Astigmatic keratotomy (AK) (arcuate incision, corneal wedge resection) is considered medically necessary when performed for the correction of surgically induced astigmatism following medically indicated cataract removal or corneal transplant surgery. Laser-in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK) is considered not m...
mainly on the lens capsule, ciliary body, zonules, corneal endothelium, iris and pupillary margin. There is insufficient evidence to support the use of corneal pachymetry for the management of PXF.
MECD persists throughout life. Removal of the abnormal corneal epithelium has been used as a treatment modality, but it is not curative. Even with removal of the pathologic epithelium, this dystrophy recurs in the regenerated epithelium. Reis-Bücklers corneal dystrophy (RBCD, corneal dystrophy of ...
MECD persists throughout life. Removal of the abnormal corneal epithelium has been used as a treatment modality, but it is not curative. Even with removal of the pathologic epithelium, this dystrophy recurs in the regenerated epithelium. Reis-Bücklers corneal dystrophy (RBCD, corneal dystrophy of ...
Buprenorphine (0.05 mg/kg, Vetergesic, Orion Parma, Finland) was administered at the end of the procedure and when signs of pain and discomfort were observed during recovery. The injured eyes received chloramphenicol eye drops (5 mg/mL, Santen), twice daily for 8 days post-procedure....
MECD persists throughout life. Removal of the abnormal corneal epithelium has been used as a treatment modality, but it is not curative. Even with removal of the pathologic epithelium, this dystrophy recurs in the regenerated epithelium.
Corneal wound healing involves communication between the different cell types that constitute the three cellular layers of the cornea (epithelium, stroma and endothelium), a process ensured in part by a category of extracellular vesicles called exosomes. In the present study, we isolated exosomes relea...
Clinical TPI microscopy may also significantly impact the procedure and the evaluation of the outcome of CXL. While currently this outcome is typically evaluated several weeks after treatment, TPI seems able to provide a valid assessment on the same day of the treatment, allowing an immediate re-...
s protocol. Due to the procedure’s observational, non-pharmacological, and non-invasive nature, formal approval was considered unnecessary. For this reason, an ethical code number was not assigned to the study, but a ‘nihil obstat’ was sent to the principal investigator on 16 December 2016....
Clinical TPI microscopy may also significantly impact the procedure and the evaluation of the outcome of CXL. While currently this outcome is typically evaluated several weeks after treatment, TPI seems able to provide a valid assessment on the same day of the treatment, allowing an immediate re-...