Femtosecond laser-assisted intracorneal biopolymer insertion for the symptomatic treatment of bullous keratopathy.

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe the effect of the corneal asphericity and toricity on the map patterns and best fit sphere (BFS) characteristics in elevation topography. METHODS:The corneal surface was modeled as a biconic surface of principal radii and asphericity values of r1 and r2 and Q1 and Q2, respectively. The apex of the ...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Gatinel D,Malet J,Hoang-Xuan T,Azar DT

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The histological and ultrastructural pathology of two corneas that were removed from an infant with congenital glaucoma prior to keratoplasty is described. Clinically, the glaucoma was suspected to be due to an inapparent congenital viral infection, although there was no serological proof. Macroscopic and light micros...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Löffler KU

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report risk factors, clinical course, and outcome in patients with infectious keratitis following implantation of intracorneal ring segments (ICRS). METHODS:The records of 8 patients with culture-proven infectious keratitis after ICRS (Ferrara or Intacs) implantation were retrospectively reviewed. Age, gend...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Hofling-Lima AL,Branco BC,Romano AC,Campos MQ,Moreira H,Miranda D,Kwitko S,de Freitas D,Casanova FH,Sartori M,Schor P,Souza LB

更新日期：2004-08-01 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：:Immunologic rejection is the main cause of corneal graft failure, especially in vascularized corneal beds. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of systemic Cyclosporine-A (CsA) on the survival of corneal allografts in heavily vascularized rabbit corneal beds, following alkali burn. Heavy corneal vas...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Rehany U,Waisman M

更新日期：1994-09-01 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 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：: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: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:To determine the changes of corneal thickness and curvature of human corneal grafts in organ culture medium II, containing dextran T500 6%, before keratoplasty. METHODS:We examined the tomography of 24 corneas from our eye bank transferred from medium I into medium II. Images were repeated hourly during 24 hou...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Hamon L,Daas L,Mäurer S,Weinstein I,Quintin A,Schulz K,Langenbucher A,Seitz B

更新日期：2020-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the epidemiology of ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN) and its associated risk factors in a South Florida Veterans Affairs Hospital population. METHODS:Retrospective case-control study. Twenty-eight confirmed cases of OSSN from 24,179 veterans who received care at the Miami Veterans Affairs H...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： McClellan AJ,McClellan AL,Pezon CF,Karp CL,Feuer W,Galor A

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To analyze the variations in tear quantity and quality after corneal collagen cross-linking (CXL) in patients with keratoconus. METHODS:This is a prospective observational study of 24 eyes with keratoconus that underwent epithelium-off CXL. The variables studied were tear film osmolarity, subjective symptoms (...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Recalde JI,Acera A,Rodríguez-Agirretxe I,Sánchez-Tena MA,San-Cristóbal J,Durán JA

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report a case of interface infection by Candida albicans after deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK). METHODS:A 30-year-old man with keratoconus underwent DALK. Four weeks after surgery, the patient developed multiple infiltrates in the graft-host interface with absence of intraocular infection. Donor ...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Fontana L,Parente G,Di Pede B,Tassinari G

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Ocular injuries after exposure to the vesicant sulfur mustard (SM) are characterized by acute corneal erosions and inflammation of the anterior segment that may be followed by delayed limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD), expressed clinically by corneal neovascularization and epithelial defects. The present study...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Kadar T,Dachir S,Cohen M,Gutman H,Cohen L,Brandeis R,Horwitz V,Amir A

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Sequential therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty (TPK) using a cryopreserved cornea followed soon after by a fresh optical grade cornea for severe infectious keratitis may improve the survival of the optical graft. The aim of this study was to compare the therapeutic efficacy, visual outcomes, and graft survival...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Lim LS,Arundhati A,Tan DT

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We report a case of mycotic keratitis caused by a rare fungus Chaetomium atrobrunneum. METHODS:Clinical examination, slit-lamp examination, and microbiological evaluation of corneal ulcer were done, and its treatment outcome was studied. The fungal etiology was established by conventional microbiological techn...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Balne PK,Nalamada S,Kodiganti M,Taneja M

