Moving beyond lamellar keratoplasty - Are we taking our first step?

Moving beyond our comfort zone.

The randomized controlled clinical trial currently represents the gold standard by which we test whether or not a therapeutic strategy will alter a specific predefined outcome. A carefully detailed, pre-specified statistical analysis plan is established in order to test this primary hypothesis. This framework surrounding the evaluation of a trial’s primary outcome is constructed to provide a le...

We are all angels: acting, reclaiming and moving beyond survivorship

This article aspires to an embodiment of dynamic living versus mere survival. The term cancer survivor, including a survivor who is in remission, has been legitimated (Berger and Luckmann, The social construction of reality, p. 94 1967) by language which creates knowledge of what a cancer survivor is and does. Because we act under descriptions (Hacking, The social construction of what?, p. 103 ...

Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty

lar keratoplasty is not new. Mühlbauer was the first to describe a technique for anterior lamellar keratoplasty (ALK) in 1840.1 Penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) has long been the standard treatment for severe corneal pathology. Lamellar surgery has endured significant technical challenges since its inception. The posterior corneal surface is invisible through an operating microscope, due to the s...

Sutureless Lamellar Keratoplasty

Purpose To determine whether a fibrin adhesive can facilitate the performance of sutureless lamellar keratoplasty and attachment of amnion to bare sclera.

[Posterior lamellar keratoplasty].