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Clinical manifestations and outcomes of HSK following corneal transplantation [PDF]
PurposeTo investigate the clinical manifestations and outcomes of herpes simplex keratitis (HSK) infection following corneal transplantation.MethodsThis retrospective study analyzed medical records of patients who underwent corneal transplantation at the
Dan Wu +16 more
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Corneal Disease & Transplantation [PDF]
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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Advances in corneal transplantation. [PDF]
For many corneal diseases, transplantation is the gold standard for curative treatment and restoration of vision. Penetrating keratoplasty (PKP), performed by Zirm in 1905, was the first successful corneal transplantation procedure. Since then, relentless advancement in the field has occurred, most importantly with the development of deep anterior ...
Tay C, Reddy H, Mehta JS.
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Mechanism and treatment of secondary glaucoma after corneal transplantation: a review [PDF]
Corneal transplantation is a common treatment for corneal diseases. Secondary glaucoma after corneal transplantation is the second leading cause of failure of keratoplasty.
Yumeng Lin +13 more
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Corneal transplantation for keratoconus in South Korea
This nationwide population-based study investigated the incidence rate of and risk factors for the progression to corneal transplantation in patients with keratoconus in South Korea using claims data from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment ...
Sungsoon Hwang +4 more
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Systemic immunomodulatory strategies in high-risk corneal transplantation
The cornea is the most commonly transplanted tissue in the body. Although corneal grafts generally have high success rates, transplantation onto inflamed and vascularized host beds, or so-called high-risk corneal transplantation, has a high rate of graft
Tulio B Abud +3 more
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Macrophage Depletion Impairs Corneal Wound Healing after Autologous Transplantation in Mice [PDF]
PURPOSE: Macrophages have been shown to play a critical role in the wound healing process. In the present study, the role of macrophages in wound healing after autologous corneal transplantation was investigated by depleting local infiltrated macrophages.
Qingjun Zhou, Weiyun Shi, Mingli Qu
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ExtractDefective corneas are the leading cause of blindness world wide and the second leading cause, after diabetic retinopathy,of blindness in the united state , afflicting 30000 americans each year.
Ghaem maghami A
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Effects of Aberrant Pax6 Gene Dosage on Mouse Corneal Pathophysiology and Corneal Epithelial Homeostasis [PDF]
Background: Altered dosage of the transcription factor PAX6 causes multiple human eye pathophysiologies. PAX6(+/-) heterozygotes suffer from aniridia and aniridia-related keratopathy (ARK), a corneal deterioration that probably involves a limbal ...
Fullwood, Nigel J. +34 more
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Corneal Transplantation in Children [PDF]
The main purpose of the study was to describe the surgical success rate and visual results of penetrating keratoplasty in children. This retrospective study included children that underwent corneal transplantation at the Department of Ophthalmology, General Hospital "Sveti Duh", in the period 1994-1999. Patients' age ranged from 6 to 16 years.
N A, Afshari +3 more
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