Treatment of peripheral corneal ulcers by limlial conjunctivectomy.

Treatment of peripheral corneal ulcers by limbal conjunctivectomy

Peripheral corneal ulcers can still pose difficult clinical problems despite therapeutic advances such as specific antimicrobial agents, collagenase inhibitors, heparin, ocular lubricants, biological adhesives, and soft contact lenses. This paper reports the healing of several types of progressive marginal ulcers after the excision and recession of adjacent limbal conjunctiva (limbal conjunctiv...

بررسی عوامل اتیولوژیک و حساسیت آنتی بیوتیکی آنها در بیماران با زخم قرنیه

Introduction & Objective: Corneal ulcer is one of the most important medical emergencies that in the absence of on time diagnosis and treatment can lead to loss of vision. Therefore, identification of microorganisms and their response to drugs in each region is important. The aim of this study was to determine the most common organisms that cause keratitis and antibiotic sensitivity in this reg...

نقش نمونه‌گیری، کشت و تست حساسیت آنتی‌بیوتیکی در درمان زخم قرنیه

ABSTRACT This study is done to examin the role of smears, cultures, and sntibiotic sensitivity testing in the treatment of infectious keratitis. A prospective study was performed for 100 patients in Rasool Akram hospital ophthalmology department. After routine examination by slit lamp, evaluation of corneal epithlium, stromal edema and infiltration, AC reaction or hypopyon, all underwe...

Prevalence of Fungal Keratitis (FK) in Patients with Corneal Ulcers in Tehran, Iran

Bilateral Corneal Ulceration Caused by Vitamin A Deficiency in Eosinophilic Gastroenteropathy

PURPOSE Vitamin A deficiency is a very rare condition in the developed world and can lead to a variety of ocular changes from xerosis and xerophthalmia to corneal ulcer and perforation. The treatment of this devastating disease is simple and inexpensive. It is therefore important to recognize and treat accordingly, especially in the event of ulcers unresponsive to treatment or in the presence o...