Management of Stromal Corneal Dystrophies; Review of the Literature with a Focus on Phototherapeutic Keratectomy and Keratoplasty [PDF]
Vision, 2023 Corneal dystrophies are a group of non-inflammatory inherited disorders of the cornea. This review considers treatment options for epithelial-stromal and stromal corneal dystrophies: namely Reis–Bücklers, Thiel–Behnke, lattice, Avellino, granular ...
Zahra Ashena +2 more
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Distribution and Surgical Treatment of Corneal Dystrophies Over Eight Decades (1945–2024): An Analysis of Histopathologically Confirmed Cases from a German Center [PDF]
Journal of Epidemiology and Global HealthBackground Corneal dystrophies are inherited disorders that can lead to significant visual impairment and often require surgical intervention in advanced stages.
Othmane Touirssa +6 more
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Corneal Higher Order Aberrations in Granular, Lattice and Macular Corneal Dystrophies. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 To evaluate the corneal higher-order aberrations (HOAs) in granular, lattice and macular corneal dystrophies.This retrospective study includes consecutive patients who were diagnosed as granular corneal dystrophy type2 (GCD2; 121 eyes), lattice corneal ...
Yukari Yagi-Yaguchi +5 more
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Characteristics of corneal dystrophies: a review from clinical, histological and genetic perspectives [PDF]
International Journal of Ophthalmology, 2016 Corneal dystrophy is a common type of hereditary corneal diseases. It includes many types, which have varied pathology, histology and clinical manifestations.
Ze-Nan Lin, Jie Chen, Hong-Ping Cui
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Deep anterior lamellar vs penetrating keratoplasty for macular and granular stromal dystrophies: clinical and refractive results [PDF]
BMC OphthalmologyBackground To evaluate and compare visual, refractive, and keratometric outcomes and complications in patients who underwent Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty (DALK) and Penetrating Keratoplasty (PKP) surgery for stromal corneal dystrophies.
Cem Sari +5 more
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American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2022 Purpose: Phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) plays an important role in the management of Reis-Bucklers’ corneal dystrophy. The usage of PTK for the treatment of anterior corneal dystrophies is limited by the depth of ablation.
Gogri Pratik +3 more
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Diagnostic yield of candidate genes in an Australian corneal dystrophy cohort
Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine, 2022 Corneal dystrophies describe a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of inherited disorders. The International Classification of Corneal Dystrophies (IC3D) lists 22 types of corneal dystrophy, 17 of which have been demonstrated to result from ...
Emmanuelle Souzeau +19 more
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Uncovering the profile of mutations of transforming growth factor beta-induced gene in Chinese corneal dystrophy patients [PDF]
International Journal of Ophthalmology, 2016 AIM: To uncover the mutations profile of transforming growth factor beta-induced (TGFBI) gene in Chinese corneal dystrophy patients and further investigate the characteristics of genotype-phenotype correlations.
Xiao-Dan Hao +4 more
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Update on the genetics of corneal endothelial dystrophies
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2022 Corneal endothelial dystrophies are a heterogeneous group of diseases with different modes of inheritance and genetic basis for each dystrophy. The genes associated with these diseases encode transcription factors, structural components of the stroma and
Chitra Kannabiran +3 more
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Superficial Keratectomy: A Review of Literature
Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 Superficial keratectomy (SK) is the manual dissection of the superficial corneal layers (epithelium, Bowman's layer, and sometimes superficial stroma). SK is done using a surgical blade or diamond burr.
Farhad Salari +7 more
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