Corneal graft ou corneal regeneration?

Penetrating Corneal Graft.

Primary Corneal Keloid

Purpose: To report the clinical presentation, histopathologic findings, and surgical treatment in a series of cases with primary corneal keloid. Case Reports: Six Iranian patients (a father and two sons, a mother and her daughter, and one isolated male patient) without any history of corneal trauma or systemic diseases were clinically and histologically evaluated for a slowly-growing, white opa...

Prognostic factors for corneal graft recovery after severe corneal graft rejection following penetrating keratoplasty

BACKGROUND To investigate the outcome and prognostic factors for corneal graft recovery after severe corneal graft rejection following penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) treated with topical and systemic steroids. METHODS Fifty-eight eyes in 58 patients with severe corneal graft rejection following PKP were treated with topical and systemic steroids. Factors affecting the reversibility and mainte...

Recent advances in tissue-engineered corneal regeneration

Eun Young Kim1), Jeong Eun Song1), Chan Hum Park2), Choun-Ki Joo3) and Gilson Khang1,*) 1)Department of PolymerNano Science & Technology, Department of BIN Fusion Technology and Polymer BIN Fusion Research Center, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Korea 2)Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Gangwon,...

Mycobacterium chelonei infection of a corneal graft.

We present a case of Mycobacterium chelonei infection in a corneal graft. The chronic ulceration and stromal infiltration followed a well defined course and eventually responded to topical amikacin, though a further graft was required. Previous cases of keratitis due to the M. fortuitum complex are reviewed.