To assess corneal biomechanical changes in eyes undergoing phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) and to investigate the relationship of PTK with corneal thickness. Phototherapeutic keratectomy was ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A customized PTK technique showed long-term efficacy in the treatment of granular corneal dystrophy type 1. It ...

Because the condition was bilateral, a corneal dystrophy was suspected. Lattice dystrophy typically presents with branching refractile lattice lines with intervening haze, which are observed best ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Leslie Palacios is a better cook and a better mother since she received her second cornea transplant in December. Through Gift of Life Michigan, Palacios, 34, received a cornea ...

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If you have this condition, you were born with it, but you probably won’t have symptoms until your 30s or 40s. For most people, problems don’t appear until they’re 50 or older. Fuchs’ has two major ...

A corneal transplant is a routine surgical procedure that replaces a damaged cornea with a healthy one from a donor. The cornea is the thin, transparent membrane that sits in front of the iris and ...

Fuchs’ dystrophy is an eye condition that causes the death of cells in the inner lining of the cornea. This may lead to the accumulation of fluid in the cornea and negatively affect vision. One of the ...