OBJECTIVE To determine the outcome of application of amniotic graft in ocular surface disorders. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted at Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, from January 2010 to December 2012, and comprised patients with ocular surface disorders. Patients' presenting symptoms and signs were recorded. Previously harvested and frozen amniotic graft was applie...

OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy of platelet rich plasma (PRP) in the treatment of extensive corneal ulcers in albino rabbits. METHODS New Zealand rabbits, divided in 3 groups, were used for the study. Corneal ulcers of 10mm diameter were made. Rabbits blood was extracted for the preparation of the PRP of the corresponding group. The blood was processed by differential centrifugation. The fir...

To identify the most common isolates from the corneal ulcers with antimicrobial pattern of bacterial isolates. All patients with suspected corneal ulceration presenting to BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences from Jan 2004 - Dec 2008 were evaluated. Corneal scraping was performed and processed for direct microscopy, bacteriological and fungal culture. Bacterial isolates were subjected to ant...

Program Number: 1248 Poster Board Number: D0196 Presentation Time: 3:15 PM–5:00 PM A Surgical Cryoprobe for Targeted Transcorneal Freezing to Treat Corneal Endothelial Dysfunction Alina Akhbanbetova1, Shinichiro Nakano2, Stacy L. Littlechild1, Robert D. Young1, Madara Zvirgzdina1, Nigel J. Fullwood3, Shigeru Kinoshita4, Naoki Okumura2, Noriko Koizumi2, Andrew J. Quantock1. 1Optometry and Vision...

During an 18-month period a prospective randomised trial was conducted on 40 selected patients with bacterial corneal ulcers. Two groups were compared: one was treated with antibiotic only and the other with antibiotic plus steroid. Complications were similar in the two groups. No delay in healing rate of the ulcers was seen with the use of topical steroid. Two methods of assessing visual impro...

During a one-year survey 283 corneal ulcers from 274 patients were seen at St John's Eye Unit of Baragwanath Hospital. Central bacterial ulcers constituted the largest problem, and the commonest isolate in this group was Streptococcus pneumoniae. Mycotic and dendritic keratitis were relatively uncommon, while marginal catarrhal ulceration secondary to chronic staphylococcal lid disease was freq...

Three clinical cases of fungal corneal ulcers are described to highlight the course, ocular morbidity and principles of treatment. A brief discussion of the diagnosis and management of ulcerative keratomycosis is presented.