Corneal Epithelial Thickness Mapping: A Major Review
Journal of Ophthalmology, Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.The corneal epithelium (CE) is the outermost layer of the cornea with constant turnover, relative stability, remarkable plasticity, and compensatory properties to mask alterations in the underlying stroma. The advent of quantitative imaging modalities capable of producing epithelial thickness mapping (ETM) has made it possible to characterize better ...
Mohammad-Ali Abtahi +12 more
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Visual outcomes of topography-guided excimer laser surgery for treatment of patients with irregular astigmatism [PDF]
, 2014 The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and predictability of topography-guided treatments to enhance refractive status following other corneal surgical procedures.
Ghoreishi, Mohammad. +2 more
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Uso de espátula e dissector para otimização da ceratoplastia lamelar anterior profunda (DALK) [PDF]
, 2014 Objective: We describe a novel spatula and dissector to facilitate the big-bubble technique in deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK). Methods: A 29-year-old man who was diagnosed with bilateral keratoconus underwent deep anterior lamellar ...
Bonfadini, Gustavo ,2,3 +3 more
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The impact of photorefractive excimer laser keratectomy (PRK) and laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) on visual quality and life in patients with ametropias [PDF]
, 2008 PURPOSE: To evaluate the quality of life, vision and stress before and after refractive surgery. METHODS: This is a longitudinal, observational study, where 100 patients were evaluated; 54 espectacles wearers, 21 contact lens users before surgery and 25 ...
Belfort, Ricardo +4 more
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Science, Politics, and Values: The Politicization of Professional Practice Guidelines [PDF]
, 2009 The Connecticut Attorney General’s recent allegations that the Infectious Disease Society of America violated antitrust law through its treatment guidelines for Lyme disease were neither based in sound science or appropriate legal judgment.
Gostin, Lawrence O., Kraemer, John D.
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Examination of blades used in LASIK by scanning electron microscopy [PDF]
, 2006 PURPOSE: To evaluate and compare, by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), the sharpness of the edge of brand new surgical blades and consecutively used surgical blades in laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK).
Campos, Mauro Silveira de Queiroz +4 more
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Encouraging Result of Voriconazole Treatment for Cladosporium Corneal Keratitis
Vision Pan-America, 2013 A 45-year-old man submitted to radial keratotomy 19 years ago acquired Cladosporium sp. infection in one of the incisions of the left eye. The infection was resistant to topical amphotericin B, topical natamycin and systemic fluconazole.
Luis Antonio Gorla Marconmini +2 more
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Clinical Ophthalmology, 2022 Guilherme Novoa Colombo-Barboza,1– 4 Marcello Novoa Colombo-Barboza,1– 3 Luiz Roberto Colombo-Barboza,1 Maria Margarida Colombo-Barboza,1 Fernanda Daroz Paulo Colombo-Barboza,1 Adamo Lui-Netto,2 José Eduardo Lutaif Dolci,2 Bernardo Kaplan Moscovici,1– 3 ...
Colombo-Barboza GN +8 more
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Refractive surgery - a review [PDF]
, 2007 Neðst á síðunni er hægt að nálgast greinina í heild sinni með því að smella á hlekkinn View/OpenRefractive errors, such as myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism, are very common all over the world.
Einar Stefánsson +1 more
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Bullous keratopathy: etiopathogenesis and treatment [PDF]
, 2008 Bullous keratopathy is characterized by corneal stromal edema with epithelial or subepithelial bullae due to cell loss and endothelial decompensation.
Campos, Mauro Silveira de Queiroz +4 more
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