Corneal ulcers in general practice

Experimental Corneal Ulcers Experimental Corneal Ulcers

DURING recent years we have been working in Edinburgh on experimental ulcers and infections of the cornea of various types. This work started at the beginning of 1940 with the investigation of experimental mustard gas lesions on the eye and their treatment. In the course of this work it was found that secondary infection played an important part in determining the severity of the lesions produc...

Pinch grafting for chronic venous leg ulcers in general practice.

Twenty-five patients with chronic venous leg ulcers were treated in general practice by pinch grafting. Fifteen of the ulcers (60%) were completely healed one year after grafting. Prior to grafting 19 patients (76%) complained of daily pain in the ulcer. These patients experienced complete relief from pain after grafting. Pinch grafting is a simple, safe and effective therapy when applied in a ...

Managing corneal foreign bodies in office-based general practice.

BACKGROUND Patients with a corneal foreign body may first present to their general practitioner (GP). Safe and efficacious management of these presentations avoids sight-threatening and eye-threatening complications. Removal of a simple, superficial foreign body without a slit lamp is within The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners' (RACGP's) curriculum and scope of practice. Knowi...

Prevalence of Fungal Keratitis (FK) in Patients with Corneal Ulcers in Tehran, Iran

Corticosteroids for bacterial corneal ulcers.

AIMS The aim of the study was to conduct a preliminary clinical trial to assess whether adjunctive topical corticosteroids improve outcomes in bacterial keratitis and, if no difference was found, to determine the feasibility and sample size necessary for conducting a larger trial to answer this question. METHODS In this single centre, double-masked clinical trial, 42 patients with culture-con...