Corneal Endothelium and Phacoemulsification.

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this case series was to evaluate the effectiveness of modified deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty in eyes with scarring secondary to hydrops associated with keratoconus. METHODS:Four patients underwent modified deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty. This was performed by controlled air injection ...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Ramamurthi S,Ramaesh K

更新日期：2011-02-01 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:Laser-assisted epilation of eyebrow hair has become a common practice, but a number of ocular complications can occur. We report the cases of 2 patients who had unilateral anterior uveitis after having undergone laser removal of eyebrow hair. METHODS:This report describes 2 patients who experienced eye pain, p...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Gunes A,Yasar C,Tok L,Tok O

更新日期：2015-01-01 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 evaluate the effect of obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) on the meibomian glands, ocular surface, and tear parameters. METHODS:The study included 59 individuals (32 subjects with OSAHS, 27 control subjects) who underwent polysomnography in the Chest Diseases Clinic. The right eyes of all ind...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Muhafiz E,Ölçen M,Erten R,Bozkurt E

更新日期：2020-06-01 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 the outcomes of corneal fine needle diathermy (FND) with adjuvant intrastromal and subconjunctival bevacizumab injection for corneal neovascularization (CN) in children. METHODS:Medical records of all children who had undergone FND with adjuvant bevacizumab injection were reviewed retrospectively. Tr...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Elbaz U,Mireskandari K,Shen C,Ali A

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the long-term clinical course of scleromalacia with calcified plaque as a complication of cosmetic conjunctivectomy with topical mitomycin C (MMC) application and to introduce a surgical method for this complication using calcified plaque removal and/or conjunctival flap surgery. METHODS:Eleven ...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Kwon HJ,Nam SM,Lee SY,Ahn JM,Seo KY

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report the case of a 67-year-old woman with a diagnosis of multiple myeloma (MM) and atypical corneal opacity as the first appearance. METHODS:The patient consulted an ophthalmologist regarding blurred vision that progressed gradually without any systemic symptoms. The corneal epithelium and anterior stroma...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Nakatsukasa M,Sotozono C,Tanioka H,Shimazaki C,Kinoshita S

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe the efficacy of combined excimer laser photoablation and amniotic overlay membrane in the relief of symptomatic discomfort in a 17-year-old patient who had gelatinous drop-like corneal dystrophy. METHODS:The best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was measured with Snellen letters. Slit-lamp examinatio...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Alex AF,Eter N,Uhlig CE

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe an invasive spindle cell carcinoma of the conjunctiva managed by full-thickness eye wall resection. METHODS:A 51-year-old man developed a conjunctival mass that was excised and proved to be a spindle cell carcinoma. A tumor recurrence 20 months later was evaluated by ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM) ...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Shields JA,Eagle RC,Marr BP,Shields CL,Grossniklaus HE,Stulting RD

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Limbal allograft transplantation was performed consecutively in 16 eyes with thermal or chemical burns (n = 5), Terrien's degeneration (n = 2), congenital sclerocornea (n = 1), Stevens-Johnson syndrome (n = 1), and chronic keratoconjunctivitis (n = 7), by transplanting randomly selected cadaver limbocorneal grafts to ...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Tsai RJ,Tseng SC

更新日期：1994-09-01 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 investigate the feasibility of corneal reconstruction utilizing cultured human corneal endothelial cells (HCECs). METHODS:We cultivated HCECs using culture dishes pre-coated with bovine corneal endothelial extracellular matrix. The effect of donor age on HCECs was investigated. We reconstructed corneas usin...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Amano S

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess frequency, associations, and outcomes of full air fill after Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK). METHODS:This retrospective study reviewed 368 consecutive DMEK cases performed to treat Fuchs dystrophy, bullous keratopathy, or failed keratoplasty. Primary outcomes were air bubble status...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Gonzalez A,Price FW Jr,Price MO,Feng MT

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the results of a combined approach of cicatrix lysis, intraoperative mitomycin C (MMC) application, oral mucosal transplantation (OMT), and amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT) for surgery of severe symblepharon. METHODS:This prospective study included 32 eyes with severe symblepharon in which a...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Kheirkhah A,Ghaffari R,Kaghazkanani R,Hashemi H,Behrouz MJ,Raju VK

