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PURPOSE: To compare long-term outcomes of penetrating keratoplasty in treating macular corneal dystrophy, transforming growth factor beta induced (TGFBI) dystrophy, and Fuchs' dystrophy.
METHODS: The present retrospective study describes the postoperative...
PURPOSE: Information regarding corneal dystrophy among Koreans were examined according to the subtypes. METHODS: Two hundred sixteen patients, 340 eyes, diagnosed as corneal dystrophy and followed by one ophthalmologist from...
PURPOSE: To compare the clinical characteristics and prognosis of Fuchs dystrophy patients according to COL8A2 gene mutation status.
METHODS: Eighty-one patients (162 eyes) initially diagnosed with Fuchs dystrophy from 1996 to...
PURPOSE: To evaluate the natural course of the long-term endothelial cell changes in Fuchs corneal dystrophy (FCD) patients and investigate the effects of phacoemulsification on the annual rate of change...
PURPOSE: To report a case of fungal endophthalmitis developed early after penetrating keratoplasty (PKP).
CASE SUMMARY: A 67-year-old man was diagnosed with cataract, bullous keratopathy, and Fuchs' dystrophy. He underwent phacoemulsification,...
PURPOSE: To report two cases of femtosecond laser-assisted small incision deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty (DLEK) for patients with corneal endothelial decompensation by Fuchs dystrophy and glaucoma
METHODS: Femtosecond laser...
We evaluated 30 patients 30 eyes undergone cataract extraction after penetrating keratoplasty according to gender, age, corneal disease before penetrating keratoplasty. and these evaluation will help that surgeon determine the...
We performed keratoplasty and did not remove suture material in 189 patients (189 eyes) after operation. Among them, 48 eyes which had clear grafts with spontaneous suture breakage had been...
Sex and its tropic hormones influence the lacrimal system, corneal anatomy and disease, aqueous humor dynamics and glaucoma, crystalline lens and cataract, and retinal disease. Dry eye occurs especially frequently...