Does cornea cross-linkage reduce the rate of corneal transplants in keratoconus?
1 February 2017
| Eulee Seow
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Cornea / External Eye Disease
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corneal transplantation, cross-linking, keratoconus, keratoplasty
Cornea cross-linking (CXL) is a relatively new treatment in the management of keratoconus, which may help prevent the need for corneal transplant. This paper investigates if the introduction of corneal cross-linkage has reduced the number of corneal transplants performed annually...
Late stromal rejection in DALK
1 December 2016
| Magdalena Popiela
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Cornea / External Eye Disease
This case series reported on late stromal rejections in eyes after uncomplicated deep anterior lamellar keratoplasties (DALKs). Four eyes of three patients experienced episodes of isolated stromal rejection 33 to 46 months after surgically uncomplicated DALKs and a minimum of...
Platelet rich fibrin membrane for descemetocele
1 December 2016
| Magdalena Popiela
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Cornea / External Eye Disease
This case series described the use of a novel technique in the treatment of descemetocele. Three patients developed descemetoceles following infective keratitis with impending risk of corneal perforation. Platelet rich fibrin (PRF) membrane was prepared using 8ml of fresh venous...
Scheimpflug images and graft rejection
1 December 2016
| Magdalena Popiela
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Cornea / External Eye Disease
This study aimed to assess corneal changes using 360-degree Scheimpflug images and pachymetry readings to outline screening parameters, which define graft rejection. Seventeen eyes of 16 patients developed clinically manifest allograft rejection two to 42 months after surgery – those...
5-FU vs. Avastin as adjunct to conjunctival autograft
1 October 2016
| Sofia Rokerya
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Cornea / External Eye Disease
The authors compare the outcome of pterygium treatment using 5-fluorouracil as an adjunct to free conjunctival autograft versus bevacizumab (Avastin) as an adjunct to free conjunctival autograft, via a randomised controlled prospective study. Seventy eyes of 70 patients were included...
Oral azithromycin for meibomian gland disease
1 October 2016
| Anjali Gupta
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Cornea / External Eye Disease
Oral tetracyclines have been the traditional systemic treatment of blepharitis and acne rosacea, through inhibiting bacterial lipase production and reducing fatty acids. However, tetracyclines have a number of adverse side-effects and are required to be taken for a long duration...
C-spp corneal consequences
This is a retrospective review of microbiological records of 22 patients, who had presented at the LV Prasad Eye Institute, India, between June 2009 and December 2012. The corneal scrapings were performed in all patients and had yielded significant growth...
Boston type I keratoprosthesis for limbal stem cell deficiency
1 October 2016
| Magdalena Popiela
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Cornea / External Eye Disease
Boston type I keratoprosthesis (KPro) long-term outcomes were compared in patients with and without limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD) in this retrospective study. In the 11 year period 68 procedures were performed in individuals with LSCD, and 105 procedures in...
Bandage contact lens cultures after corneal collagen cross-linking
1 August 2016
| Saruban Pasu
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Cornea / External Eye Disease
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Bacterial contamination, contact lens, corneal collagen cross-linking, keratoconus, photorefractive keratotomy
Corneal collagen cross-linking (CCL) is a treatment modality that has been shown to stop the progression of keratoconus. There have also been reports that CCL acts as an antimicrobiologic agent in treating resistant microbial keratitis. This study aimed to investigate...
Conventional vs. accelerated cross-linking
1 August 2016
| Anjali Gupta
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Cornea / External Eye Disease
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accelerated corneal collagen cross-linking, corneal collagen cross-linking, keratoconus
The Dresden protocol of 3mW/cm2 irradiance for 30 minutes has been extensively studied and has shown advantageous clinical and topographical results. However, this protocol is time-consuming and therefore accelerated CXL using higher irradiance to shorten treatment duration has emerged. The...
Endothelial cell loss using different graft injectors in DMEK
1 August 2016
| Magdalena Popiela
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Cornea / External Eye Disease
This study aimed to investigate endothelial cell loss between two injector systems in descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) grafts; a glass injector – modified Jones tube and a plastic injector – closed system IOL injector, the Viscoject 2.2 system. DMEK...
Maintenance therapy for CMV endotheliitis
1 August 2016
| Magdalena Popiela
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Cornea / External Eye Disease
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) has been associated with corneal endotheliitis, leading to endothelial cell loss and corneal decompensation. CMV corneal endotheliitis recurrence can affect between 5-60% of eyes after cessation of anti-CMV therapy. Each recurrence of endotheliitis has a detrimental effect on...
