Purpose: To evaluate the long-term outcomes of medically or surgically treated patients with atopic keratoconjunctivitis (AKC). Methods: Charts of 16 patients with AKC (32 eyes) observed between 1996 and 2013 were reviewed retrospectively. Outcome measures included demographic features, follow-up duration, and biomicroscopic findings at the first and most recent visits. The corrected distance...

Purpose. To compare the higher-order aberrations (HOAs) due to the anterior and posterior corneal surfaces in patients that underwent either Descemet-stripping-automated-endothelial-keratoplasty (DSAEK) or penetrating keratoplasty (PK) for endothelial dysfunction and age-matched controls. Methods. This retrospective, observational, case series included 28 patients after PK, 30 patients after DS...

OBJECTIVE To describe the outcome of penetrating keratoplasty (PK) for corneal opacification in the setting of systemic mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS). METHODS A consecutive case series and literature review. RESULTS Eight eyes from 5 patients with MPS (MPS I, MPS IV, and MPS VI) and a history of PK met inclusion criteria for our case series at the University of Minnesota Medical Center. The m...

A 70-year-old male patient had previously underwent trabeculectomy with mitomycin-C in the left eye because of high intraocular pressure. The was needled 5 fluorouracil 2 weeks after operation. Seven days needling procedure, complained pain, redness, stinging, and decreased vision eye. Abiomicroscopic examination performed. corneoscleral infiltration area, including bleb detected at 12 clock po...

A case of Aspergillus flavus keratitis was successfully treated with oral voriconazole and penetrating keratoplasty after conventional antifungal medical therapy failure.

AIMS To review factors affecting graft survival and determinants of visual acuity after penetrating keratoplasty in children. METHODS All cases of penetrating keratoplasty performed in an ophthalmic unit, in children aged less than 15 years at the time of operation, for the period 1984 to 2002 were included. RESULTS 19 penetrating keratoplasties were done in 18 eyes of 16 children, age rang...

A case of pseudomonas endophthalmitis after penetrating keratoplasty is described. Bacterial sensitivities in this case and in five of six previously reported cases of endophthalmitis after corneal transplant showed resistance to gentamicin, an antibiotic routinely used in the transport medium. The recovery of antibiotic resistant bacteria in antibiotic supplemented media is discussed with emph...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE To analyze the rationale for performing penetrating keratoplasty (PK) rather than Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) in patients with bullous keratopathy (BK) in Japan. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 136 eyes of 130 patients with consecutive BK were enrolled. Patients treated by DSAEK were categorized as the DSAEK group. The remaining pat...

A case of fungal keratitis caused by Scopulariopsis brevicaulis following a penetrating eye injury is described. Treatment with antifungal agents and keratoplasty resulted in a favourable outcome.