purpose: to determine the indications for and surgical techniques of corneal transplantation at labbafinejad medical center (lmc) from 2004 to 2007. methods: in this descriptive study, records of 756 patients who had undergone corneal transplantation from october 2004 to october 2007 were reviewed. results: overall, 504 male (64.9%) and 272 female (35.1%) subjects with mean age of 41.29±21.25 (...

Corneal nerves are mainly derived from the ophthalmic branch of the trigeminal ganglion (TG). Corneal neuropathy contributes to epithelial degenerative changes in diabetic keratopathy. Efficient drug delivery to TG may be beneficial for the treatment of diabetic keratopathy. This article described intranasal delivery of nanomicelle curcumin to correct pathophysiological conditions in TG to prom...

PURPOSE To determine whether the incidence of and susceptibility to climatic droplet keratopathy (CDK), an acquired, often bilateral degenerative corneal disease, is influenced by the genetic background of the individuals who exhibit the disorder. METHODS To determine whether the disease expression was influenced by the genetic ancestry of CDK cases in native Mapuche of the northwest area of ...

PURPOSE To analyze endothelial cell density (ECD) decay after Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) and top hat keratoplasty (THPK) in patients with Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy (FED) and/or pseudophakic bullous keratopathy (PPBK). METHODS Patients underwent either THPK (n = 33) or DSAEK (n = 39) at the Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam. For each nonrandomized cohort...