Corneoscleral epithelial cysts: evidence of developmental etiology.

abstract：PURPOSE:To present a case of acute idiopathic endotheliitis occurred early after corneal collagen cross-linking (CXL) for progressive keratoconus, and to discuss possible risk factors, causes, and other similar complications in the literature. METHODS:A 24-year-old woman with bilateral keratoconus underwent a corneal ...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Gumus K

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report the potential risk of severe positive vitreous pressure during combined penetrating keratoplasty, cataract extraction, and intraocular lens implantation (triple procedure), using positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) during general endotracheal anesthesia. METHODS:This is a case report of a 32-year...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Pillar A,Jeng BH,Munir WM

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We present the clinicopathologic correlations of two case and two other clinical cases of topical anesthetic abuse keratopathy that were originally diagnosed as Acanthamoeba keratitis because of ring keratitis presentation and characteristic history. METHODS:Four patients who were referred to us with suspected...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Varga JH,Rubinfeld RS,Wolf TC,Stutzman RD,Peele KA,Clifford WS,Madigan W

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe a new method of visualizing human conjunctiva goblet cell mucin secretion by using a combination of impression cytology and laser scanning microscopy. METHODS:By assembling a Z-stack of confocal microscopy images taken from human impression cytology samples, we obtained 3-dimensional information ab...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Peral A,Pintor J

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report keratouveitis arising from corneal penetration by a bristle worm seta (bristle). METHODS:We report on a 64-year-old woman presenting with uniocular pain, redness, reduced vision, discharge, and pustular rash of the hands after cleaning out her marine aquarium containing bristle worms and rubbing her ...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Kirk J,Gunn D,Wong N,Minchin E,Darcy K

更新日期：2020-05-01 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 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 measure subbasal nerve density and orientation in normal human corneas across a broad age range. METHODS:Sixty-five normal corneas of 65 subjects were examined by using tandem scanning confocal microscopy. Ages of subjects ranged from 15 to 79 years (mean 46 +/- 19 years), with 5 subjects from each hemideca...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Erie JC,McLaren JW,Hodge DO,Bourne WM

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To verify the possibility of using a commercially available ophthalmologic white light confocal microscope for imaging optical sections of donated corneas preserved at 4 degrees C, especially for endothelial evaluation. METHODS:Sixteen corneas donated to the Warsaw Eye Bank but excluded from use in surgery for...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Szaflik JP

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe a case in which an eye donor had prior bilateral photorefractive keratectomies and to elucidate possible methods of evaluation and screening of donor tissue. METHODS:Case report. A 62-year-old eye donor was reported to have received radial keratotomy before his death. Further investigation by the e...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Terry MA,Ousley PJ,Rich LF,Wilson DJ

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether canalicular occlusion with collagen and silicone plugs reduces the severity of symptoms in patients with conjunctivitis secondary to dry eye. METHODS:This was a prospective, randomized, double-masked study conducted at a single center in Mexico, in which 61 patients with dry eye/conjunctiv...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Nava-Castaneda A,Tovilla-Canales JL,Rodriguez L,Tovilla Y Pomar JL,Jones CE

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare higher-order aberrations (HOAs) after small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) in patients with and without intraoperative angle kappa adjustments. METHODS:This is a retrospective case series. One hundred six eyes of 106 patients who underwent SMILE at Tianjin Eye Hospital (Tianjin Medical Univer...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Shao T,Wang Y,Ng ALK,Chan TCY,Hao W,Zhang J,Cheng GPM,Jhanji V

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate corneal graft survival over a 5-year period and to investigate whether factors related to the donor, eye bank practices, the recipient, surgery, and postoperative course influenced the outcome. METHODS:Nine hundred ninety-eight patients were randomly selected and monitored in the subsequent 3 years...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Fasolo A,Capuzzo C,Fornea M,Franch A,Birattari F,Carito G,Cucco F,Prosdocimo G,Sala M,Delle Noci N,Primavera V,Frigo AC,Grigoletto F,Ponzin D,CORTES Study Group.

