purpose : to compare the visual and refractive outcomes of laser in situ keratomileusis (lasik) versus laser assisted subepithelial keratectomy (lasek) in the treatment of low to moderate myopia and astigmatism methods : a retrospective comparative case series study comprised 2,474 eyes of patients with manifest refraction spherical component lower than -5.00 diopters (d) and cylinder component...

purpose: to compare clinical outcomes of two methods of corneal transplantation, penetrating keratoplasty (pk) versus lamellar keratoplasty (lk), in patients with delayed-onset mustard gas keratitis (mgk). methods: in this retrospective, comparative, interventional case series, 78 eyes of 55 victims of chemical warfare with delayed-onset mustard gas keratopathy who underwent pk or lk were enrol...

purpose: to report the outcomes of manual lamellar keratoplasty (lkp) in patients with delayed-onset mustard gas keratitis (mgk) and compare visual outcomes between subgroups with simultaneous or sequential klal and lkp. methods: in this retrospective, interventional study, 52 eyes of 37 male survivors of chemical warfare with mgk who underwent lkp were included. the results were evaluated with...

tients are at risk for lagophthalmos and exposure-related keratitis. The post-LASIK neurotrophic status of these patients may further predispose them to infectious keratitis. The first case represents, to our knowledge, the earliest postLASIK human histopathologic finding (9 days post-LASIK). The neurotrophic cornea would certainly be a risk factor in the immediate postoperative period. The fir...

purpose: to report a case of bilateral acanthamoeba keratitis with recurrence after keratoplasties case report: here we report a case with bilateral acanthamoeba keratitis who initially responds to medical treatment, after discontinuation of treatment the disease flared up and not responded to medical therapy so superficial keratectomy was done and medical treatment continued and the ulcer impr...