PURPOSE To investigate whether topical insulin improves healing rate of corneal epithelial erosions induced during vitreoretinal surgery in diabetics. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed case notes and serial post-operative photographs of 15 eyes of 14 patients who had corneal epithelial debridement performed during various vitreoretinal surgeries to improve one surgeon's view over a 10 month...

AIM To investigate by electron microscopy the plane of separation of the epithelial sheet from its substratum in the procedure of alcohol delamination (ALD) in patients with recurrent corneal erosion syndrome. METHODS Ten cases of recurrent corneal erosions (RCE) secondary to trauma and seven cases related to map-dot-fingerprint dystrophy (MDFP) were treated with ALD. The epithelial sheets ob...

Rebamipide is an antiulcer agent used to treat gastric ulcer and gastritis. Biological effects of rebamipide include cytoprotection, wound healing, and anti-inflammatory properties that are known to be universal for a variety of tissues in addition to gastrointestinal mucosa. The therapeutic effects of rebamipide eye drops are due to its ability to increase corneal and conjunctival mucin-like s...

PURPOSE To report the microstructural features of Meesmann corneal dystrophy (MCD) in two patients. CASE REPORT The first patient was a 10-year-old boy who presented with bilateral visual loss, diffuse corneal epithelial microcystic changes, high myopia and amblyopia. With a clinical impression of MCD, automated lamellar therapeutic keratoplasty was performed in his left eye. Histopathologic ...

PURPOSE With advances in phenotyping tools and availability of molecular characterization, an increasing number of phenotypically and genotypically diverse inherited corneal dystrophies are described. We aimed to determine the underlying causative genetic mechanism in a three-generation pedigree affected with a unique anterior membrane corneal dystrophy characterized by early onset recurrent co...

Limbal epithelial stem cells (LESC) residing at the corneal periphery are largely responsible for maintaining corneal optical transparency by continuously supplying new corneal epithelial cells, which mature during their radial migration to the central cornea. Diabetes mellitus (DM) affects all the structures of the eye including the cornea. Frequent epithelial erosions, delayed wound healing, ...

Purpose: To study the clinical profile of patients snake venom ophthalmia presenting to tertiary health care centre. Methods: This was a prospective observational that involved25 with complaining pain, diminution vision, photophobia, conjunctival congestion , chemosis, corneal edema, erosions and anterior chamber reaction. Results: There were 18 males 7 females age group taken 30 75 years. Most...