Late microbial keratitis after corneal transplantation.

abstract：PURPOSE:We aimed to evaluate a new technique using a thermosensitive glue coating for impression cytology of the ocular surface. METHODS:We prepared plasma polymerized N-isopropyl acrylamide (pNIPAM)-coated parylene C (poly(monochloro-p-xylylene)) films to obtain cytological samples from the conjunctival surface. We c...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Tunc M,Yildirim U,Yuksel H,Cheng X,Humayun M,Ratner B

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe a simple finding, consisting of a double-line reflection from the graft inside the anterior chamber, that can be used to determine the correct donor tissue orientation in Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty: which we would like to call Berrospi's sign. METHODS:Evaluation of the presence of l...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Berrospi RD,Galvis V,Bhogal M,Tello A

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Measurement of central corneal thickness (CCT) plays an essential role in the diagnosis and treatment of many ocular diseases. In this study, we aimed to compare the CCT measurements obtained using the Scheimpflug system (Pentacam; Oculus, Inc) with a retinal optical coherence tomography device (Stratus OCT; Ca...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Ceylan OM,Turk A,Erdurman C,Mumcuoglu T,Erdem U,Gokce G,Dagli S

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate central endothelial cell density (ECD), morphology, and central corneal thickness (CCT) in patients newly diagnosed with severe obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) and to determine the correlation between these parameters and OSAHS severity. METHODS:This prospective, comparative ca...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Chalkiadaki E,Andreanos K,Florou C,Droutsas K,Maniou C,Amfilochiou A,Georgalas I,Papaconstantinou D,Koutsandrea C

更新日期：2021-01-01 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：PURPOSE:To ascertain whether offsetting the Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) punch can expand the donor pool in conjunction with prepunched and preloaded services by recapturing the corneas otherwise excluded by the conventional central clear zone criteria. METHODS:In this retrospective review of corn...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Kornberg DL,Prabhu S,Sales CS,Williams RS,Clover J,Tran KD

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether there is an association between keratoconus and personality attributes including obsessionality traits. METHODS:We reviewed all charts in the regional contact lens clinic, identifying patients who had attended from January 1997 to January 2000 and had a diagnosis of either keratoconus or m...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Cooke CA,Cooper C,Dowds E,Frazer DG,Jackson AJ

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe the clinical features, disease course, management, and visual outcome of stromal microsporidial keratitis involving the corneal graft in an immunocompetent patient. METHODS:Case report. RESULTS:We report the case of a 21-year-old immunocompetent woman, who underwent penetrating keratoplasty for ad...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Pradhan S,Mascarenhas J,Srinivasan M

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To review the clinical course, treatment, and visual outcomes of keratitis with endophthalmitis caused by the filamentary fungus Fusarium. METHOD:One hundred fifty-nine cases of Fusarium keratitis at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute between January 1, 1987 and August 21, 2000 were reviewed. Ten patients with cultur...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Dursun D,Fernandez V,Miller D,Alfonso EC

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe the clinical features, histopathology, surgical management and possible etiopathogenesis of corneoscleral epithelial cysts. METHODS:Three patients with corneoscleral epithelial cysts underwent surgical ablation of the cysts. Material obtained during surgery was subjected to histopathologic analysis...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Rao SK,Fogla R,Biswas J,Padmanabhan P

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate tear film osmolarity in patients treated with intraocular pressure-lowering medications. METHODS:Forty patients treated for glaucoma or ocular hypertension (OHT) were consecutively recruited for the study. Each patient was asked to complete an evaluation of ocular surface disease symptoms, the Ocul...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Labbé A,Terry O,Brasnu E,Van Went C,Baudouin C

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the intraocular pressure (IOP) with three different instruments, Goldmann applanation tonometer (GAT), noncontact tonometer, and Tono-Pen after photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) for myopia. METHODS:A prospective case series study to evaluate preoperative and postoperative IOP measurements of 149 ey...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Garzozi HJ,Chung HS,Lang Y,Kagemann L,Harris A

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the incidence of corneal epithelial ingrowth (EIG) and the visual outcomes of enhancement with laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) by flap lift when a bandage soft contact lens (CL) was fitted after the procedure and when it was not. METHODS:This is a multicenter, retrospective, interventional case...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Ortega-Usobiaga J,Baviera-Sabater J,Llovet-Osuna F,González-López F,Bilbao-Calabuig R,Llovet-Rausell A,Beltrán-Sanz J

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the tear levels of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), myeloperoxidase (MPO), and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 in eyes after Boston keratoprosthesis type I (B-KPro) implantation and to correlate these markers with the established B-KPro prognostic categories. METHODS:Tear washes were co...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Robert MC,Arafat SN,Spurr-Michaud S,Chodosh J,Dohlman CH,Gipson IK

