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Corneal transplantation and concomitant SARS-CoV-2 infection: a case report

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 83 (), 2024
ABSTRACT This report was aimed at presenting a case of neurotrophic keratitis and concomitant SARS-CoV-2 infection in a patient who has recently undergone a corneal DALK transplant. One month after corneal transplantation with adequate corneal epithelialization, the patient presented neurotrophic keratit...

Challenging course of endophthalmitis with corneal ulcer following cataract surgery: successful management and visual rehabilitation

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 83 (), 2024
ABSTRACT The objective of this case report was to share the successful management of severe endophthalmitis, aiming at ocular integrity and visual acuity. A 73-year-old man presented with visual acuity of 20/30 in the right eye and 20/200 in the left eye. On the 21st day postoperatively after phacoemulsi...

Primeiros casos de rejeição em transplante penetrante após vacina contra COVID-19

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 81 (), 2022
RESUMO Este artigo descreve dois casos de reação imunológica de rejeição de transplante penetrante após a aplicação de dois tipos de vacina contra a COVID-19 - CoronaVac (Sinopharm/Butantan) e MRNA BNT162&2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) - com intervalo de 1 e 10 dias, respectivamente. A rejeição se man...

Múltiplas camadas na membrana de descemet

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 80 (1), 2021
RESUMO Relato de caso não descrito na literatura oftalmológica nacional de múltiplas camadas da membrana de Descemet. Mulher de 59 anos, pseudofácica, com diagnóstico de ceratopatia bolhosa, foi submetida à ceratoplastia penetrante em olho direito, sendo encontrado achado incomum de multiplicidade ...

Femtosecond laser-assisted anterior lamellar keratoplasty with suboptimal outcomes: a case series

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 80 (6), 2021
ABSTRACT Objective To identify preoperative clinical characteristics of patients undergoing femtosecond laser-assisted anterior lamellar keratoplasty who failed to achieve optimal postoperative visual outcomes. Methods In this single-center, retrospective case series, patients who underwent femtoseco...

Transplante de córnea em Alagoas: aspectos clínicos e epidemiológicos do Hospital Universitário Professor Alberto Antunes

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 80 (3), 2021
RESUMO Objetivo: Descrever o perfil clínico, cirúrgico e geográfico de pacientes acompanhados em um hospital universitário e submetidos a transplante de tecido corneano penetrante, com descrição das indicações para o procedimento e do tempo médio na fila de espera. Métodos: Estudo transversal...

Post-operative complications of penetrating corneal keratoplasty in patients with anterior segment toxic syndrome secondary to cataract surgery

ABCS health sci; 45 (Supl. 3), 2020
INTRODUCTION: Toxic Anterior Segment Syndrome (TASS) after cataract surgery may cause severe corneal decompensation that compromises corneal transparency and may require penetrating corneal keratoplasty to improve visual acuity. OBJECTIVE: We evaluated the postoperative complications of patients who unde...

Queratoplastia penetrante con fines ópticos. Presentación de cuatro casos
Penetrating keratoplasty with optical aims. Presentation of four cases

Rev. medica electron; 42 (3), 2020
RESUMEN La queratoplastia penetrante ha sido el procedimiento empleado, de forma casi universal, para el tratamiento de las patologías corneales que afectan de forma irreversible a la visión. Se reportaron 4 casos clínicos de pacientes con afecciones corneales con compromiso visual severo, dado por vi...

Causes of congenital corneal opacities and their management in a tertiary care center

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 83 (2), 2020
ABSTRACT Purpose: To evaluate causes and management of congenital corneal opacities (CCO) diagnosed in a tertiary care eye center and to compare the data with a previous study at the same institution. Methods: Computerized medical records in all patients with congenital corneal opacities diagnosed in t...

Resultados visuales en pacientes operados de queratoplastia lamelar anterior profunda versus queratoplastia penetrante en el queratocono
Visual results in patients operated of deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty versus penetrating keratoplasty in keratoconus

Rev. cuba. oftalmol; 33 (1), 2020
RESUMEN Objetivo: Comparar los resultados visuales de la queratoplastia lamelar anterior profunda versus la queratoplastia penetrante en el tratamiento quirúrgico del queratocono. Métodos: Se realizó un estudio analítico longitudinal prospectivo en 81 pacientes con queratocono, operados de querato...