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report the clinical results of posterior lamellar keratoplasty (PLK) using predissected organ-cultured donor corneal tissue implanted after stripping of the Descemet membrane. METHODS:Twenty-two eyes of 22 patients in whom a PLK procedure was performed for pseudophakic bullous keratopathy and/or Fuchs endot...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Nieuwendaal CP,Lapid-Gortzak R,van der Meulen IJ,Melles GJ

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study was designed to determine how patients with pellucid marginal corneal degeneration (PMCD) are managed in a tertiary corneal practice. METHODS:A retrospective chart review of 45 patients with PMCD from a corneal referral practice was performed. Information collected from the medical records included ...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Tzelikis PF,Cohen EJ,Rapuano CJ,Hammersmith KM,Laibson PR

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the long-term effect and safety of collagen cross-linking (CXL) on patients with bullous keratopathy (BK) in a randomized control manner. It is, to our knowledge, the first randomized control study on the effect of CXL on BK. METHODS:Subjects were randomized to receive CXL as in the standard pro...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Choy BNK,Ng ALK,Zhu MM,Liu CC,Xu S,Lai JSM

更新日期：2020-11-01 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：PURPOSE:To report a case of chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO) with conjunctival involvement. METHODS:Retrospective chart review. RESULTS:A 10-year-old girl who complained of fatigue and debilitating pain in both hips and legs for >1 year had recurrent episodes of redness and discharge in both eyes wit...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Ozbek Z,Makay B,Unsal E,Durak I,Gunes D,Anal O,Ozer E

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Absorbable intracanalicular collagen implants were placed in both canaliculi of one eye of nine human volunteers. The other eye served as a control. Twenty-four hours later 2% sodium fluorescein was placed into both conjunctival sacs. Serial corneal fluorescein concentrations were measured with a scanning ocular fluor...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Unterman SR,Reidy JJ,Hill JH,Kaufman HE

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study explored a new method for removing thermosensitive acrylic punctal plugs from lacrimal puncta. METHODS:A total of 14 dry eye patients (14 eyes), who required the removal of thermosensitive acrylic punctal plugs from the lacrimal puncta because of serious complications, were recruited. Among the 14 p...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Zhang M,Zhang X

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the influence of incision size on dry eye symptoms in the small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) procedure. METHODS:Ninety-four eyes of 47 patients with myopia and/or myopic astigmatism who had undergone the SMILE procedure were enrolled in this study. The patients were divided into 3 groups a...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Cetinkaya S,Gulmez M,Mestan E,Ucar F,Ali N

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To measure the refractive index (RI) of the human corneal stroma in vivo using an objective Abbé refractometer (VCH-1) and to determine if RI of the stroma is related to age. METHODS:VCH-1 was used to measure RI at the central anterior stroma immediately after lifting the flap in neophyte patients preselected ...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Amparo F,Patel S,Alió JL,Rodriguez-Prats JL,Moreno LJ

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to compare topographic and biomechanical properties of corneas in patients with acromegaly with those of healthy individuals. METHODS:Thirty-five patients with acromegaly (study group) and 35 healthy individuals (control group) were enrolled in this prospective study. Topographic meas...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Altinkaynak H,Duru N,Ersoy R,Kalkan Akcay E,Ugurlu N,Cagil N,Cakir B

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：PURPOSE:To report the incidence of complications and the refractive results in patients with diabetes mellitus treated with laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK). METHODS:A retrospective review of the charts, focusing on 6-month postoperative data, was performed on 30 eyes from patients with diabetes and 150 a...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Fraunfelder FW,Rich LF

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Utilizing transmission electron microscopy, the authors describe results obtained from cellulose acetate impressions of the bulbar conjunctiva in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patients with cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis. Particles consistent with a retrovirus were isolated, but no CMV particles were demonstrate...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Pastor SA,Shuster AR,Miller MM,Lam KW

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report our experience with 0.05%-2% topical cyclosporine in the treatment of 4 cases of severe, corticosteroid-resistant, vernal keratoconjunctivitis with shield ulcers. METHODS:Four patients with shield ulcers not responding to medical treatment with topical steroids, antihistamines, and mast-cell stabiliz...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Cetinkaya A,Akova YA,Dursun D,Pelit A

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00