Purpose: To report a case of bilateral acanthamoeba keratitis with recurrence after keratoplasties Case report: Here we report a case with bilateral acanthamoeba keratitis who initially responds to medical treatment, after discontinuation of treatment the disease flared up and not responded to medical therapy so superficial keratectomy was done and medical treatment continued and the ulcer impr...

Worldwide, neck pain is a condition that getting more widespread. It has considerable impact on individuals and their families, communities, health-care systems, business, discomfort results in significant economic expense impairment. Neck cause of morbidity disability contemporary society, particularly at the work place, negative patients' social, physical, psychological well being. About 441 ...

purpose: to report the clinical, histopathologic, microbiologic and confocal microscopic features of candida keratitis after deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (dalk). patients and findings: the first patient presented with asymptomatic white to cream-colored interface deposits two months after dalk. confocal scan disclosed clusters of hyper-reflective fine granular deposits in the interface w...

purpose: to determine the effect of retained donor descemet membranes (dms) on visual outcomes following deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (dalk). methods: in this retrospective comparative study, keratoconic eyes undergoing dalk using the big-bubble technique were enrolled. a bared dm was achieved in all cases. a donor cornea without (group 1; 48 eyes) or with (group 2; 22 eyes) dm was sutur...

purpose: to assess parameters that had a capability of influencing the rate of big bubble formation during deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (dalk) in keratoconus. methods: a total of 290 consecutive eyes from 257 patients with keratoconus that underwent dalk using the big-bubble technique were enrolled. the influence of patient age and sex, family history of keratoconus, history of contact l...

purpose: to report the possible transmission of zygomycetes infection by a corneal graft harvested from a donor with signs of trauma to the orbital region to a keratoconic patient who underwent deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (dalk). case report: a 19-year-old keratoconic man underwent dalk in the right eye. the corneal graft was harvested from a donor with signs of orbital trauma. on posto...