Purpose: To study the determinants of glaucoma therapy escalation (GTE) after Descemet-stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) for pseudophakic bullous keratopathy in an eye-care hospital Saudi Arabia. Methods: This nested case-control evaluated patients who required medical or surgical treatment controlling DSAEK (defined as GTE; GTE group). A group did not require any interventio...

Introduction: Corneal injuries and disorders are among the commonest clinical scenarios that encountered in ophthalmology practice. Penetrating Keratoplasty (PKP) surgeries count for most frequent efficient surgical management of diseased corneas. The latter usually sent as button specimens histopathology examination further describing pattern corneal disorders. Aims Objectives: aims this study...

BACKGROUND Assessment of efficiency of amniotic membrane covering in the improvement of bullous keratopathy symptoms. MATERIAL AND METHOD The paper represents a clinical prospective study, which includes 42 patients diagnosed with bullous keratopathy and operated between January 2009 and November 2013 in the Department of Clinical Ophthalmology from "Dr. Carol Davila" Central Military Emergen...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the clinical and histopathologic changes induced by collagen cross-linking (CXL) in pseudophakic bullous keratopathy (PBK). DESIGN Randomized, prospective, interventional study. PARTICIPANTS Twenty-four patients with PBK were included in the study. METHODS Twenty-four patients with PBK underwent CXL followed by keratoplasty at 1 or 3 months. Twelve patients underwent...

PURPOSE To compare clinical and confocal scan outcomes after Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) performed for Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy (FED) versus pseudophakic bullous keratopathy (PBK). METHODS This retrospective comparative study included 47 consecutive eyes of 39 patients with the diagnosis of FED (n = 29, group 1) or PBK (n = 18, group 2) that underwent DSA...

OBJECTIVE Corneal collagen cross-linking with riboflavin and UV-A (CXL) decreases corneal oedema and increases visual acuity in human patients with bullous keratopathy. Presumed mechanisms are an increase in collagen packing density and a reduction in stromal swelling pressure. We present two cases in which CXL was used to treat bullous keratopathy in dogs. PROCEDURES Four eyes of two dogs wi...