AIM/PURPOSE OF THE STUDY To develop a one-week storage method, without serum and xenobiotics, that would maintain cell viability, morphology, and phenotype of cultured human limbal epithelial sheets. MATERIALS AND METHODS Human limbal explants were cultured on intact human amniotic membranes for two weeks. The sheets were stored in a hermetically sealed container at 23°C in either a serum-fre...

Cysticercosis in anterior chamber (AC) is rarer than in other ocular sites. And it is usually associated with plastic iridocyclitis. We report herein a case of a live cyst in the AC. The cyst was removed intact through limbal incision by visco expression technique. Histopathology confirmed cysticercosis cellulosae as the infecting agent. Timely removal of cyst can save the eye from severe plast...

Approximately 15–20% of patients with cataracts have more than 1.5 diopters (D) of pre-existing astigmatism1. Reducing this preoperative astigmatism can improve visual outcomes after cataract surgery. The astigmatism can be reduced with the phacoemulsification incisions, with corneal or limbal relaxing incisions and with excimer laser keratectomy. Another alternative for astigmatism correction ...

PURPOSE To describe the technique of limbal stem cell-sparing corneoscleroplasty for the management of advanced keratoglobus. METHODS A patient with bilateral advanced keratoglobus, with best-corrected visual acuity of 20/400 in the right eye and 20/200 in the left eye, underwent limbal stem cell-sparing corneoscleroplasty of the right eye. Initially, a 360-degree limbal incision with 200-μm ...

PURPOSE To evaluate the reduction of pre-existing corneal astigmatism at the time of cataract surgery with limbal relaxing incisions (LRIs). METHODS A prospective study of two groups of patients (treatment and control) with pre-existing astigmatism>or=1D was performed. The 30 patients in the control group had a temporal clear corneal phacoemulsification and the 32 patients of treatment group ...