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Endothelial plaque is an important sign of fungal keratitis and is related to diagnosis, surgical indications, and prognosis. However, bacterial keratitis sometimes involves fibrin formation on the back corneal surface, similar to endothel…
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Traumatic paracentral corneal perforations may lead to irregular astigmatism and opacification from lamellar grafts. We present an alternative surgical technique using a Tenon patch graft and a conjunctival flap.
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A 42-year-…
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The purpose of this study was to report a rare case of cyclodialysis cleft after secondary intraocular lens (IOL) placement using the Yamane flanged intrascleral haptic fixation technique.
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This study is an observational cas…
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One major purpose of the IC3D Corneal Dystrophy Nomenclature Revision was to include genetic information with a goal of facilitating investigation into the pathogenesis, treatment, and perhaps even prevention of the corneal dystrophies, a…
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Anterior segment abnormalities associated with Noonan syndrome are rare. We report our experience with 2 patients who developed keratopathy with significant visual sequelae.
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case series.
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The first patient is…
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The purpose of this study was to assess the repeatability and agreement of horizontal white-to-white (WTW) measurements using 4 different imaging modalities including a slit-scanning elevation topographer, dual rotating Scheimpflug camera and Placido Disc tomographer, Placido Disc topographer, and anterior segment optical coherence (OCT) tomographer.
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In this prospective study, 33 eyes of 33 healthy subjects were scanned 3 times using each of the Orbscan IIz, Sirius, Nidek OPD III, and DRI OCT Triton devices and WTW measurements were recorded. Repeatability was assessed using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), and agreement was analyzed using Bland–Altman plots.
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Mean WTW values obtained from the Orbscan IIz, Sirius, Nidek, and DRI OCT Triton devices were 11.76 ± 0.41, 12.10 ± 0.45, 12.14 ± 0.41, and 12.40 ± 0.48 mm, respectively. Overall, there was high repeatability, with the ICC >0.86 for all devices. The Sirius showed the highest repeatability (ICC = 0.993), and the Nidek the lowest (ICC = 0.870). All pairwise comparison showed significant differences in the mean WTW measurements (P
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Although previous studies have assessed the relationship between diabetes and keratoconus, the findings were controversial and warranted further clarifications. The objective of this study was to investigate the association between diabete…
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The purpose of this research was to compare the ability of Scheimpflug and anterior segment optical coherence tomography (OCT) in detecting subclinical corneal edema in patients with Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD) without clinical corneal edema.
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In this single-center, consecutive case series, 47 eyes of 29 patients with FECD were analyzed. The main outcome measures were anterior/posterior keratometry and central/thinnest corneal thickness. The criteria for subclinical corneal edema were loss of regular isopachs, displacement of the thinnest point of the cornea, and presence of posterior surface depression. Tomographic analyses were performed using Scheimpflug imaging (Pentacam HR) and OCT (anterior segment swept-source optical coherence tomography).
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The measurement of the continuous variables revealed a significant difference between the 2 devices. The anterior curvature was steeper and the posterior curvature was flatter when measured with OCT (P
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The objective of this study was to compare the clinical and microbiological profiles of culture-proven pure Corynebacterium keratitis with mixed infection and their antibiotic susceptibility patterns over a 2-year period.
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A…
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The purpose of this study was to estimate the longitudinal trend in the incidence of diagnosed dry eye disease (DED) from 2001 to 2015 in Taiwan.
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We obtained data from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database …