Keratoplasty

A 58-year-old man who lives out of state had a history of waking up with irritation in his right eye 2 weeks after sleeping in his contact lenses.

Pellucid marginal degeneration is a corneal ectatic disorder primarily involving the peripheral inferior quadrant from the 4 o’clock to 8 o’clock position.

In this issue of Healio | OSN, a roundtable discusses the management of epithelial ingrowth after LASIK, neurotrophic keratitis and Demodex blepharitis with marginal keratitis.

NEW YORK — In this Healio Video Perspective from OSN New York, Mitchell A. Jackson, MD, of Jacksoneye in Lake Villa, Illinois, discusses the benefits of corneal tissue addition keratoplasty for patients with keratoconus.

The only thing more satisfying than hearing from someone who is thrilled with the results of a recent cataract surgery is learning that the patient experienced no pain during the procedure.

BARCELONA, Spain — Optimizing the use of donor tissue through hemi- and quarter-Descemet’s membrane endothelial keratoplasty can maximize the number of transplants per donor, according to a speaker here.

Corneal tissue addition keratoplasty, or CTAK, is a novel intrastromal lamellar keratoplasty technique for the treatment of keratoconus.

A corneal ulcer refractory to medical management often proceeds to therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty in the late stages.

Pinhole pupilloplasty is a method to reduce the size of a pupil to as small as a pinhole.

FRANKFURT, Germany — Intrastromal lamellar keratoplasty combined with collagen cross-linking enhances the tectonic stability and biomechanical strength of keratoconic corneas while flattening the cornea and improving visual acuity.