Clinical features and outcomes of Acanthamoeba keratitis in a tertiary hospital over 20- year period
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2020 Purpose: To analyze the outcomes of Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) in terms of different clinical presentations in a tertiary hospital in Taiwan over a 20- year period. Methods: This is a retrospective case series. Patients with AK diagnosed at the National
Hsin-Yu Liu +5 more
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Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty versus penetrating keratoplasty for treating keratoconus [PDF]
, 2014 Published version made available following 12 month embargo from date of publication (22 July 2014) in accordance with publisher copyright policy.BACKGROUND: Keratoconus is an ectatic (weakening) disease of the cornea, which is the clear surface at ...
Coster, Douglas John +3 more
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Evaluation of interface quality in organ-cultured lamellar corneal transplants [PDF]
, 2012 Background: With increasing numbers of lamellar keratoplasties, eye banks are challenged to deliver precut lamellar donor tissue. In Europe, the most common technique of corneal storage is organ culture which requires a deswelling process before surgical
Grüterich, Martin +7 more
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Immunosuppressants for the prophylaxis of corneal graft rejection after penetrating keratoplasty. [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: Penetrating keratoplasty is a corneal transplantation procedure in which a full-thickness cornea from the host is replaced by a graft from a donor.
Abudou, Minawaer +3 more
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Visual outcomes of Femto-LASIK for correction of residual refractive error after corneal graft [PDF]
, 2013 To evaluate the outcomes of the Femto-LASIK method in the treatment of refractive errors following penetrating keratoplasty (PK) at the Persian Eye Clinic, Isfahan, Iran In a prospective, non-comparative case series, 34 consecutive symptomatic eyes of 34
Ghoreishi, Mohammad. +2 more
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The Place of Penetrating Keratoplasty in Corneal Diseases [PDF]
Journal of Biomedical & Clinical Research, 2013 The aim of the study was to analyze the results from penetrating keratoplasties (PK) in patients with different comeal diseases. The retrospective study included 124 patients (130 eyes) who underwent penetrating keratoplasty at the Eye Clinic, Pleven ...
Snejana Murgova +2 more
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A comparison of endothelial and penetrating keratoplasty outcomes following failed penetrating keratoplasty: a registry study [PDF]
, 2016 Author version made available in accordance with publisher copyright policy.Purpose To compare graft survival and visual outcomes for endothelial keratoplasty (EK) after a first penetrating keratoplasty (PK), with outcomes of repeat PK after a first ...
Australian Corneal Graft Registry, Contributors +5 more
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Corneal graft survival analysis after penetrating keratoplasty in a retrospective cohort study
Офтальмохирургия, 2021 Purpose. To assess the results of penetrating keratoplasty and identify the risk factors for the graft disease (GD) development. Material and methods.
B. E. Malyugin +5 more
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Causes of congenital corneal opacities and their management in a tertiary care center. [PDF]
, 2020 PURPOSE: To evaluate causes and management of congenital corneal opacities (CCO) diagnosed in a tertiary care eye center and to compare the data with a previous study at the same institution.
Hammersmith, Kristin M +3 more
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Medical and surgical management of Pasteurella canis infectious keratitis
IDCases, 2017 Introduction: We describe a case of refractory Pasteurella Canis keratitis that initially failed antimicrobial treatment but was successfully treated with a conjunctival flap followed by a penetrating keratoplasty. Case discussion: A 70-year-old male had
Ankit Shah, Mansi Talati, Thomas Mauger
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