Morphology of the Corneal Limbus Following Standard and Accelerated Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking (9 mW/cm2) for Keratoconus.

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate trends in the acquisition, storage, and utilization of donated corneal tissue in New Zealand, 2000 to 2009. METHODS:The New Zealand National Eye Bank records were analyzed for the decade January 2000 to December 2009. Variables analyzed included donor demographics (age, sex, and ethnicity), donor s...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Cunningham WJ,Moffatt SL,Brookes NH,Twohill HC,Pendergrast DG,Stewart JM,McGhee CN

更新日期：2012-05-01 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：: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 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 a newly developed noninvasive method to measure the radius of tear meniscus curvature (reflective meniscometry) and its application to normal eyes, dry eyes, and other ocular surface conditions. METHODS:Two types of meniscometer--photographic and video--were devised. Both use tear meniscus as a conca...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Yokoi N,Bron AJ,Tiffany JM,Kinoshita S

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of herpes simplex keratitis has ranged from simple debridement to the use of prototypic antiviral agents specific to the herpes family, such as acyclovir. The various treatment modalities for dendritic keratitis, for the most part, have been effective. However, in recent years numerous reports of antivir...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Minkovitz JB,Pepose JS

更新日期：1995-05-01 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：:Persistent donor corneal epithelial defects following penetrating keratoplasty may lead to graft failure. We herein describe a method for providing corneal protection using a temporary suture tarsorrhaphy. This technique is simple and completely reversible, and it allows continued observation and instillation of topic...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Koenig SB,Harris GJ

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 76-year-old man with bilateral corneal infiltrates secondary to a monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) is described. The corneal changes simulated a remote lattice dystrophy. Although the clinical presentation of corneal opacities secondary to paraproteinemic conditions is somewhat variable, thi...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Spiegel P,Grossniklaus HE,Reinhart WJ,Thomas RH

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To analyze tear meniscus dimensions with Fourier domain-optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. METHODS:Patients with type 2 diabetes without diabetic retinopathy (DR) (n = 54), with nonproliferative DR (n = 45), with proliferative DR (PDR) (n = 25), and controls (n = 4...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Baek J,Doh SH,Chung SK

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To measure corneal epithelial thickness (CET) in patients with glaucoma using anterior-segment optical coherence tomography and to evaluate CET changes in relation to corneal epithelial microvilli analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). METHODS:Twenty-two eyes (16 patients) being treated with preservat...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Cennamo G,Montorio D,Del Prete S,Del Prete A,Cennamo G

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the therapeutic effect of corneal cross-linking (CXL) in 2 cases of bullous keratopathy combined with corneal ulcer. METHODS:Two patients (2 eyes) were recruited for the sake of the study. Both suffered from bullous keratopathy and presented a gradually deteriorating, vision-threatening, central co...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Kozobolis V,Labiris G,Gkika M,Sideroudi H,Kaloghianni E,Papadopoulou D,Toufexis G

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the rebubbling rate and clinical outcomes of Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) with 5% sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) gas versus 100% air as a tamponade for graft attachment. METHODS:Retrospective, comparative, interventional case series including 368 consecutive pseudophakic eyes with Fu...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Ampazas P,Droutsas K,Giallouros E,Schroeder FM,Sekundo W

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the distribution and relative level of expression of the receptor tyrosine kinases, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), ErbB2 and ErbB3, in human ocular surface epithelia. METHODS:Immunofluorescent staining was performed to identify expression of the EGFR, ErbB2 and ErbB3 in the corneal, li...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Liu Z,Carvajal M,Carraway CA,Carraway K,Pflugfelder SC

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specular microscopy can provide a noninvasive morphologic analysis of the corneal endothelial cell layer from subjects enrolled in clinical trials. The analysis provides a measure of the endothelial cell physiologic reserve from aging, ocular surgical procedures, pharmaceutical exposure, and general health of the corn...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： McCarey BE,Edelhauser HF,Lynn MJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to evaluate outcomes of Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) using anterior stromal flawed (ASF) donor corneas that were unsuitable for use in full-thickness penetrating keratoplasty as a result of stromal scars, pterygia, or previous corneal refractive s...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Phillips PM,Terry MA,Shamie N,Chen ES,Hoar KL,Stoeger C,Friend DJ,Saad HA

