A case of infectious crystalline keratopathy that affects mainly the posterior stroma is presented. Crystalline infiltrates presented after multiple epithelial defects and chronic topical steroid use following a penetrating keratoplasty in this patient. His epithelial defects persisted and given the deep location of the crystalline infiltrates, a penetrating keratoplasty was performed again. Sl...

PURPOSE To report the first case of Candida donor to host transmission following descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK). METHODS A retrospective case report. RESULTS A patient underwent uneventful DMEK. Following surgery the donor rim was culture positive for Candida. The patient developed fungal endophthalmitis that was treated medically with multiple injections of voriconazole ...

Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) is a new treatment option for corneal endothelial dysfunction. Compared with penetrating keratoplasty, DSAEK is less invasive and leads to more rapid visual recovery. The most common complications after DSAEK described in the literature are graft detachment and/or dislocation, rejection, epithelial ingrowth, and pupillary block, all ...

purpose: to investigate the biomechanical features of transplanted corneas after penetrating keratoplasty (pk), deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (dalk), and descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (dsaek) and compare these measurements with those of a normal group. methods: forty-five eyes of 36 patients underwent pk, 23 eyes of 21 patients received dalk using anwar’s big bubbl...

According to an old empiric rule related to suicidal gunshot wound still in use, suicides will rarely shoot through their clothing, but will put it aside to expose the nude skin. A bullet defect in victim's clothing was often interpreted as a suspicious finding. In our article, which is based on retrospective consecutive study of gunshot fatalities from 1980 to 2004, where all autopsies were pe...

Modern lifestyle, industrialization and economy thrive on energy which is getting expensive overtime. Thermosyphon based systems are getting attraction for their promising heat transfer efficiency and zero energy utilization. Refrigerants having ozone depletion potential (ODP) and high Global Warming Potential (GWP) have been banned or under time bared permission under Montreal (1987) and Kyoto...

A short-term, localized outbreak of diatoms attached to live corals was observed along the coast of Sesoko Island, Okinawa, Japan in February, 2011. Diatoms are recognized as brown patches in the initial stage, becoming fluffy encrustations and resulting in complete or partial coral death. Attached diatoms, including Licmophora, Climacosphenia, Ardissonea and others, attached and overgrew exclu...

A semi-privileged status for rat skin allografts may be achieved by placing them on extensive open beds formed by panniculus carnosus muscle which prevents contact of the transplant with host skin. Such allografts enjoy approximately a twofold increase in their life expectancy, even if transplanted across a strong histocompatibility barrier. Experiments are described which rule out stress or a ...