Purpose. To study the microbiological profile of corneal ulcers depending on demographic and clinical characteristics patients. Materials methods. 97 patients (114 eyes) (65 men 32 women) diagnosed with ulcer were tested. 80 had unilateral 17 bilateral ulcers. The patients’ age varied from 15 to 87 years (24.7 % aged 50–59, 27.8 60–69, 19.7 70 or older). All examined for scrapings determine mic...

the past decade has witnessed the revival of amniotic membrane transplantation (amt) in ophthalmology. the importance of amt is due to its ability to reduce scarring and inflammation and to enhance wound healing and epithelialization, and also its anti-microbial properties. amniotic membrane has recently been used as a substrate for culturing limbal stem cells for transplantation. it has been u...

the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of different time combinations of dexamethasoneand acetylcysteine on experimentally induced corneal ulcers in dogs. experimental corneal wounds werecreated surgically to the anterior one third of the cornea in the center of all eyes of 15 mixed breed dogs. the eyes were divided into five groups according to planned post-operative medications...