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Visual rehabilitation using mini-scleral contact lenses after penetrating keratoplasty

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 80 (1), 2017
ABSTRACT Purpose: To report the visual rehabilitation outcomes and complications of patients fitted with mini-scleral rigid gas-permeable (RGP) contact lenses (mini-SCLs) after penetrating keratoplasty. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 27 eyes (21 patients) that were fitted with mini-SCLs between O...

The outcome of penetrating keratoplasty for corneal scarring due to herpes simplex keratitis

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 80 (1), 2017
ABSTRACT Purpose: To determine the outcomes of penetrating keratoplasty (PK) for treatment of corneal scarring caused by Herpes simplex virus (HSV) keratitis, and whether the corneal scar type affects treatment outcome. Methods: A retrospective analysis of patients who underwent PK for HSV-related corn...

Visual outcomes after deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty using donor corneas without removal of Descemet membrane and endothelium

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 79 (6), 2016
ABSTRACT Purpose: The optical quality of the interface after deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) using the big-bubble technique has been shown to be excellent, leading to results comparable to penetrating keratoplasty. However, there is little in the literature with respect to the controversy sur...

Atopic keratoconjunctivitis: long-term results of medical treatment and penetrating keratoplasty

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 79 (6), 2016
ABSTRACT Purpose: To evaluate the long-term outcomes of medically or surgically treated patients with atopic keratoconjunctivitis (AKC). Methods: Charts of 16 patients with AKC (32 eyes) observed between 1996 and 2013 were reviewed retrospectively. Outcome measures included demographic features, follow...

Caracterización clinicoepidemiológica y microbiológica en úlceras corneales bacterianas y micóticas
Clinical, epidemiological and microbiological characterization of bacterial and mycotic ulcers

Rev. cuba. oftalmol; 29 (3), 2016
Objetivo: describir la asociación entre aspectos clinicoepidemiológicos y los resultados microbiológicos en pacientes con queratitis infecciosa ingresados en el Servicio de Córnea del Instituto Cubano de Oftalmología Ramón Pando Ferrer en el período 2010-2014. Métodos: se realizó un estudio obse...

Formação de membrana fibrótica cicatricial em paciente submetido à ceratoplastia penetrante

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 75 (4), 2016
RESUMO O surgimento de uma membrana fibrótica opacificada na córnea transplantada é pouco descrito nas literaturas nacional e mundial. O objetivo é relatar o caso de um paciente com leucoma total de olho esquerdo que foi submetido à ceratoplastia penetrante levando a formação de dupla câmara ante...

Update and review of Urrets-Zavalia syndrome

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 79 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT For more than half a century, Urrets-Zavalia syndrome (fixed dilated pupil) has been described as a postoperative complication of ophthalmic surgery. Since first reported as a complication of penetrating keratoplasty for keratoconus in patients receiving atropine, the characteristic features of ...

Effectiveness and safety of endothelial keratoplasty for pseudophakic and aphakic bullous keratopathy: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials and cohort studies

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 75 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT Objective: For nearly a century, penetrating keratoplasty has been the surgical technique of choice in the management of corneal changes. However, in recent years, several lamellar keratoplasty techniques have been developed, modified or improved, especially techniques for replacing the posteri...

Epidemiologia de ceratites fúngicas tratadas com ceratoplastia penetrante através de achados histopatológicos

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 75 (3), 2016
RESUMO Objetivo: Estudar, através do exame histopatológico, a epidemiologia de ceratites fúngicas tratadas com ceratoplastia penetrante terapêutica, enfatizando a presença de cirurgia ocular prévia. Métodos: Inicialmente, o estudo foi observacional e transversal de botões corneanos provenientes...

Correlação clínico-patológica em ceratites fúngicas e uma possível evidência de infecção oportunista: relato de dois casos

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 75 (2), 2016
RESUMO Os autores relatam dois casos de ceratite fúngica, que apresentam em comum no exame histopatológico: a ausência de epitélio, sem ulceração e a integridade da camada de Bowman com a presença de formas fúngicas no seu interior. São sugeridos prováveis mecanismos de recidiva das ceratites f...