更新日期：2016-07-01 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:To determine the effectiveness of prophylactic fluoroquinolone treatment against staphylococci in a rabbit keratitis model. METHODS:Prophylactic ciprofloxacin or ofloxacin was applied as one topical drop 15 minutes before infection or as one drop at three time points (19, 17, and 15 minutes) before infection. ...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Dajcs JJ,Moreau JM,Thibodeaux BA,Traidej M,Austin MS,Marquart ME,Stroman DW,O'Callaghan RJ

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Penetrating keratoplasty is currently the only treatment for corneal endothelial dysfunction. Although corneal transplantation has a high success rate, a few problems still remain, such as the limited availability of donor grafts, the change in refraction after penetrating keratoplasty, and the higher chance of immune...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Mohay J,Lange TM,Soltau JB,Wood TO,McLaughlin BJ

更新日期：1994-03-01 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：:The iridocorneal endothelial (ICE) syndrome is potentially a blinding condition as a result of glaucoma and/or corneal decompensation. The basic pathology seems to be in the corneal endothelium, which many studies confirm takes on a characteristic slit lamp appearance of hammered silver and image reversal with the spe...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Sherrard ES,Frangoulis MA,Muir MG

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to assess the possibility of light damage to the retina by a surgical microscope during implantation of a Boston Keratoprosthesis (B-KPro) in rabbits. METHODS:The retinal irradiance from a Zeiss OPMI Lumera S7 operating microscope was measured at the working distance (16.5 cm). Light ...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Salvador-Culla B,Behlau I,Sayegh RR,Stacy RC,Dohlman CH,Delori F

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report 2 cases of ocular chemical burns associated with the use of a swim goggle antifog agent and to review the literature for this and similar antifog products. METHODS:Case reports and systematic review of the medical literature, material safety data, product safety reports, and consumer reviews. RESULT...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Welling JD,Pike EC,Mauger TF

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the outcomes and complications of Epi-Bowman blunt keratectomy (EBK) using a blunt epikeratome (Epi-Clear, Orca Surgical, Israel), with alcohol delamination of the corneal epithelium during photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) in contralateral eyes. METHODS:This prospective, randomized contralateral ey...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Vingopoulos F,Kanellopoulos AJ

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the morphological changes of corneal epithelium and subbasal nerves by in vivo confocal microscopy in patients with ocular surface disease (OSD) treated with cord blood serum (CBS) eye drops. METHODS:Twenty patients with OSD (mean age 61.1 ± 12.6 years) were included in this prospective 1-arm st...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Giannaccare G,Buzzi M,Fresina M,Velati C,Versura P

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Previous studies on the use of human amniotic membrane (HAM) in rabbit stem cell deficiency models have found the new epithelium growing over the HAM to express cornea-specific keratins (K3 and K12) in 40% of the cases, suggesting that HAM may have induced conjunctival epithelial cells to transdifferentiate int...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Cho BJ,Djalilian AR,Obritsch WF,Matteson DM,Chan CC,Holland EJ

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In a Strampelli osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis, a patch of oral mucosa is frequently used to cover the ocular surface after implantation of an osteodental lamina into the eye. In many cases, gross modifications in the eye covering become apparent a few years later. The aim of this study was to investigate the hi...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Pecorella I,Maurizio T,Antonio C,Giancarlo F

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe the manual provocation test (MPT), a novel test for intermittent involutional entropion of the lower eyelid. METHODS:Retrospective review of patients with intermittent entropion who presented with ocular irritation and documented inward eyelid rotation by them or their referring physicians, but who...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Tonk RS,Meyer DR

更新日期：2016-04-01 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:Endogenous hyaluronan (HA) has previously been shown to be a part of corneal wound healing after photorefractive keratectomy (PRK). HA is known to bind considerable amounts of water. This study aimed to show whether HA colocalized with water in the wound area after PRK. METHODS:Five New Zealand White rabbits w...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Weber BA,Fagerholm P,Johansson B

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To analyze whether plasma rich in growth factors (PRGF) eye drops preserve their biological characteristics and activity after storage for 3 and 6 months at -20°C, at 4°C, and at room temperature for 72 hours, compared with fresh samples (t0). METHODS:Blood from 6 healthy donors was harvested and centrifuged t...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Anitua E,de la Fuente M,Riestra A,Merayo-Lloves J,Muruzábal F,Orive G

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report the clinical, histopathologic, and confocal findings of corneal siderosis. METHODS:A 35-year-old man presented after a car battery explosion with diffuse left corneal anterior stromal pigment deposition and an intraocular metallic foreign body of the left iris. The corneal pigment was analyzed by con...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Witherspoon SR,Hogan RN,Petroll WM,Mootha VV

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00