Ahmed Glaucoma Valve as a Risk Factor for Penetrating Keratoplasty Failure
Advanced Medical JournalBackground and objectives: Penetrating keratoplasty is a surgical procedure with a history spanning over a century. The objective is to identify the incidence and potential risk factor of graft failure after performing penetrating keratoplasty in eyes ...
Karwan Bakhtyar Mohammed +1 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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The Results of Corneal Hydrops Treatment in Patients with Down Syndrome
Oftalʹmologiâ, 2018 The article describes the clinical cases of acute keratoconus in three patients with Down syndrome who underwent penetrating keratoplasty. Acute keratoconus were diagnosed in patients by examination of medical history, biomicroscopy, corneal topography ...
K. Kh. Titoyan
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Surgical Technique for Managing Deep Corneal Hematoma following Penetrating Keratoplasty
Delhi Journal of Ophthalmology, 2012 We report a surgical technique to manage deep corneal hematoma following penetrating Keratoplasty. A 30 year old male patient with subtotal vascularized corneal opacity in right eye with adherent leucoma underwent penetrating Keratoplasty.
Kulbhushan P Chaudhary, Vinay Gupta
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Case Reports in OphthalmologyIntroduction: Complex corneal conditions present surgical challenges and necessitate innovation. Here, we present two cases where we performed intraocular lens trans-scleral fixation using the double-needle Yamane technique, followed by penetrating ...
Takahiro Zusho +9 more
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Indications for and techniques of keratoplasty at Vietnam National Institute of Ophthalmology [PDF]
International Journal of Ophthalmology, 2016 AIM: To report the indications for and techniques of corneal transplantation at Vietnam National Institute of Ophthalmology (VNIO) over a period of 12y (2002-2013).
Pham Ngoc Dong +3 more
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OUTCOME OF THERAPEUTIC KERATOPLASTY IN NON-HEALING CORNEAL ULCER: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY.
Student's Journal of Health Research Africa, 2023 Background: In developing nations like India, corneal blindness has been a major cause of visual impairment. Primarily, corneal ulcer is the primary cause of monocular blindness.
Sujata Padhy Padhy +3 more
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Using corneal graft from keratoconic donor for lamellar and penetrating keratoplasties
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2020 We report the use of two corneal grafts derived from a donor, with a history of early stage keratoconus, for lamellar and penetrating keratoplasty. The first graft was used to perform Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) in a ...
George D Kymionis +4 more
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Overexpression of MMPs in Corneas Requiring Penetrating and Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty. [PDF]
, 2019 PurposeMatrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) comprise a family of zinc-dependent endopeptidases involved in wound healing processes, including neovascularization and fibrosis. We assessed MMP protein expression levels in diseased corneas of patients requiring
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Repeat penetrating corneal transplantation in patients with keratoconus [PDF]
, 2011 To determine factors influencing penetrating corneal graft survival in patients receiving repeat grafts in the same eye after a failed first graft for keratoconus, a large cohort study was conducted from a national register of corneal grafts, in which ...
Coster, Douglas John +2 more
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