Survival after transplantation of corneas from a rabies-infected donor.

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate tear meniscus changes in patients with Sjögren syndrome (SS) receiving oral pilocarpine with Visante optical coherence tomography (OCT). METHODS:Eight patients with primary SS were recruited in this prospective interventional case series study. Patients received pilocarpine tablets twice a day for ...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Ibrahim OM,Dogru M,Kawashima S,Wakamatsu TH,Tsubota K,Fujishima H

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We report 2 cases in which cataract extraction with a foldable acrylic toric intraocular lens (IOL) implantation was used to correct (irregular) corneal astigmatism in patients with keratoconus and cataract. METHODS:Case 1 was a 78-year-old man with cataract and keratoconus in the left eye. He underwent phacoe...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Visser N,Gast ST,Bauer NJ,Nuijts RM

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To establish a time-proven "gold standard" in modified osteoodontokeratoprosthesis (OOKP) surgery. METHODS:The OOKP is the procedure of choice for restoring sight in patients with corneal blindness caused by end-stage ocular surface disease not amenable to penetrating keratoplasty. Members of the OOKP Study Gr...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Hille K,Grabner G,Liu C,Colliardo P,Falcinelli G,Taloni M,Falcinelli G

更新日期：2005-11-01 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 is to expand the limited knowledge regarding autologous contralateral penetrating keratoplasty. METHODS:We report the retrospective outcomes of patients who received autokeratoplasty and contralateral opaque corneas in the donor eye at a tertiary care ophthalmology hospital in Mexico City...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Perez-Balbuena AL,Ancona-Lezama D,Delgado-Pelayo S,Martinez JD

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：PURPOSE:To describe the incidence and prevalence of glaucoma in a patient population with severe ocular surface disease (OSD). METHODS:A retrospective case series was compiled from all charts of patients in the Cincinnati Eye Institute/University of Cincinnati and University of Minnesota population with a diagnosis of...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Tsai JH,Derby E,Holland EJ,Khatana AK

更新日期：2006-06-01 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：PURPOSE:To provide insight into the mechanism by which epidermal growth factor (EGF) stimulates corneal epithelial migration, we investigated the possible interaction between EGF and cyclic AMP (cAMP) signaling pathways during epithelial migration with an organ culture system for the rabbit cornea. METHODS:Rabbit corn...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Nakamura M,Nishida T

更新日期：2003-05-01 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 evaluate the current standard of care of ophthalmologists who are likely to encounter ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN) in their practices and to compare this with data gathered in 2003. METHODS:Invitations to a web-based survey were sent to members of the Ocular Microbiology and Immunology Group. In...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Adler E,Turner JR,Stone DU

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the efficacy of Dermabond with conventional nylon sutures for sealing linear corneal incisions. METHODS:A keratome knife was used to create a 4-mm full-thickness linear corneal incision anterior to the limbal arcade in 20 fresh pig eyes. The incision was sealed with Dermabond tissue adhesive or cl...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Leung GY,Peponis V,Varnell ED,Lam DS,Kaufman HE

更新日期：2005-11-01 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:The aim of this study was to assess the possibility of light damage to the retina by a surgical microscope during implantation of a Boston Keratoprosthesis (B-KPro) in rabbits. METHODS:The retinal irradiance from a Zeiss OPMI Lumera S7 operating microscope was measured at the working distance (16.5 cm). Light ...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Salvador-Culla B,Behlau I,Sayegh RR,Stacy RC,Dohlman CH,Delori F

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salzmann's nodular degeneration is a rare, noninflammatory, slowly progressive, degenerative condition. Bluish-white nodules raised above the surface of the cornea characterize it. It has usually developed in corneas with a history of phlyctenulosis, trachoma, vernal keratoconjunctivitis, measles, scarlet fever, and v...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Das S,Link B,Seitz B

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors sought to determine whether adenovirus could infect human corneal epithelium in vivo. They reviewed the medical records of six patients with adenovirus-positive viral corneal cultures who were examined at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute between March 21, 1986, and December 31, 1992. The six patients with a...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Chodosh J,Miller D,Stroop WG,Pflugfelder SC

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the effect of subconjunctival injection of suramin on corneal neovascularization in rabbits. METHODS:Corneal neovascularization was induced by silk suturing of the corneal stroma in 40 eyes of 40 male New Zealand white rabbits. Five days after suture placement, all rabbits were randomly divided int...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Lee HS,Chung SK

