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Phototherapeutic keratectomy: 12 years of experience [PDF]
Acta Ophthalmologica, 2003 Abstract.Background: Phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) has been employed as a surgical tool to treat corneal disease for more than 10 years. The laser has made it possible to remove superficial corneal opacities and thereby restore vision. The 193 nm ultraviolet light separates molecules and splits molecules in biological tissue, thereby ablating it.
Per Fagerholm
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Офтальмохирургия, 2017 Purpose. To evaluate an efficacy of trans-epithelial phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) in the treatment of persistent epithelial defects (PED) of the corneal graft following penetrating keratoplasty (PKP).Material and methods. Eight eyes of 8 patients (
A. N. Kulikov +4 more
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Results of the Application of Phototherapeutic Keratectomy in the Elderly with Bullous Keratopathy
Medisur, 2012 Background: Many countries have conducted studies on the benefits of phototherapeutic keratectomy in corneal diseases; few references have been found in our country to address the results of the application of the excimer laser in the elderly suffering ...
Osbel Alfonso Sánchez +3 more
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Clinical Ophthalmology, 2018 Sergei V Churashov,1 Elena V Kudryashova,1 Alexei N Kulikov,1 Ernest V Boiko,1–3 Valerii F Chernysh,1 Dmitrii S Maltsev1 1Department of Ophthalmology, Military Medical Academy, St Petersburg, Russia; 2St Petersburg Branch, The S Fyodorov Eye ...
Churashov SV +5 more
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Phototherapeutic keratectomy for epithelial basement membrane dystrophy
Clinical Ophthalmology, 2016 Wen-Shin Lee, Carson K Lam, Edward E Manche Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the long-term efficacy of phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) in treating epithelial ...
Lee WS, Lam CK, Manche EE
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Phototherapeutic keratectomy: current approaches and changing trends in a tertiary eye clinic. [PDF]
Arq Bras Oftalmol, 2023 Purpose: To examine the efficacy of phototherapeutic keratectomy as a treatment for variable pathologies with anterior corneal opacities and evaluate the distribution of phototherapeutic keratectomy indications over the past 10 years.
Taskoparan S +5 more
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Pentacam-based phototherapeutic keratectomy outcome in superficial corneal opacities
Clinical Ophthalmology, 2012 Mohammad A RashadOphthalmology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, EgyptPurpose: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) as an alternative treatment to keratoplasty using the Pentacam
Rashad MA
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Clinical Ophthalmology, 2015 Ngamjit Kasetsuwan, Kanokorn Sakpisuttivanit, Usanee Reinprayoon, Vilavun Puangsricharern Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand Objective: To assess the ...
Kasetsuwan N +3 more
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Multiple phototherapeutic keratectomy treatments in a Chinese pedigree with corneal dystrophy and an R124L mutation: a 20-year observational study [PDF]
BMC Ophthalmology, 2019 Background To investigate the efficacy and safety of repeated phototherapeutic keratectomies (PTKs) during long-term treatment for corneal dystrophy (CD) in a Chinese pedigree carrying the R124L mutation in TGFBI.
Li Zeng +5 more
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Clinical Ophthalmology, 2014 Bryan S Lee,1,2 David R Hardten21Department of Ophthalmology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2Minnesota Eye Consultants, Minneapolis, MN, USABackground: Patients with endothelial disease also often have scarring or surface corneal disease.
Lee BS, Hardten DR
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