The hereditary corneal dystrophies are remarkable in that only rarely do sufficient opacifications exist at birth or appear during infancy to merit both the prefix "congenital", i.e. a disturbance present at birth, and "dystrophy", i.e. a disturbance developing on a hereditary basis in apparently normal tissue. The term as used has referred to a bilateral symmetrical diffuse opacification of th...

The hereditary corneal dystrophies are remarkable in that only rarely do sufficient opacifications exist at birth or appear during infancy to merit both the prefix "congenital", i.e. a disturbance present at birth, and "dystrophy", i.e. a disturbance developing on a hereditary basis in apparently normal tissue. The term as used has referred to a bilateral symmetrical diffuse opacification of th...

Central corneal thickness is very important measurement in glaucoma treatment because it influences the eye pressure measurements. A thinner cornea gives us artifactually lower intraocular pressure and a thicker cornea gives higher intraocular pressure reading, so it has to be corrected in both cases. The aim of this study is to compare central corneal thickness between congenital glaucoma pati...

The main purpose of the study was to describe the surgical success rate and visual results of penetrating keratoplasty in children. This retrospective study included children that underwent corneal transplantation at the Department of Ophthalmology, General Hospital "Sveti Duh", in the period 1994-1999. Patients' age ranged from 6 to 16 years. Twenty-five corneal transplants were performed in 2...

purpose: to report the outcomes of goniotomy in young children with primary congenital glaucoma. methods: this retrospective study included 26 eyes of 19 patients with primary congenital glaucoma who underwent goniotomy as the initial procedure. all patients were aged less than 3 years and had no history of previous ocular surgery. the main outcome measures were intraocular pressure (iop), cup/...

Severe corneal ulceration related to self-inflicted injury in the presence of congenital corneal anaesthesia is described in four boys under 2 1/2 years of age. The ulcers had failed to heal until it was recognised that the children were scratching their own eyes. The application of arm splints allowed rapid healing. Although corneal ulceration is a recognised complication of congenital corneal...

Corneal hysteresis (CH) is a parameter which measures the viscoelastic behaviour of the cornea, indicating its biomechanical integrity1. Some clinical conditions such as keratoconus, Fuchs corneal dystrophy, high myopia, glaucoma and corneal refractive surgery, may induce changes in corneal biomechanical properties, leading to a decrease in CH2-6. Astigmatism, a refractive error related to corn...