Corneal transplantation

DTH Tan, JKG Dart, EJ Holland, S Kinoshita - The Lancet, 2012 - thelancet.com
Corneal transplantation or keratoplasty has developed rapidly in the past 10 years.
Penetrating keratoplasty, a procedure consisting of full-thickness replacement of the cornea …

Artificial cornea: past, current, and future directions

G Holland, A Pandit, L Sánchez-Abella, A Haiek… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Corneal diseases are a leading cause of blindness with an estimated 10 million patients
diagnosed with bilateral corneal blindness worldwide. Corneal transplantation is highly …

Acute and chronic ophthalmic involvement in Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis–a comprehensive review and guide to therapy. II. Ophthalmic …

S Kohanim, S Palioura, HN Saeed, EK Akpek… - The ocular …, 2016 - Elsevier
Our purpose is to comprehensively review the state of the art with regard to Stevens-
Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), with particular attention to …

3D bioprinting for artificial cornea: Challenges and perspectives

B Zhang, Q Xue, J Li, L Ma, Y Yao, H Ye, Z Cui… - Medical engineering & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Corneal disease is one of the most important causes of blindness worldwide. Currently, the
dominating treatment of corneal blindness is corneal transplantation. However, the main …

Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis–a comprehensive review and guide to therapy. I. Systemic disease

S Kohanim, S Palioura, HN Saeed, EK Akpek… - The ocular …, 2016 - Elsevier
The intent of this review is to comprehensively appraise the state of the art with regard to
Stevens Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), with particular …

Visual improvement after cultivated oral mucosal epithelial transplantation

C Sotozono, T Inatomi, T Nakamura, N Koizumi… - Ophthalmology, 2013 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To report the effectiveness, disease-specific outcomes, and safety of cultivated
oral mucosal epithelial sheet transplantation (COMET), with the primary objective of visual …

Osteo-odonto keratoprosthesis: systematic review of surgical outcomes and complication rates

A Tan, DT Tan, XW Tan, JS Mehta - The ocular surface, 2012 - Elsevier
Case series on osteo-odonto keratoprosthesis (OOKP) published in English from 1950-June
2010 were identified in Medline/PubMed. Indications for surgery, visual acuity, anatomical …

Keratoprostheses in clinical practice–a review

A Gomaa, O Comyn, C Liu - Clinical & experimental …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The search for a substitute for the natural cornea dates back more than 200 years. Although
several devices have been developed and trialled, very few have had successful long‐term …

Keratoprostheses for corneal blindness: a review of contemporary devices

VS Avadhanam, HE Smith, C Liu - Clinical Ophthalmology, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
According to the World Health Organization, globally 4.9 million are blind due to corneal
pathology. Corneal transplantation is successful and curative of the blindness for a majority …

Long-term visual outcomes and complications of Boston keratoprosthesis type II implantation

R Lee, Z Khoueir, E Tsikata, J Chodosh, CH Dohlman… - Ophthalmology, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose To report the long-term visual outcomes and complications after Boston
keratoprosthesis type II implantation in the largest single-center case series with the longest …