Corneal nerve structure and function after long-term wear of fluid-filled scleral lens.

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 demonstrate the use of anterior segment optical coherence tomography (ASOCT) in planning phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) removal of central corneal stromal scarring. METHODS:A 62-year-old male presented with central corneal scars associated with significant ocular surface disease. Videokeratographies obt...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Ma JJ,Tseng SS,Yarascavitch BA

更新日期：2009-09-01 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:In our report, we present a suspected case of donor-derived Acanthamoeba keratitis after deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty. To the authors' knowledge, there have been no confirmed cases of Acanthamoeba keratitis transmission through corneal transplantation. METHODS:Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty was per...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Ward MS,Bontu S,Martheswaran T,Mamalis N,Moshirfar M

更新日期：2020-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To review our previous studies regarding the morphology of the cornea in pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PEX) and anatomical discrepancies between PEX and contralateral eyes in unilateral PEX. METHODS:We used in vivo confocal microscopy to observe the corneas of PEX, contralateral, and normal control eyes. Morphol...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Zheng X

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the relative diagnostic value of confocal microscopy and superficial corneal cultures in the diagnosis of Acanthamoeba keratitis by using clinical and microbiologic definitions of disease. METHODS:Results of confocal microscopy, superficial corneal smear, and superficial corneal culture were analyze...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Tu EY,Joslin CE,Sugar J,Booton GC,Shoff ME,Fuerst PA

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcome of penetrating keratoplasties, at the University Eye Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany, using organ-cultured donor corneas and to identify preoperative risk factors, which may influence the event of graft failure. METHODS:In this study, 3...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Yu AL,Kaiser M,Schaumberger M,Messmer E,Kook D,Welge-Lussen U

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen patients presenting with neuropsychiatric manifestations of Wilson's disease were treated with oral tetrathiomolybdate (TM) for 8 weeks followed by oral zinc (Zn) maintenance therapy. The patients were evaluated prospectively at baseline and at yearly intervals for up to 5 years by slit-lamp biomicroscopy and...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Esmaeli B,Burnstine MA,Martonyi CL,Sugar A,Johnson V,Brewer GJ

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the suitability of corneas from septic donors for transplantation by analyzing the discard rate in the eye bank and the clinical outcome of Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) using organ-cultured corneal grafts from septic versus nonseptic donors. METHODS:This retrospective study inc...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Vasiliauskaitė I,de Jong M,Quilendrino R,van der Wees J,Oellerich S,Melles GRJ

更新日期：2021-01-01 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 determine the safety and efficacy of amniotic membrane transplantation to restore and maintain a stable corneal epithelium and reduce ocular surface pain after surgical removal of band keratopathy arising from ocular causes. METHODS:Fifteen patients (16 eyes) from two centers with band keratopathy secondary...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Anderson DF,Prabhasawat P,Alfonso E,Tseng SC

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe the clinical and in vivo confocal microscopic findings of the cornea in 2 male siblings with Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome. METHODS:Two male siblings 27 and 22 years of age who had been diagnosed with Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome underwent ophthalmologic assessment. In vivo confocal microscopy of their cornea...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Mocan MC,Eldem B,Irkec M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), refractive outcome, corneal topography, optical coherence tomography, and endothelial cell density 12 months after femtosecond laser-assisted inverted mushroom keratoplasty. METHODS:We performed a prospective study of a surgical case series of 5 patients undergo...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Cheng YY,Tahzib NG,van Rij G,van Cleynenbreugel H,Pels E,Hendrikse F,Nuijts R

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The p63 gene has been identified as a marker of epithelial stem cells. Because pterygium may arise through an expansion of the proliferative capacity of the conjunctiva, we sought to document the expression of p63 in normal conjunctiva and pterygium specimens. METHODS:Immunostaining for p63 expression was perf...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Sakoonwatanyoo P,Tan DT,Smith DR

更新日期：2004-01-01 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 evaluate and compare corneal thickness in normal and dry eyes. METHODS:The Orbscan corneal topography system was used to measure the corneal thickness at nine locations in the central and peripheral (superior, superonasal, nasal, inferonasal, inferior, inferotemporal, temporal, superotemporal) cornea in 38 ...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Liu Z,Pflugfelder SC

