Outcome of therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty in advanced infectious keratitis [PDF]
Journal of Current Ophthalmology, 2018 Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the anatomical, therapeutic, and functional outcome of therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty (TPK) in terms of success and failure. Methods: In this retrospective study 57 eyes of 57 patients were reviewed.
Anuradha Raj +2 more
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Outcome of therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty in a tertiary eye care center in Nepal [PDF]
Clinical Ophthalmology, 2015 Leena Bajracharya, Reeta Gurung Department of Cornea, Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology, Kathmandu, Nepal Background: Corneal ulcer is an important cause of blindness in developing countries.
Bajracharya L, Gurung R
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Outcomes of therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty in 198 eyes with fungal keratitis [PDF]
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2019 Purpose: To study the outcomes of therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty in fungal keratitis. Methods: This retrospective, observational, interventional case series involved an audit of 198 consecutive eyes that underwent therapeutic penetrating ...
Jyothi Mundra +6 more
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Adjunctive tacrolimus in the treatment of fungal keratitis requiring therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty [PDF]
American Journal of Ophthalmology Case ReportsObjective: To determine the efficacy of adjunctive topical tacrolimus in improving graft survival and reducing post operative complications in patients with Therapeutic Penetrating Keratoplasty (TPK) for the treatment of fungal keratitis.
S. Josephine Christy +5 more
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Therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty for microbial keratitis in Taiwan from 2001 to 2014
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2020 Purpose: To study the surgical outcome of therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty (TPK) for medically uncontrolled microbial keratitis at a tertiary hospital in Taiwan over a 14-year period. Methods: This is a retrospective case series study.
Teck Boon Tew +5 more
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Use of cryopreserved donor corneal tissues first time in India for therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty during COVID-19 pandemic – A case series [PDF]
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2021 Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic caused restricted eye retrieval leading to acute scarcity of donor corneas. Nine patients with perforated corneas needed urgent donor tissues where we used 10 cryopreserved corneal tissues for therapeutic ...
Seema K Mane, Sourabh D Patwardhan
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Combined Photoactivated Chromophore for Infectious Keratitis-Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking (PACK-CXL) and Therapeutic Penetrating Keratoplasty for Resistant Bacterial Keratitis [PDF]
Clinical Ophthalmology, 2022 Ashraf Bor’i,1,2 Wael M El-Haig1,2 1Ophthalmology Department, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Sharkia, Egypt; 2Alfat’h Eye Hospital, Zagazig, Sharkia, EgyptCorrespondence: Ashraf Bor’iOphthalmology Department, Zagazig University, PO Box 44286, Zagazig ...
Bor'i A, El-Haig WM
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Reverse graft suturing to avoid Descemet's membrane detachment of glycerol-preserved donor cornea used for therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty during COVID-19 to overcome the tissue shortage – A novel surgical technique [PDF]
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2022 To overcome tissue shortage during pandemic, we switched to 100% glycerol preservation of the donor cornea, which is economical and provides longer duration of storage than the short and intermediate storage mediums we normally use like McCAREY Kaufman ...
Niveditha Narayanan
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The Incidence and Outcomes of Recurrence of Infection after Therapeutic Penetrating Keratoplasty for Medically-Uncontrolled Infectious Keratitis [PDF]
Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2020 Mee Kum Kim, Joo Youn Oh, Chang Ho Yoon
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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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