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The efficacy and safety of a newly designed Ex-PRESS X-200 drainage device for the surgical treatment of glaucoma was evaluated. A clinical, prospective, monocentric, non-randomised, unmasked study on patients with medically uncontrolled glaucoma was performed. A superficial scleral flap was created. A posterior deep sclerectomy (DS) was dissected ...
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PurposeTo evaluate outcomes of ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN) based on American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC), 8th edition classification.MethodsRetrospective, non-randomized interventional case series of 127 patients (136 eyes) with OSSN.ResultsOn the basis of the AJCC (eighth edition), OSSN was classified as per T category as Tis (n ...
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PurposeTo investigate the outcomes of trabeculectomy with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) with or without subconjunctival bevacizumab in the surgical management of pseudoexfoliation glaucoma (PXG).MethodsThis retrospective study consisted of 49 cases with PXG who underwent initial trabeculectomy with 5-FU. The cases were divided into two age- and sex-matched...
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IntroductionNiemann–Pick disease (NPD) is a hereditary lysosomal storage disorder in which mutations in the sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase gene leads to partial or complete deficiency of the sphingomyelinase enzyme. Niemann–Pick Type B is the intermediate form associated with hepatosplenomegaly, foam cells in the bone marrow, hyperlipidemia and di...
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PurposeTo compare the postoperative pain and epithelial healing time in conventional and subepithelial accelerated corneal collagen cross-linking (CXL) for progressive keratoconus.MethodsThe medical records of 27 consecutive patients who underwent accelerated CXL for progressive keratoconus were retrospectively reviewed. Patients were divided into ...
Published in International Ophthalmology
Published in International Ophthalmology
PurposeTo evaluate the effectiveness of the combination of vitrectomy with kallidinogenase for diabetic macular edema (DME).MethodsThis study was designed as a prospective, randomized, multicenter study comparing 19 eyes of 19 patients who received 150 units of kallidinogenase administered a day for 52 weeks from the day after vitrectomy (study gro...
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PurposeTo report on a wearer of rigid gas-permeable contact lenses with a keratomycosis due to Tintelnotia—a new genus of Phaeosphaeriaceae—treated with terbinafine and polyhexamethylene biguanide.MethodsChart review of a patient with fungal keratitis treated additionally with systemic and topical terbinafine 0.25% after symptoms increased under co...
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PurposeTo present recurrent corneal erosion (RCE) caused by late suture exposure after blepharoplasty.MethodsFour patients who have unilateral RCE were found to have previous blepharoplasty. The RCE was associated with late suture exposure. The clinical courses, characteristics, methods to identify the suture exposure and treatment were presented.R...
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PurposeWe put forward a physical levitation method to hook and flip the chopped nuclear fragments that could not be solely drawn by vacuum during phacoemulsification, due to various reasons such as a non-rotating nuclei or posterior polar cataracts where hydrodissection was unsuccessful or contra-indicated, respectively.MethodA Sinskey hook is insi...
