Rethinking Keratoplasty for Patients with Acanthamoeba Keratitis: Early “Low Load Keratoplasty” in Contrast to Late Optical and Therapeutic Keratoplasty [PDF]
MicroorganismsBackground: Early therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty (TKP) for Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) is thought to have a worse visual prognosis than the delayed optical penetrating keratoplasty (OKP) after successful conservative treatment of AK.
Yaser Abu Dail +5 more
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Repeat Keratoplasty for Failed Therapeutic Keratoplasty for Microbial Keratitis: An Analysis of Characteristics and Risk Factors [PDF]
Journal of Ophthalmology, 2020 Purpose. To report the ratio of repeat-to-initial keratoplasty among patients who had underwent therapeutic keratoplasty for microbial keratitis in Southern China and to investigate the characteristics and risk factors of repeat keratoplasty. Methods.
Jifeng Wan +5 more
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Outcomes of therapeutic keratoplasty for severe infectious keratitis in Chongqing, a 16-year experience [PDF]
Infection and Drug Resistance, 2019 Qi Zhang,1 Min Zhao,1 Mei Xu,1 Fengjuan Gu,1 Quan Liu,1 Yuan Chen,2 Haiqi Zhang,1 Aize Kijlstra31The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Department of Ophthalmology, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Chongqing Eye ...
Zhang Q +7 more
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Comparison of smear positivity from anterior and posterior (endothelial) corneal scrapings obtained per-operatively in patients undergoing therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty – A retrospective study [PDF]
Indian Journal of OphthalmologyPurpose: To compare the microbiological positivity of corneal smears obtained from the anterior corneal surface and the posterior (endothelial) surface of the excised corneal button in patients undergoing therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty (TPK ...
Pankti C Buch +8 more
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Clinical Profile and Microbiological Trends of Therapeutic Keratoplasty at a Network of Tertiary Care Ophthalmology Centers in India [PDF]
International Ophthalmology, 2022 Sunita Chaurasia +2 more
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Commentary: Timing of therapeutic keratoplasty [PDF]
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2019 N Venkatesh Prajna, Komal Sangoi
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A study of the utilization profile of donor corneas with a death-to-retrieval time of more than twelve hours [PDF]
Indian Journal of OphthalmologyPurpose: The purpose of the paper is to study the utilization profile of donor corneas with death-to-retrieval time (DRT) >12 h in the Indian population and to assess the safety of endothelial keratoplasty using such corneas.
Parul Jain +3 more
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Indications for penetrating keratoplasty in Iranian patients
Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, 2021 BACKGROUND: The outcome of penetration into keratoplasty (PK) related to corneal disease is responsible for corneal blindness. The aim of this study is to evaluate the indications and visual outcome of PK in Imam Khomeini Hospital in Kermanshah from ...
Mojtaba Eidizadeh +2 more
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Scientific Reports, 2022 This study sought to describe the use of deep-frozen donor corneal remnants preserved after keratoplasty procedures for therapeutic or tectonic keratoplasty without subsequent optical keratoplasty. This single-center retrospective consecutive case series
Jae-Gon Kim, Jong Hwa Jun
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Therapeutic keratoplasty in a case of fungal keratitis with lattice dystrophy
TNOA Journal of Ophthalmic Science and Research, 2022 We report a case of fungal keratitis in a patient with lattice dystrophy who underwent successful therapeutic keratoplasty. A 30-year-old female presented with advanced microbial keratitis in left eye, with lattice dystrophy in both eyes.
V Nishant Janardhana Raju +1 more
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