Glucocorticoids suppress corneal lymphangiogenesis.

abstract：PURPOSE:To report a solitary epibulbar neurofibroma in 2 elderly patients without systemic neurofibromatosis. METHODS:Case reports and literature review. RESULTS:A 67-year-old man presented with a 2-month history of left epibulbar mass. On slit-lamp examination, an 8- × 8-mm amelanotic, translucent, gelatinous, circu...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Tanaka TS,Elner VM,Demirci H

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report clinical experience with the use of voriconazole for management of cases with fungal keratitis and to evaluate the factors affecting treatment outcomes. METHODS:Retrospective database review of all cases with fungal keratitis that were treated with topical voriconazole at the Royal Victorian Eye and ...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Ramakrishnan T,Constantinou M,Jhanji V,Vajpayee RB

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To identify and develop an efficient technique to separate the lenticule edge in small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE). METHODS:Four hundred eyes of 400 consecutive patients with myopia assigned to receive SMILE were included in the study. Eyes with poor-quality laser treatment were excluded, and the sec...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Liu M,Wang H,Lin H,Liu Q

更新日期：2018-10-01 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：PURPOSE:To evaluate if donor corneas obtained from deaths occurring because of septicemia can be used for corneal transplantation. STUDY DESIGN:Prospective study. METHODS:Eleven septicemic donor corneas were used in the study and 10 donor corneas from deaths because of causes other than septicemia were used as contro...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Nagaraja H,Anandula V,Kugar T,Shivanna Y,Shetty R

更新日期：2016-08-01 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 present a new treatment modality for recurrent corneal melting in a patient with a Boston type I keratoprosthesis (B-KPro) including in situ corneal cross-linking (CXL) and lamellar keratoplasty (LKP) as combined treatment. METHODS:Case report. RESULTS:Our report concerns a 27-year-old man whose case histo...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Tóth G,Bucher F,Siebelmann S,Bachmann B,Hermann M,Szentmáry N,Nagy ZZ,Cursiefen C

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report a case of corneal endothelial deposits associated with rifabutin therapy for Crohn's disease. METHOD:Case report, anterior segment photography, and current literature search. RESULTS:Persistence of corneal endothelial deposits was found to occur in a 55-year-old gentleman 6 years after cessation of ...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Williams K,Ilari L

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcal infections are an important cause of corneal ulcers, endophthalmitis, conjunctivitis, and dacryocystitis. We retrospectively reviewed 53 ocular streptococcal infections diagnosed and followed at Wills Eye Hospital between January 1, 1984, and July 1, 1986. Corneal ulcers (23 of 53; 43%) and endophthalmit...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Jones S,Cohen EJ,Arentsen JJ,Laibson PR

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe a case of bilateral peripheral ulcerative keratitis after Salmonella gastroenteritis. METHODS:Case report with description of treatment and outcome. RESULTS:The peripheral ulcerative keratitis gradually resolved in both eyes after appropriate systemic antibiotic therapy and local ocular care. CON...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Yang J,Baltatzis S,Foster CS

更新日期：1998-11-01 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 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:To evaluate the efficacy of intraoperative mitomycin-C in excision of ocular surface neoplasia for prevention of recurrence. METHODS:Seven patients (eight eyes), three men and four women, aged 56 to 87 years (mean, 73.8 years), with lesions suspicious for corneal or conjunctival neoplasia, were operated on bet...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Siganos CS,Kozobolis VP,Christodoulakis EV

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An evaluation of the final "sutures out" postoperative astigmatism in two groups of keratoconus patients undergoing penetrating keratoplasty is presented. Group I consists of a retrospective evaluation of keratoconus patients who underwent penetrating keratoplasty without using the Troutman Keratometer prior to suturi...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Belmont SC,Troutman RC,Buzard KA

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Keratoconus is a progressive, noninflammatory, nonvascular axial corneal ectasia, with unclear etiology and pathogenesis. It has a prevalence of 50-230 per 100,000 and is a bilateral disorder in up to 90% of cases. The onset of keratoconus is usually at puberty and progresses over 10-20 years producing an irregular my...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Bechrakis N,Blom ML,Stark WJ,Green WR

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To develop a rat model of chronic Acanthamoeba polyphaga keratitis suitable for pharmacologic assessment of therapeutic agents. METHODS:An A. polyphaga isolate (ATCC #50495) was grown in peptone-yeast extract-glucose medium. Five-weeks-old, Sprague-Dawley male rats were injected with 10(3) or 10(4) trophozoite...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Vasseneix C,Gargala G,François A,Hellot MF,Duclos C,Muraine M,Benichou J,Ballet JJ,Brasseur G,Favennec L

