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Abstract Background Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD) is characterized by progressive endothelial dysfunction and corneal edema. Reliable objective biomarkers for grading disease severity are currently evolving....

One dog with visceral leishmaniasis is reported presenting cutaneous lesions, cachexia, and corneal ulceration. Parasitological and serological diagnoses were performed by exam of contents of the aspirative punction of t...

Objective: The purpose of our work was to study and compare the cornea and tear film of people and sheep inhabiting in a region of Argentinean Patagonia (PATG), and in a geographically and climatically different region i...

ObjectiveTo identify the ocular microbiota of healthy dogs and with corneal ulcers, and the sensitivity-resistance of the isolated bacteria to antibiotics.Animal studied60 dogs were included. 30 of them free of clinical ...

Purpose: To evaluate the long-term outcomes of Intrastromal Corneal Ring Segments (ICRS) implantation in pediatric patients with keratoconus.  Methods: Retrospective analysis of eyes with ICRS implantation in pediatri...

Realizou-se a ceratectomia superficial em 28 coelhos, distribuídos em dois grupos. No grupo tratado, composto por 14 animais, utilizou-se a membrana amniótica canina como bandagem, suturada com sua face epitelial volta...

This study aimed to evaluate the microbiota of donor rabbit corneas stored for tectonic transplantation purposes. Swabs from both corneas of 20 rabbits were carefully collected and submitted to microorganism isolation an...

PurposeTo investigate the outcome of single amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT) in the treatment of corneal melting associated with ocular graft-versus-host disease (oGVHD) after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell tr...

Background: Phacoemulsification in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) may be challenging because of pre-existing corneal endothelial abnormalities, including pleomorphism and polymegathism. Thus, a careful intra...

Background. Refractive errors are leading pathology of visual organ among active age population. Myopia is one of the main causes of disability and blindness. Purpose. To assess the clinical outcomes of changes in endoth...

Abstract Background HC-HA/PTX3 (a complex formed by high molecular weight hyaluronan covalently linked to heavy chain 1 of inter-α-trypsin inhibitor and tightly bound to pentraxin 3) is a unique extracellular matrix fro...

Yamato Katsura,* Hisataka Fujimoto,* Masashi Takata, Hiroshi Yokoyama, Tomohiro Sekiya, Fumi Gomi Department of Ophthalmology, Hyogo Medical University, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan*These authors con...

Abstract Collagen-based artificial corneas are a promising regenerative alternative to scarce donor tissue. However, their clinical success is limited by mechanical weakness, enzymatic degradation, and poor bio-integrati...

Avaliaram-se e compararam-se clinicamente os efeitos de colírios de Citrus lemon (CL) na reparação de úlcera corneal superficial. Foram utilizadas 50 coelhas, distribuídas em cinco grupos experimentais de 10 animais...

Objective: This study aimed to compare the indications, timing, and clinical outcomes of phakic implantable collamer lens (ICL) exchange or explantation between eyes with keratoconus and eyes without keratoconus or other...

Purpose The use of standard sutures has been replaced by platelet-rich plasma (PRP), a bioadhesive agent, in several surgical procedures. This prompted us to test PRP efficacy in experimental lamellar keratoplasty. Metho...

A-2-years-old heifer showed a mass on the frontal part of the skull. Cytological analysis displayed pleomorphic, polyedric and fusiform cells with extracellular hyaline material. Histologically, the excised mass showed p...