Collagen has been used in ophthalmology since the 1990s, particularly in the treatment of corneal defects. However, why and ...

A coloboma forms during fetal development when tissues of the eye don't come together and close completely as they are supposed to. The defect is present at birth, occurring either unilaterally ...

with a 6.9 mm × 7.3 mm corneal epithelial defect, a large central infiltrate with stromal suppuration, a partial ring infiltrate and a 4-mm hypopyon. No signs of perforation or corneal thinning.

Two common defects of the eyes are myopia (short-sightedness) and hyperopia (long-sightedness). In both cases, rays of light do not focus on the retina so a clear image is not formed. These two ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Research is advancing treatments for rare eye diseases, which are a leading cause of untreatable blindness in Europe. Seven rare ocular conditions affecting the ...

A two-year-old boy could lose his eye after someone with the herpes virus kissed him. Michelle Saaiman, the mother of the toddler, shared the devastating news on her Facebook page, revealing that her ...

Sutureless amniotic membrane (ProKera) was found to be partially or completely effective in corneal healing or symptomatic ... keratopathy without epithelial defect. Our study shows less ...

Complete success was defined as improvement in corneal surface integrity (decrease in epithelial defect or decrease in corneal surface staining if no defect at baseline). The proportion of ...

Before placement of the ProKera, punctal plugs had been placed in five eyes, three eyes had BSCL placement, one eye had suture tarsorrhaphy twice but there was recurrence of epithelial defect ...