BACKGROUND Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) surgery offers a more standardized approach and reliable method to create corneal grafts with an instrument such as a microkeratome. With the development of Descemet's membrane endothelial keratoplasty, an excellent clinical outcome is seen in the treatment of corneal endothelial dysfunctions, which indicates that thinne...

PURPOSE To analyze the corneal endothelial cell density in healthy adult emmetropic subjects. METHODS We analyzed the corneal endothelial cell density of a group made up of 225 emmetropic subjects (n=225). As age-matched control groups we analyzed two other groups, one made up of myopic subjects (n=209) and the other made up of hyperopic subjects (n=203). We recorded the mean of three consecu...

purpose: to assess the efficacy and safety of laser in situ keratomileusis (lasik) for correction of residual myopia and astigmatism after penetrating keratoplasty (pk). methods: in this prospective interventional case series, lasik was performed on 14 eyes of 13 patients unable to wear glasses or contact lenses after pk. the interval between lasik and pk was at least one year. all patients had...

PurposeTo report the safety and efficacy of a novel cell injection therapy using cultured human corneal endothelial cells (hCECs) for failure conditions via long-term 5-year postoperative clinical data from first-in-humans trial group.DesignProspective observational study.ParticipantsThis study involved 11 eyes patients with pseudophakic who underwent hCEC between December 2013 2014.MethodsAll ...

PURPOSE To report the results of cataract surgery after previous implantation of an Artisan iris-fixated phakic intraocular lens (pIOL) for the correction of myopia. SETTING University center and private practice. METHODS This study comprised eyes with previous implantation of an iris-fixated pIOL to correct myopia and subsequent pIOL explantation combined with cataract surgery and in-the-b...

purpose: to evaluate the adverse effects of intravitreal injection of sterile chloramphenicol eye drops on corneal endothelial cells of donated corneas. methods: 100 donor corneas were enrolled in the study. one eye of each donor underwent intravitreal injection of sterile chloramphenicol eye drops following vitreous tap and the fellow eyes were served as controls. after corneo-scleral excision...

Aim: This study focused on exploring the effects of refractive error and its association with various corneal parameters such as curvature (CC), thickness (CT), endothelial cell density (ECD), volume (CV) among young adults in Saudi Arabia.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the mean changes in Central Corneal Thickness (CCT) and Endothelial Cell Count (ECC) in eyes after pediatric cataract surgery with foldable intraocular lens using scleral tunnel incision micro-surgical technique. STUDY DESIGN Qausi experimental study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital, Rawalpin...