A 64-year-old Caucasian man referred for decreased vision after selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT). Slit lamp examination revealed diffuse corneal edema. Despite intensive topical treatment including steroids, corneal edema did not resolve; on the contrary, it advanced to bullous keratopathy. Corneal edema after SLT is an exceptionally rare complication and in all of the previous reports ede...

The existing acute shortage of good quality donor corneas in a developing country like India, prompted us to attempt customised component corneal transplantation. Using this surgical strategy, one corneoscleral button was used for three recipients. Anterior and posterior lamellar discs were used for anterior lamellar keratoplasty and Descemet's stripping endothelial keratoplasty in patients wit...

purpose: to evaluate the anatomical and visual outcomes of descemet`s stripping with endothelial keratoplasty (dsek) in patients with bullous keratopathy after cataract surgery. methods: the study was performed on 20 eyes of 20 patients (13 male, 7 female) with bullous keratopathy (pseudophakic=15, aphakic=5). donor lenticule was prepared using a microkeratome (n=12) or manual dissection (n=8)....

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BACKGROUND The authors used a retrospective case series to describe the increased frequency of dry eye syndrome in patients who have undergone both laser in situ keratomileusis and blepharoplasty. METHODS The authors reviewed records from six patients who required surgical correction for exposure keratopathy previously treated by both laser in situ keratomileusis and blepharoplasty. RESULTS...

Intramembrane changes occurring in dysfunctional corneal endothelial cell membranes were examined using freeze-fracture and transmission electron microscopy techniques. Three categories of dysfunctional endothelium were examined: aphakic bullous keratopathy, pseudophakic bullous keratopathy and Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy. Keratoconus corneas and a donor eye bank eye were examined as normal co...

the past decade has witnessed the revival of amniotic membrane transplantation (amt) in ophthalmology. the importance of amt is due to its ability to reduce scarring and inflammation and to enhance wound healing and epithelialization, and also its anti-microbial properties. amniotic membrane has recently been used as a substrate for culturing limbal stem cells for transplantation. it has been u...

INTRODUCTION Diabetic keratopathy is a rare complication of diabetes mellitus. This case illustrates the importance of checking blood sugar levels of patients with non-healing corneal ulcers to rule out the possibility of undiagnosed diabetes mellitus. CASE PRESENTATION We report the unusual case of a 24-year-old southeast Asian woman who presented with a sterile corneal ulcer to our hospital...

AIM To study the indications of penetrating keratoplasty in Southern India. SETTINGS AND DESIGN Retrospective study. MATERIAL AND METHODS Retrospective evaluation of eye bank records from December, 2002 to December, 2012 with respect to indications for penetrating keratoplasty. RESULTS During the period considered for study, 102 penetrating keratoplasties were performed. The leading indic...

The dioptric power of the cornea (spherical equivalent) was studied in 60 eyes operated on for penetrating keratoplasty. In order to determine the possible influence of (1) the underlying pathology, (2) the presence of neovascularisation, or (3) the size of the graft the sample was divided into four groups, with the following results: group A (keratoconus, same-sized graft) = 42.25 D; group B (...