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Turning the tide of corneal blindness

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2012
Corneal diseases represent the second leading cause of blindness in most developing world countries. Worldwide, major investments in public health infrastructure and primary eye care services have built a strong foundation for preventing future corneal ...
Matthew S Oliva, Tim Schottman, Manoj Gulati   +2 more
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Post-operative complications of penetrating corneal keratoplasty in patients with anterior segment toxic syndrome secondary to cataract surgery

ABCS Health Sciences, 2020
Introduction: Toxic Anterior Segment Syndrome (TASS) after cataract surgery may cause severe corneal decompensation that compromises corneal transparency and may require penetrating corneal keratoplasty to improve visual acuity.
Elen Nishimoto Nishi, Vagner Loduca Lima, Glaucia Luciano da Veiga, Luiz Antonio de Brito Martins   +3 more
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Higher incidence of penetrating keratoplasty having effects on repeated keratoplasty in South Korea: A nationwide population-based study.

PLoS ONE, 2020
PURPOSE:To investigate the incidence of corneal transplantation and identify rates and risk factors of repeated corneal transplantation in South Korea.
Kyoung Yoon Shin, Dong Hui Lim, Kyungdo Han, Tae-Young Chung   +3 more
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Trends in indications and techniques of corneal transplantation in Iran from 2006 to 2013; an 8-year review

Journal of Ophthalmic & Vision Research, 2016
Purpose: To report changing trends in indications and techniques of corneal transplantation in Iran. Methods: We reviewed eye bank records of 47,129 patients who had undergone corneal transplantation between 2006 and 2013 at different eye centers ...
Mozhgan Rezaei Kanavi, Mohammad Ali Javadi, Tahmineh Motevasseli, Tahereh Chamani, Mahnoush Rezaei Kanavi, Bahareh Kheiri, Sare Safi   +6 more
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Cell therapy of congenital corneal diseases with umbilical mesenchymal stem cells: lumican null mice.

PLoS ONE, 2010
BackgroundKeratoplasty is the most effective treatment for corneal blindness, but suboptimal medical conditions and lack of qualified medical personnel and donated cornea often prevent the performance of corneal transplantation in developing countries ...
Hongshan Liu, Jianhua Zhang, Chia-Yang Liu, I-Jong Wang, Martin Sieber, John Chang, James V Jester, Winston W Y Kao   +7 more
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Modified Gunderson Conjunctival Flap Combined with an Oral Mucosal Graft to Treat an Intractable Corneal Lysis after Chemical Burn: A Case Report

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, 2006
Following a severe chemical injury, persistent corneal melting presents as a threatening condition for loss of vision or the eyeball itself. Keratoplasty (both lamellar and penetrating) and amniotic membrane transplantation have been the usual modes of ...
Kai-Chun Cheng, Cheng-Hsien Chang
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Perceptions and Struggle of Corneal Donation and Transplants: You can see the World even after Death

Pakistan Journal of Medical Research, 2021
Objective: To assess knowledge, opinion and perception of the general population regarding corneal donation and transplantation. Another objective was to investigate desires, fulfilment, battle and results of patient’s experiences of Corneal Transplant ...
Sana Abbas, Aisha Rafique
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The donation-transplantation process and corneal graft failure: A case-control study.

PLoS ONE
IntroductionThe survival after a corneal transplantation depends on several factors, many of which are not fully known.ObjectiveThe present study aimed to verify the relationship between the factors inherent to the donation-transplantation process in ...
Giovanna Karinny Pereira Cruz, Marcos Antonio Ferreira Júnior, Viviane Euzébia Pereira Santos, Allyne Fortes Vitor, Oleci Pereira Frota, Elen Ferraz Teston, Felipe Machado Mota, Maria Eduarda Gonçalves Zulin, Gustavo Moura Maidana, Letícia Lima Meza, Bruna Dias Abes, Mayra Dias   +11 more
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Clinical characteristics and viral colonization of corneal donors with coronavirus disease 2019: a comprehensive analysis before and after corneal transplantation

Annals of Medicine
Purpose To evaluate the clinical characteristics and viral Colonization of corneas donated by volunteers with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) before and after corneal transplantation.Methods We retrospectively compared the characteristics and ...
Shuo Yang, Ning Wang, Kelan Yuan, Yaying Wu, Jianyao Chen, Xiuming Jin   +5 more
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Analysis of the relevant factors for corneal graft rejection in the southern Liaoning region from 2019 to 2023

Frontiers in Medicine
BackgroundThe study aimed to review the etiology of corneal blindness and investigate the relative risk of corneal graft rejection (CGR) in the southern Liaoning region.MethodsThe clinical records of 359 patients (394 eyes) who underwent corneal ...
Chunxiao Yan, Chunxiao Yan, Zhijian Zhang, Zhijian Zhang, Lin Jin, Mengxin Liu, Tianyi Wang, Tianyi Wang, Jinghao Yang, Jinghao Yang, Lijun Zhang, Lijun Zhang, Lijun Zhang   +12 more
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