A serious adverse surgical event: Management of suspected HSV-1 keratitis in a donor cornea. [PDF]
PurposeTo describe the management of a serious adverse event in a patient undergoing penetrating keratoplasty (PK).Case reportA 68-year-old man underwent PK for an aphakic bullous keratopathy following previous complicated cataract surgery.
Chen, Jern Y +3 more
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Immunohistochemical localisation of d-β-aspartic acid-containing proteins in climatic droplet keratopathy [PDF]
Aim: Biologically uncommon D-β-aspartic acid (D-β-Asp) accumulates in the body with age and is involved in the ageing process. In the present study, the localisation of D-β-Asp-containing proteins was investigated in surgical specimens with climatic ...
Fujii N +6 more
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Purpose To report an unusual case of herpetic bullous keratitis misdiagnosed as a case of pseudophakic bullous keratopathy with secondary glaucoma.
Mandal Anil K +4 more
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A comparison of endothelial and penetrating keratoplasty outcomes following failed penetrating keratoplasty: a registry study [PDF]
Author version made available in accordance with publisher copyright policy.Purpose To compare graft survival and visual outcomes for endothelial keratoplasty (EK) after a first penetrating keratoplasty (PK), with outcomes of repeat PK after a first ...
Australian Corneal Graft Registry, Contributors +5 more
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Epidemiological profile of patients treated at the Cornea's Department of the Reference Center in Ophthalmology, Goiás, Brazil [PDF]
Objective: To describe the epidemiological profile of corneal disorders diagnosed in the Corneal Department of the Ophthalmology Reference Center, Universidade Federal de Goiás, between 2009 and 2018.
Fernanda Mendonça Galvão +8 more
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Case report of a ‘relatively’ new corneal disease
Peripheral hypertrophic sub-epithelial corneal degeneration was first described in 2003 and involves bilateral, symmetrical, peripheral, hypertrophic and sub-epithelial corneal opacification.
Dirk J. Booysen, Roland Höllhumer
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Evaluation of DMEK with secondary IOL implantation in cases of aphakic bullous keratopathy
Context DMEK is used to treat corneal decompensation. This study focuses on the succcess and outcome of DMEK with and without secondary IOL implantation.
Amr S Galal +3 more
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Prognostic factors for corneal graft recovery after severe corneal graft rejection following penetrating keratoplasty [PDF]
BACKGROUND: To investigate the outcome and prognostic factors for corneal graft recovery after severe corneal graft rejection following penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) treated with topical and systemic steroids.
Jun Shimazaki +3 more
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Effect of Glyceraldehyde Cross-Linking on a Rabbit Bullous Keratopathy Model
Background. To evaluate the effects of corneal glyceraldehyde CXL on the rabbit bullous keratopathy models established by descemetorhexis. Methods. Fifteen rabbits were randomly divided into five groups. Group A (n=3) is the control group. The right eyes
Mengmeng Wang
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Persistence of structural changes at the anterior cornea in bullous keratopathy patients after endothelial keratoplasty. [PDF]
Subepithelial fibrosis (SEF) and the transdifferentiation of keratocytes into fibroblasts or myofibroblasts (Fbs/MFbs) have been detected in the cornea of individuals with bullous keratopathy.
Naoyuki Morishige +4 more
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