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare anterior segment spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) with eye bank technician slit-lamp examination (SLE) in characterizing lesions in donor corneas. METHODS:Twenty-nine donor corneas identified by eye bank technicians to have opacities or lesions potentially representing pathologic f...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Hsu ST,Perry I,Botsay S,Ko N,Stinnett SS,Kuo AN,Shieh C

更新日期：2018-10-01 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：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to introduce a newly developed graft inserter for Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty, which can be readily used with 1 hand, and to examine endothelial cell loss (ECL) after graft insertion using this new inserter in an ex vivo rabbit model. METHODS:Rabbit corneal g...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Toyama T,Honda N,Usui T,Amano S

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There recently have been several reports of microsporidial keratoconjunctivitis caused by the organism Encephalitozoon hellem. However, treatment of this infection has been largely ineffective. We report a case of a 35-year-old Hispanic woman with AIDS and E. hellem keratoconjunctivitis confirmed with light, electron,...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Rosberger DF,Serdarevic ON,Erlandson RA,Bryan RT,Schwartz DA,Visvesvara GS,Keenan PC

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe a technique for Nd:YAG laser photodiscission of retroprosthetic membrane (RPM) in keratoprosthesis patients that minimizes damage to the optic. METHODS:Prospective review of Boston type I keratoprosthesis patients at 1 site who received Nd:YAG treatment for RPM from 2005 to 2009. Outcomes were base...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Chak G,Aquavella JV

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the factors affecting the time to onset of ocular graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). METHODS:A retrospective chart review of 200 patients with ocular GVHD was performed to evaluate the association between various do...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Shikari H,Amparo F,Saboo U,Dana R

更新日期：2015-03-01 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 report a photorefractive keratectomy (PRK)-treated patient who first developed stromal opacities with a typical granular pattern 9 years after surgery, which was confirmed as heterozygous Avellino dystrophy by DNA analysis. METHODS:A 37-year-old woman, who had undergone PRK 17 years ago, has been followed f...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Park SH,Mok J,Joo CK,Kim MS

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Young children are prone to develop amblyopia after penetrating injury. We sought to evaluate the management of penetrating corneal injury without intraocular foreign body (IOFB) in children

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Segev F,Assia EI,Harizman N,Barequet I,Almer Z,Raz J,Moisseiev J

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the efficacy of a topical anti-tumor necrosis factor-α agent, infliximab, in a mouse model of experimental dry eye (EDE). METHODS:EDE was induced in C57BL/6 mice, with or without topical treatment consisting of balanced salt solution or 0.001%, 0.01%, or 0.1% infliximab solutions. Tear volume an...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Li Z,Choi W,Oh HJ,Yoon KC

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To estimate the prevalence of meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) in the Japanese population using new diagnostic criteria, including lid margin abnormalities and signs of occlusion of the meibomian gland orifices as essential signs. METHODS:The participants were consecutive patients scheduled for cataract surge...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Amano S,Inoue K

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report the use of intracameral amphotericin B in the management of deep keratomycosis. METHODS:Four patients with deep keratomycosis unresponsive to conventional medical treatment underwent repeated intracameral injections of 5 microg amphotericin B in 0.1 mL 5% dextrose through a paracentesis. Three to 13 ...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Kuriakose T,Kothari M,Paul P,Jacob P,Thomas R

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate adhesion of Acanthamoeba trophozoites to different silicone hydrogel contact lens (SHCL) generations with and without multipurpose contact lens care solution (MPS) treatment. METHODS:Acanthamoeba lugdunensis L3a trophozoites were inoculated onto discs trimmed from SHCLs: first generation, Air Optix...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Lee GH,Lee JE,Park MK,Yu HS

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The 27-kDa heat shock protein (HSP27) has been implicated in wound healing in multiple tissues. We investigated the expression and localization of phosphorylated HSP27 during epithelial wound healing in the murine cornea. METHODS:Corneas of 8- to 10-week-old C57BL6 mice were wounded by epithelial debridement (...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Jain S,De la Cruz J,Kang E,Kojima T,Chang JH,Kim JY

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00