In phacoemulsification, ultrasound induces hydroxyl radical (·OH) formation, damaging corneal endothelium. Whether H2 can prevent such oxidative damage in phacoemulsification was examined by in vitro and in vivo studies. H2 was dissolved in a commercial irrigating solution. The effects of H2 against ·OH generation were first confirmed in vitro by electron-spin resonance (ESR) and hydroxyphenyl ...

BACKGROUND Congenital hereditary endothelial dystrophy (CHED) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by bilateral, symmetrical, noninflammatory corneal clouding (edema) present at birth or shortly thereafter. This study reports on an unusual delayed presentation of CHED with compound heterozygous SLC4A11 mutations. MATERIALS AND METHODS A 45-year-old female, presenting with bilatera...

Corneal touch thresholds (CTT) were measured in 30 non-pregnant women serving as a control group and 29 pregnant women at different times during and after pregnancy. The results show that CTT becomes significantly higher after 31 weeks of pregnancy. However, only 86% of the subjects showed a difference in CTT during and after pregnancy, while 52% reported having some swelling. The loss of sensi...

PURPOSE To describe a case of keratitis caused by the Gram-negative Escherichia coli, treated with UVA-riboflavin cross linking. METHODS Case report. RESULTS A 78-year-old woman with diabetes presented with a 1-week history of pain, photophobia, foreign body sensation, and lacrimation in the right eye. The patient underwent topical and systemic antimicrobial therapy, without improvement. Th...

Department of Ophthalmology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang Univ Abbreviations and Acronyms: CDS 1⁄4 Cornea Donor Study; DMEK 1⁄4 Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty; DSEK 1⁄4 Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty; ECD 1⁄4 endothelial cell density; EK 1⁄4 endothelial keratoplasty; FECD 1⁄4 Fuchs’ endothelial corneal dystrophy; MCMC 1⁄4 Markov chain Monte Carlo; PACE 1⁄4 pseudo...

Pseudophakic bullous keratopathy is characterized by corneal stromal edema with epithelial and subepithelial bullae due to cell loss and endothelial decompensation through trauma during cataract surgery. Patients present decreased vision, tearing, and pain caused by ruptured epithelial bullae. Cataract affects approximately 20 million people worldwide, and this complication can occur in 1 to 2%...

Cite this article: Jeon HS, Hyon JY (2016) Effects of Central Corneal Thickness on Early Postoperative Corneal Edema after Phacoemulsification. JSM Ophthalmol 4(2): 1044. *Corresponding author Joon Young Hyon, Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 82, Gumi-ro 173beon-gil, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, 13620, South Kor...