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Peters anomaly is the most common cause of congenital corneal opacities. Although conservative management is often ineffective except in mild cases, surgical intervention in the form of penetrating keratoplasty is fraught with unpredictability and often has unacceptable postoperative outcomes. As such, there is...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Soh YQ,Mehta JS

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secondary corneal amyloidosis is a rare finding and only 17 cases have been reported in the literature. A case of unilateral secondary localized corneal amyloidosis is presented in a patient with bilateral interstitial keratitis and other stigmata of tertiary syphilis. ...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Hill JC,Maske R,Bowen RM

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After n-heptanol removal of the total corneal epithelium and a limbal lamellar keratectomy, 23 rabbit eyes developed features of limbal stem cell deficiency including conjunctival epithelial ingrowth, vascularization and chronic inflammation. One month later, 10 control eyes received a total keratectomy, and 13 experi...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Kim JC,Tseng SC

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the visual results, higher-order aberrations, and corneal biomechanical properties of femtosecond small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) at depths of 100 and 160 μm. METHODS:A prospective comparative interventional clinical trial of a series of patients who underwent SMILE. In the right eye, a ...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： El-Massry AA,Goweida MB,Shama Ael-S,Elkhawaga MH,Abdalla MF

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the efficacy and safety of combined intracameral sulfur hexafluoride and full-thickness corneal sutures in the treatment of acute corneal hydrops (CH). METHODS:This is an uncontrolled series of cases with keratoconus (KC), keratoglobus (KG), and pellucid marginal degeneration that presented with CH o...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Mohebbi M,Pilafkan H,Nabavi A,Mirghorbani M,Naderan M

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe the viscoelastic marking technique, a novel marking technique of Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) grafts that enables usage of a single donor cornea for 2 surgeries-one that uses Descemet membrane and endothelium (DMEK) and the other using the stroma and Bowman layer. METHODS:A ret...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Or L,Krakauer Y,Sorkin N,Knyazer B,Ashkenazy Z,Gushansky K,Dubinsky-Pertzov B,Gazit I,Einan-Lifshitz A

更新日期：2020-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Surgical excision is the standard treatment for pterygium. This study was conducted to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a novel technique using low-temperature plasma (LTP) for excision and hemostasis in pterygium surgery. METHODS:A prospective, comparative, and randomized clinical trial was conducted on 60...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Huang H,Li S,Zhong J,Wang B,Peng L,Deng Y,Wang M,Yuan J

更新日期：2020-12-01 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：:Endothelial keratoplasty has revolutionized the treatment of corneal endothelial dysfunction and lowered the threshold for treatment by providing rapid visual rehabilitation and setting a high standard for safety and efficacy. Over time, endothelial keratoplasty techniques have evolved toward the use of thinner tissue...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Price MO,Feng MT,Price FW Jr

更新日期：2020-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the surgical procedure and therapeutic efficacy of femtosecond (FS) laser-assisted keratolimbal allograft (KLAL) transplantation in the treatment of eyes with total limbal stem cell deficiency. METHODS:Ten eyes from 10 patients who underwent FS laser-assisted KLAL transplantation were enrolled. ...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Qi X,Duan F,Li X,Zhang X,Li N,Liu M,Gao H

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine whether corneal epithelial defects and epitheliopathy in patients with unilateral dysfunction of the ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve (neurotrophic keratitis) is associated with reduced aqueous tear production. Sensation of the skin, cornea, and nasal mucosa, aqueo...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Heigle TJ,Pflugfelder SC

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the safety of intracameral injection of minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) of povidone iodine (PI) on the corneal endothelium in a rabbit model as a proposed method of prophylaxis against postoperative endophthalmitis. METHODS:We included 32 New Zealand white rabbits in the study. Twenty-f...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： ElKitkat RS,Ebeid WM,Habib EK,Shoukry Y

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present two cases of posterior amorphous corneal dystrophy in members of the same family. We correlated the clinical findings with refraction, topography, and ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM). This is the first report of UBM findings in amorphous corneal dystrophy and we describe the depth of stromal opacification me...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Castelo Branco B,Chalita MR,Casanova FH,Castelo Branco AB,Allemann N,de Freitas D

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00