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the association of systemic diseases with keratoconus in the general Korean population. METHODS:This is a nationwide population-based retrospective cohort study using the Korean National Health Insurance Service-National Sample Cohort database from 2002 to 2015, involving 1,108,369 individuals. ...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Lee HK,Jung EH,Cho BJ

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the prevalence of undiagnosed and asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in patients with ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN) in a referral hospital in Karnataka, South India. METHODS:A consecutive series of patients presenting with OSSN were evaluated in an academic center ...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Pradeep TG,Gangasagara SB,Subbaramaiah GB,Suresh MB,Gangashettappa N,Durgappa R

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Pseudophakic/aphakic bullous keratopathy (PBK/ABK) human corneas accumulate an extracellular matrix glycoprotein tenascin-C (TN-C), an important modulator of cell adhesion and migration. Here, the purpose was to identify specific TN-C mRNA splice variants in normal and PBK/ABK human corneas. METHODS:Convention...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Saghizadeh M,Khin HL,Bourdon MA,Kenney MC,Ljubimov AV

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine if Cornisol is as effective as Optisol-GS as an intermediate-term corneal storage medium. METHODS:A prospective, in vitro, randomized, partially masked study using paired donor corneas. Optical grade tissues not suitable for surgery were used. After performing baseline slit lamp evaluation, one ti...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Basak S,Prajna NV

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been reports of the clearing of sclera that has been grafted into the cornea. This clearing was studied in the rabbit by transplanting full-thickness scleral buttons or by implanting slivers of sclera, both autografts and allografts, into the cornea. Some clearing around the edges of the implanted scleral t...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Maurice DM,Singh T

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of ocular surface allergy in the forms of atopic conjunctivitis and vernal keratoconjunctivitis has been highlighted by specific functions of chemokines. In the context of late-phase allergic responses, these molecules have key roles in recruitment and activation of leukocytes. Their interaction with lig...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Miyazaki D,Nakamura T,Komatsu N,Nawata N,Ikeda Y,Inoue Y,Higashi H,Ono SJ

更新日期：2004-11-01 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: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：: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：:During wound healing, corneal tissue has to restore its transparency for proper vision. Various cytokines and growth factors are believed to orchestrate cellular behavior in a healing cornea. This review summarizes the roles of 1 such factor, the proinflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, in the proce...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Saika S

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidermal growth factor (EGF) is known to promote corneal epithelial wound healing in experimental scrape and keratectomy models. We studied its efficacy in treating alkali-burned epithelial ulceration. EGF induced hyperplasia and cell proliferation to resurface the denuded and denatured corneal stroma, but it did not...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Singh G,Foster CS

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study changes in structure and barrier function of the corneal epithelium after penetrating keratoplasty. METHODS:Sixty-nine eyes of 56 patients undergoing penetrating keratoplasty were studied. Fifty-six age-matched normal eyes served as controls. Corneal epithelial structure was studied by using specular ...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Shimazaki J,Shimmura S,Mochizuki K,Tsubota K

更新日期：1999-09-01 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:This study investigated the topographic corneal thickness in four groups of Hong Kong Chinese. METHODS:The corneal thickness was determined with an ultrasound pachometer mounted on a X-Y plate. A head rest was used to reduce further any movement from the subject during the measurement. After the central cornea...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Lam AK,Douthwaite WA

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the efficacy of topical cyclosporine [0.05% cyclosporine A (CsA)] and preservative-free artificial tears in the treatment of meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD). METHODS:A 3-month prospective, randomized, double-masked, parallel-group controlled trial enrolled 70 patients with symptomatic MGD and unst...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Prabhasawat P,Tesavibul N,Mahawong W

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the applicability of culture supernatant of human amniotic cells on basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF)-induced corneal neovascularization. METHODS:Human amniotic epithelial and mesenchymal cells (AC) were obtained from human amniotic membranes by digesting with collagenase and maintained in serum...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Kobayashi N,Kabuyama Y,Sasaki S,Kato K,Homma Y

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report the use of anterior stromal micropuncture and amniotic membrane transplantation in the management of painful bullous keratopathy in patients with poor visual potential. METHODS:Interventional case series. A retrospective review was performed to identify all patients who were treated by one of us (A.J...

journal_title：Cornea

authors： Sonmez B,Kim BT,Aldave AJ

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00