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Pain response and symptoms in photorefractive keratectomy: mechanical de-epithelization compared with transepithelial ablation [PDF]

, 2022
Purpose: To compare postoperative pain and discomfort between mechanical and transepithelial photorefractive keratectomies. Methods: This prospective comparative study included 190 eyes of 95 patients with hyperopia (up to +4.00 D), astigmatism (up to ...
Braulio Couto (12684295), Mauro Campos (5761226), Priscila Rymer (12684289), Bernardo Kaplan Moscovici (5765756), Rachel Gomes (12684292), Paulo Schor (421886)   +5 more
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Corneal Ectasia after Photorefractive Keratectomy [PDF]

Journal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2022
Two cases are presented with corneal ectasia after photorefractive keratectomy (PRK). Case 1 is a 24-year-old man with manifest refractions of -6.0 DS, -3.0 DC, axis 180° in the right eye and -4.50 DS, -4.0 DC, axis 160° in the left eye respectively with
Hamid Khakshoor, Hamid Gharaei, Malihe Nikandish   +2 more
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Refractive Effect of Epithelial Remodelling in Myopia after Transepithelial Photorefractive Keratectomy

Vision, 2022
(1) Introduction: We analysed epithelial changes after the treatment of moderate myopia with transepithelial photorefractive keratectomy. (2) Materials and Methods: We used optical coherence tomography data and analysed changes in the stroma and ...
Diego de Ortueta, Dennis von Rüden, Samuel Arba-Mosquera   +2 more
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Bilateral Nocardia Keratitis after Photorefractive Keratectomy [PDF]

Journal of Ophthalmic & Vision Research, 2012
Purpose: To report the clinical, confocal scan, and histopathologic features of Nocardia keratitis in a patient who developed bilateral infection following photorefractive keratectomy (PRK).
Amir Faramarzi, Sepehr Feizi, Mohammad-Ali Javadi, Mozhgan Rezaei Kanavi, Forouzan Yazdizadeh, Hamid-Reza Moein   +5 more
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Treatment strategy for bilateral severe subepithelial fibrosis after photorefractive keratectomy enhancement

Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia, 2021
A 27-year-old healthy man with a history of bilateral photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) enhancement after femtosecond laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) presented with decreased uncorrected distance visual acuity (UDVA) of 20/125 in the right eye (OD ...
Roberto Pineda, Artur William Veloso, Tavé van Zyl   +2 more
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Topical rosiglitazone is an effective anti-scarring agent in the cornea [PDF]

, 2013
Corneal scarring remains a major cause of blindness world-wide, with limited treatment options, all of which have side-effects. Here, we tested the hypothesis that topical application of Rosiglitazone, a Thiazolidinedione and ligand of peroxisome ...
Phipps, Richard P., Holly B Hindman, MacRae, Scott, Patricia J Sime, Krystel R Huxlin, David Ciufo, Jeon, Kye-Im, Richard P Phipps, Sime, Patricia J., DeMagistris, Margaret, Ciufo, David, Huxlin, Krystel R., Jens Bühren, Scott MacRae, Kye-Im Jeon, Margaret DeMagistris, Bühren, Jens, Hindman, Holly B.   +17 more
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Safety of photorefractive keratectomy after Acanthamoeba keratitis [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia
This case report presents a patient who underwent photorefractive keratectomy 13 years after Acanthamoeba infection. The patient experienced prolonged difficulties in epithelialization during the postoperative period, leading to suspicion of reactivation.
Elisa Moya Kazmarek, Jade Pinto de Queiroz Guerra, Paula Virginia Brom dos Santos Soares, Pablo Felipe Rodrigues, Paula Kataguiri, Bernardo Kaplan Moscovici   +5 more
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Corneal ectasia following photorefractive keratectomy: a confocal microscopic case report and literature review [PDF]

, 2023
The occurrence of corneal ectasia after photorefractive keratectomy is a rare but serious complication of refractive surgery. Possible risk factors are not well assessed, but a probable reason is the failure to detect keratoconus preoperatively.
Hassan Hashemi (56993), Azam Alvani (12684389), Mohammad Pakravan (5354639), Mohammad Reza Aghamirsalim (15377224)   +3 more
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Corneal iron ring after hyperopic photorefractive keratectomy [PDF]

, 1999
Purpose: To report the incidence and course of corneal iron deposition after hyperopic photorefractive keratectomy (PRK)
Adiguzel, U, Gurelik, G, Akata, F, Bilgihan, K, Gökhan Gürelik, Hasanreisoglu, B, Ufuk Adigüzel, Kamil Bilgihan, Metin Akpinar, Fikret Akata, Berati Hasanreisoğlu, Akpinar, M   +11 more
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Corneal Optical Aberrations Induced by Photorefractive Keratectomy [PDF]

, 1997
BACKGROUND: Photorefractive keratectomy causes marked alteration to anterior corneal topography, and is likely to induce major changes to the optical aberrations of the eye.
Oliver, Katherine M., Richard P Hemenger, Hemenger, Richard P., Katherine M Oliver, John Marshall, Corbett, Melanie C., Alan Tomlinson, Melanie C Corbett, Tomlinson, Alan, David P S O'Brart, Seema Verma, O'Brart, David P.S., Verma, Seema, Marshall, John   +13 more
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