purpose: to evaluate endothelial cell density (ecd) and morphology of clear corneal grafts after descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (dsaek) and to determine the factors that influence graft ecd postoperatively. methods: seventy-seven eyes (38 right eyes) of 64 patients (34 female subjects) who underwent dsaek for fuchs’ endothelial dystrophy (n=38) or pseudophakic bullous ker...

purpose: to compare clinical and confocal scan outcomes after descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (dsaek) performed for fuchs’ endothelial dystrophy versus pseudophakic bullous keratopathy. methods: in this retrospective comparative study, 47 consecutive eyes of 39 patients with the diagnosis of fuchs’ endothelial dystrophy (n=29, group 1) or pseudophakic bullous keratopathy (...

purpose: this study evaluated the effect of donor and eye bank characteristics on graft rating and clinical outcomes after penetrating keratoplasty (pk) in keratoconus-affected patients. methods: a total of 252 consecutive keratoconic eyes that underwent pk were reviewed in this retrospective interventional case series. donor data included age and sex, cause of death, death-to-preservation time...

background: new blood vessels formation is a critical step in tumor progression. vascular density affects the clinical outcome and prognosis of malignant tumors. the aim of this study was to investigate the relation between the vascular endothelial growth factor (vegf) expression and vascular density with the clinical and histopathologic features in oral squamous cell carcinoma (oscc).   method...

purpose : to compare central corneal thickness (cct), corneal endothelial cell density, and lens capsule thickness in normotensive patients with and without pseudoexfoliation syndrome (pxs) methods : this was a prospective, comparative, descriptive study. normotensive candidates for cataract surgery with (study group) and without (control group) pxs were enrolled in the study. cct and corneal e...

purpose: to evaluate corneal endothelial cells of donors who died from aluminum phosphide intoxication. methods: endothelial cell count and quality of eight corneas from four donors with aluminum phosphide intoxication were evaluated by slit lamp biomicroscopy and specular microscopy at the eye bank of i.r. iran. confocal scan examination was carried out only in one of the recipients. results: ...

purpose: to compare the morphology and function of corneal enthothelial cell in early postoperative period after phacoemulsification with infusion or bolus intracameral adrenaline. methods: in this prospective randomized study, 71 eyes of 71 patients scheduled for phacoemulsification were randomly assigned to two groups: one group (31 eyes) received bolus intraocular adrenaline at 1/10,000 conc...

PURPOSE To evaluate whether photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) for moderate myopia using a solid-state laser with a wavelength of 213 nm alters the corneal endothelial cell density. SETTING University refractive surgery center. METHODS The corneal endothelium was analyzed preoperatively and 1, 6, and 12 months postoperatively using corneal confocal microscopy (modified HRT II with a Rostock ...

purpose: to evaluate the corneal endothelial cell density and polymegathism one year after laser assisted keratomileusis using mitomycin c. methods: one hundred and three eyes from 52 patients who underwent laser assisted sub-epithelial keratomileusis using mitomycin c 0.02% for 30 seconds entered this study. corneal endothelial cells were evaluated using specular microscopy before and one year...

PURPOSE To evaluate the effect of mitomycin-C (MMC) on corneal endothelial cell density (ECD) and morphology after trabeculectomy. METHODS In this prospective comparative case series, 31 eyes with glaucoma underwent trabeculectomy with (group I), or without (group II) MMC. Specular microscopy was performed pre-, and postoperatively at months 1 and 3. Outcome measures included central corneal ...