An Overview of Corneal Transplantation in the Past Decade
Clinics and Practice, 2023 The cornea is a transparent avascular structure located in the front of the eye that refracts light entering the eyes and also serves as a barrier between the outside world and the internal contents of the eye.
Mutali Musa +4 more
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Corneal biomechanical properties in patients with kidney transplant
Taiwan Journal of Ophthalmology, 2021 PURPOSE: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the corneal biomechanical properties in patients post kidney transplant and to compare them with healthy age-matched control.
Vaibhav Kumar Jain +5 more
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A Novel Vitamin E TPGS-Based Formulation Enhances Chlorhexidine Bioavailability in Corneal Layers
Pharmaceutics, 2020 Keratitis is a severe condition characterized by inflammation of the cornea following a local trauma. The most common ocular disease is the bacterial one, which requires an antibiotic treatment.
Ciro Caruso +6 more
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Corneal Disease & Transplantation
Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2022 Corneal diseases represent the third leading cause of blindness worldwide, and corneal transplantation, which aims at restoring corneal clarity and vision, is the most frequently performed transplant worldwide [...]
Giulia Coco, Vito Romano
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Simultaneous tectonic Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty and tectonic Bowman layer transplant for the management of corneal perforation [PDF]
International Journal of Ophthalmology, 2023 AIM: To report the outcomes of three cases of corneal perforation managed with simultaneous tectonic Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty (t-DSEK) and tectonic Bowman layer transplant (t-BLT) as an alternative to tectonic penetrating keratoplasty (
Abdo Karim Tourkmani +4 more
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A proof-of-concept clinical trial using mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of corneal epithelial stem cell deficiency [PDF]
, 2019 Producción CientíficaOcular stem cell transplantation derived from either autologous or allogeneic donor corneoscleral junction is a functional cell therapy to manage extensive and/or severe limbal stem cell deficiencies that lead to corneal epithelial ...
Alberca Zaballos, Mercedes +9 more
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High-risk corneal allografts : A therapeutic challenge [PDF]
, 2016 Peer reviewedPublisher ...
Forrester, John V +4 more
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Prognostic and preventive role of various factors in corneal rejection after keratoplasty
Офтальмохирургия, 2021 The literature review is devoted to the analysis of modern publications on the immunological and pathogenetic mechanisms of transplanted corneal rejection, risk factors, predictors and methods of the prevention of this complication.
S. N. Sakhnov +5 more
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Potential benefits and risks of clinical xenotransplantation [PDF]
, 2012 The transplantation of organs and cells from pigs into humans could overcome the critical and continuing problem of the lack of availability of deceased human organs and cells for clinical transplantation.
Ayares, D, Cooper, DKC
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Corneal transplantation: A new view of life
Electronic Physician, 2017 Background: The consequences of a corneal transplant are evaluated and classified by care providers, but understanding and interpretation of the results varies between patients, and creates different views for them and influences their lives in ...
Fardin Amiri +3 more
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