exposed to various concentrations of bevacizumab (0.25-5.0...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Yoeruek E,Spitzer MS,Tatar O,Aisenbrey S,Bartz-Schmidt KU,Szurman P

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report a 16-year-old woman who had peripheral keratitis as a presenting sign of microscopic polyangiitis (MPA), which rapidly progressed to acute renal failure. METHOD:Case report. RESULTS:The patient's vasculitis was diagnosed by renal biopsy, which was evaluated with histologic, immunofluorescence, and e...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Darlington JK,Mannis MJ,Segal WA,Feiz V,Klug DE

更新日期：2001-07-01 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 a case of Acanthamoeba endophthalmitis after an uneventful cataract surgery. METHODS:Description, management, and outcomes of a biopsy-proven case of Acanthamoeba endophthalmitis. RESULTS:Two days after a routine cataract surgery elsewhere, the patient presented with acute endophthalmitis diagnosed ...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Raghavan A,Veerappan S,Rangarajan V,Rajaraman R,Salian R,Mk J,L D,Ganesh Vr R,Venkatapathy N,Rammohan R

更新日期：2020-08-01 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: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 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:To compare the effects of topical moxifloxacin and gatifloxacin on corneal reepithelialization after penetrating keratoplasty. METHODS:In this single-center, open-label, prospective study, 46 consecutive patients requiring penetrating keratoplasty were alternately assigned to receive either postoperative moxif...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Moshirfar M,Marx DP,Kumar R

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the endothelial cell damage after lens removal using a fluid-based system to conventional ultrasound. METHODS:Twenty human cadaver eyes were randomized to undergo phacoemulsification using either a fluid-based system or conventional ultrasound. After surgery, each corneoscleral button was removed, s...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Sandoval HP,Al Sarraf O,Vroman DT,Solomon KD

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To demonstrate the feasibility of Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) performed after previous penetrating keratoplasty (PK) failure and to describe primary outcomes. METHODS:Twenty-eight eyes of 28 patients who underwent DMEK after primary PK failure between January 2013 and November 2017 were i...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Pierné K,Panthier C,Courtin R,Mazharian A,Souedan V,Gatinel D,Saad A

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the prevalence of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) DNA in failed Descemet membrane stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) grafts. METHODS:A retrospective interventional case series of patients with DSAEK graft failure treated at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary between January 2...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Yin D,Huang A,Warrow D,Ritterband DC,Seedor JA,McCormick SA,Milman T

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to report the successful medical management of 2 cases of late-onset endothelial keratoplasty-related stromal interface infections. METHODS:All cases of endothelial keratoplasty-related infections treated with intrastromal antifungal injections were compiled. The following information...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Tu EY,Hou J

更新日期：2014-09-01 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:To describe the management and outcome of an ocular surface alkali burn in the setting of previous laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK). METHODS:This is a case report and review of relevant literature. RESULTS:A 25-year-old man with a history of LASIK presented 4 weeks after a sodium hydroxide splash to his l...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Witsberger EM,Patel SV

更新日期：2020-12-03 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 compare Tono-Pen AVIA (TPA) intraocular pressure (IOP) measurements performed at the limbus with central corneal Tono-Pen AVIA (TPA) intraocular pressure. METHODS:Fifty-one patients attending our outpatient department with a best corrected visual acuity of ≥ 20/40, no corneal disease, and no astigmatism gre...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Sharma R,Majumdar S,Sobti A,Arora T,Agarwal T,Dada T

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The depth of corneal crosslinking (CXL) does not seem homogeneous within the treatment area but shows a reduction toward the periphery of the cornea. This study was undertaken to investigate this reduction effect and to look for possible solutions. METHODS:Ten corneas were investigated by means of an optical c...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Koller T,Schumacher S,Fankhauser F 2nd,Seiler T

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00