更新日期：2012-01-01 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:We standardized quality-controlled cord blood serum (CBS)-based eye drops and evaluated the efficacy of 1-month CBS treatment in the healing of diseased corneal epithelium in severe dry eye (DE) patients. METHODS:Seventeen graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and 13 Sjogren syndrome patients with severe persistent...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Versura P,Profazio V,Buzzi M,Stancari A,Arpinati M,Malavolta N,Campos EC

更新日期：2013-04-01 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 determine the prevalence of hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the serum of cornea donors who had been previously screened by social and medical history by the Eye Bank of Canada, Ontario Division. METHOD:A retrospective examination of the donor records of the Ey...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Armstrong SA,Gangam N,Chipman ML,Rootman DS

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the visual function information obtained from multiple reading tests in a dry eye population. METHODS:In this case-control, single-center clinical research center-based study, 15 subjects with dry eye (mean age 65 years) and 10 normal subjects (mean age 40 years) were incl...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Ousler GW 3rd,Rodriguez JD,Smith LM,Lane KJ,Heckley C,Angjeli E,Abelson MB

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corneal intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) is the term applied by some authors to the spectrum of disease ranging from mild dysplasia to carcinoma in situ. Such lesions usually are associated with dysplastic or neoplastic processes at the limbus or adjacent conjunctiva; isolated corneal dysplasia is rare. Clinically, CIN...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Brown HH,Glasgow BJ,Holland GN,Foos RY

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate if amniotic membrane incubated with antibiotics could inhibit bacterial growth in vitro. METHODS:Amniotic membrane fragments were incubated with the antibiotics (netilmicin) solution; the washed and drained fragments were either tested after treatment or further incubated in antibiotic-free medi...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Mencucci R,Menchini U,Dei R

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the effect of mitomycin C (MMC) on the exacerbation of corneal opacity that occurs in patients with granular corneal dystrophy type II (GCD II) after refractive corneal surface ablation. METHODS:Ten eyes of patients with GCD II who underwent refractive corneal surface ablation with MMC were compare...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Ha BJ,Kim TI,Choi SI,Stulting RD,Lee DH,Cho HS,Kim EK

更新日期：2010-05-01 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 report the diagnosis and management of a patient with a well-tolerated, long-standing retained intracorneal foreign body. METHODS:We describe the case of a 62-year-old man with a 40-year-old retained wood foreign body within the posterior stroma of the cornea. To the authors' knowledge, this is the longest ...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Covert DJ,Henry CR,Sheth BP

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report the outcome and the reversibility of refractive outcomes after intrastromal corneal ring segment (ICRS) explantation in patients with keratoconus treated with ICRS implantation and same-day collagen crosslinking (CXL). METHODS:This is a retrospective review of ICRS explantation in 3 eyes of 3 patient...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Yeung SN,Lichtinger A,Ku JY,Kim P,Low SA,Rootman DS

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven patients with severe corneal disease have been operated with a collar-button-shaped keratoprosthesis and have been followed for 9-36 months. Two of the devices have been removed, but the remainder are securely in place. Six of the patients have benefitted substantially in terms of improved vision. The complicat...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Dohlman CH,Doane MG

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To bioengineer a corneal surface replacement using ex vivo expanded, cultured corneal epithelial stem cells seeded on a matrix derived from amniotic membrane and use this bioengineered graft to manage difficult ocular surface disease. METHODS:Fourteen patients with ocular surface disease unresponsive to standa...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Schwab IR,Reyes M,Isseroff RR

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report the association between colonization of contact lenses with Streptococcus pneumoniae and the observation of corneal infiltrative events in a group of patients wearing disposable hydrogel lenses on an extended-wear schedule. METHODS:In a prospective clinical trial, 330 patients wore disposable hydroge...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Sankaridurg PR,Sharma S,Willcox M,Sweeney DF,Naduvilath TJ,Holden BA,Rao GN

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00