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial viability in bacterial adherence to new soft contact lenses (SCLs) was studied by exposing polymacon and lidofilcon A lenses to Pseudomonas aeruginosa: L, live, untreated bacteria; H, bacteria heated for 1 h at 100 degrees C; and P, bacteria treated with 3% hydrogen peroxide for 1 h. Cultures of groups L, H,...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： John T,Refojo MF,Hanninen L,Leong FL,Medina A,Kenyon KR

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, it was suggested that the use of the Advanced Medical Optics Complete MoisturePlus multipurpose cleaning solution might be a risk factor for contracting Acanthamoeba keratitis, and the manufacturer voluntarily recalled it in May 2007. Polymerase chain reaction amplification and sequencing of a variable part ...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Hasler S,Dedes W,Mathis A,Grimm F,Thiel MA

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess donor rim culture results and outcomes of ocular infections in the Cornea Preservation Time Study (CPTS). METHODS:Donor corneal rim cultures were optional. Donor characteristics were assessed for association with positive cultures using the Fisher exact test and Poisson regression analyses. Incidence...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Mian SI,Aldave AJ,Tu EY,Ayres BD,Jeng BH,Macsai MS,Nordlund ML,Penta JG,Pramanik S,Szczotka-Flynn LB,Ayala AR,Liang W,Maguire MG,Lass JH

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe severe acute corneal hydrops in a patient with previously undiagnosed keratoconus, in which anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) revealed a protruding ridge of tissue on either side of Descemet membrane (DM) break, treated successfully with ultrathin Descemet-stripping automated en...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Blitzer AL,Liles CA,Harocopos GJ,Reidy JJ,Farooq AV

更新日期：2020-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe a new technique for handling Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) specimens intraoperatively and during processing. METHODS:The processing method begins by adding a drop of eosin to the specimen intraoperatively, followed by submersion in 10% formalin solution. The specimen...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Steven Houston SK,Morgan O,Olsakovsky LA,Phillips PM,Ghazi NG

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To review the indications and patient characteristics for penetrating keratoplasty (PKP). METHODS:Retrospective review of records at the Pathology Service, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Toronto from 1964 to 1997. RESULTS:The 6,222 records were reviewed. The leading indications for PKP were regraf...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Maeno A,Naor J,Lee HM,Hunter WS,Rootman DS

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Decorin is a small chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan that inhibits vascular endothelial cell migration and tube formation. Membrane type 1-matrix metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP) has been shown to be an important angiogenic enzyme in the cornea. We evaluated the specific role of MT1-MMP in decorin cleavage in the cor...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Mimura T,Chang JH,Kim TI,Onguchi T,Kojima T,Sakimoto T,Azar DT

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report the indications, long-term structural and functional outcomes, and prognostic factors for the success of penetrating and lamellar corneal patch grafts. METHODS:This is a retrospective analysis of 49 patients who underwent the corneal patch graft procedure over 8 years. The baseline, preoperative, and...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Sharma S,Rathi A,Murthy SI,Trivedi M,Patel C,Mohamed A,Chaurasia S

更新日期：2020-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:We have utilized a radically new type of optical scanning microscope to study the full-thickness morphology of the intact cornea in an excised human eye bank eye and in freshly sacrificed rabbit eyes in situ. This technology enables one to study corneal morphology layer by layer in extremely thin sections, only distur...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Lemp MA,Dilly PN,Boyde A

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine if Cornisol is as effective as Optisol-GS as an intermediate-term corneal storage medium. METHODS:A prospective, in vitro, randomized, partially masked study using paired donor corneas. Optical grade tissues not suitable for surgery were used. After performing baseline slit lamp evaluation, one ti...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Basak S,Prajna NV

更新日期：2016-09-01 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 study alterations of the extracellular matrix (ECM) and basement membrane (BM) components in human keratoconus corneas. METHODS:Fifteen normal and 13 keratoconus corneas were characterized by immunofluorescence with antibodies to 23 ECM and BM components. RESULTS:Keratoconus staining patterns for posterior...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Kenney MC,Nesburn AB,Burgeson RE,Butkowski RJ,Ljubimov AV

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe two cases of secondary congenital aphakia in association with Peters anomaly. METHODS:Two infants were noted to have corneal opacification at birth. Each child was found to have Peters anomaly requiring corneal transplantation in 1 or both eyes. RESULTS:Each child underwent penetrating keratoplast...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Banning CS,Blackmon DM,Song CD,Grossniklaus HE

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Light reflex from the cornea and tear film as contributors to beautiful eyes ("eye sparkling") are reviewed. METHODS:A systematic literature review was conducted using "Purkinje-Sanson image," "corneal light reflex," "corneal topography," "corneal wavefront aberration," and "tear interference image" as search ...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Goto E

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00