更新日期：2010-01-01 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 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 evaluate the reliability between pneumatonometry intraocular pressure (IOP) measurement in different scleral locations and corneal IOP in a penetrating keratoplasty (PK) setting. Our aim is to validate a method that can potentially be used for patients with keratoprostheses. METHODS:This is a prospective ob...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Magalhaes OA,Aldave AJ

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We present the clinicopathologic correlations of two case and two other clinical cases of topical anesthetic abuse keratopathy that were originally diagnosed as Acanthamoeba keratitis because of ring keratitis presentation and characteristic history. METHODS:Four patients who were referred to us with suspected...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Varga JH,Rubinfeld RS,Wolf TC,Stutzman RD,Peele KA,Clifford WS,Madigan W

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Our study fills the spatiotemporal gaps in dry eye disease (DED) epidemiology by using Google Trends as a novel epidemiological tool for geographically mapping DED in relation to environmental risk factors. METHODS:We used Google Trends to extract DED-related queries estimating users' intent from 2004 to 2019 ...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Azzam DB,Nag N,Tran J,Chen L,Visnagra K,Marshall K,Wade M

更新日期：2020-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report a case series of eyes with posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy and steep nonkeratoconic corneas. METHODS:Retrospective, descriptive, nonrandomized case series. RESULTS:Thirty-five eyes of 18 patients (14 cases from 6 families and 4 isolated cases) with diffuse posterior polymorphous corneal dys...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Raber IM,Fintelmann R,Chhabra S,Ribeiro MP,Eagle RC Jr,Orlin SE

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report a recent significant increase of the number of patients diagnosed with Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) at Wills Eye Hospital between 2004 and 2005. To determine the risk factors, clinical characteristics, treatments, and outcomes of patients with AK. METHODS:Retrospective consecutive case series of 20 ey...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Thebpatiphat N,Hammersmith KM,Rocha FN,Rapuano CJ,Ayres BD,Laibson PR,Eagle RC Jr,Cohen EJ

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Previous work has suggested that Descemet membrane (DM) folds arise in response to corneal swelling. However, their origin has not been closely explored. In this study, we used optical coherence tomography to evaluate whether DM folds arise secondary to folds in the middle stroma. METHODS:Serial optical cohere...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Annadanam A,Stoeger CG,Galloway JD,Hikes MT,Jun AS

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The efficacy of gene therapy using nonviral vector based on polyplex micelle has been studied against corneal neovascularization in mice. METHODS:A block copolymer, poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)-block-polycation carrying ethylenediamine units in the side chain (PEG-b-P[Asp(DET)]), was prepared. PEG-b-P[Asp(DET)]...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Iriyama A,Usui T,Yanagi Y,Amano S,Oba M,Miyata K,Nishiyama N,Kataoka K

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the in vivo, corneal, biomechanical changes after corneal collagen cross-linking (CXL) using the Ocular Response Analyzer (ORA) in patients with keratoconus and post-laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) ectasia. METHODS:Single-center, prospective, randomized, controlled, clinical trial. After CX...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Greenstein SA,Fry KL,Hersh PS

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the clinical outcomes after sequential surgical implantation of intracorneal ring segments and transepithelial corneal collagen cross-linking (TE-CXL) in keratoconic eyes. METHODS:In this consecutive randomized study, 40 eyes of 29 patients with progressive mild to moderate keratoconus were included ...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Elsaftawy HS,Ahmed MH,Saif MY,Mousa R

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the diagnostic usefulness of routine staining of corneal buttons with alcian blue, we evaluated 150 consecutive corneal specimens with hematoxylin and eosin and alcian blue stains. Overall, 67% of specimens demonstrated deposition of acid mucopolysaccharide. More specifically, positive alcian blue stainin...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Weiss JS,Orlando F,Albert DM

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To compare the efficacy of ciprofloxacin hydrochloride ointment with that of ciprofloxacin drops for treatment of experimental Pseudomonas keratitis, rabbit eyes were infected by intrastromal injection of 10(3) colony-forming units (CFU) log-phase P. aeruginosa. Infected and uninfected eyes were treated with either 0....

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Hobden JA,O'Callaghan RJ,Insler MS,Hill JM

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00