Journal Reviews

Depth and width of corneal wounds post corneal foreign body removal

3 April 2023 | | Cornea / External Eye Disease | Anterior segment optical coherence tomography, corneal foreign body, corneal wound healing, foreign body removal

This was a prospective study of 63 eyes of 63 patients undergoing corneal foreign body (FB) removal with a 27G needle at the slit-lamp; 96.8% of the patients were men with mean age 35.8 ±11.0 years. Regarding location of FBs,...

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Does lower eyelid entropion repair alter corneal topography?

1 February 2022 | | Cornea / External Eye Disease | Anterior segment optical coherence tomography, Lateral tarsal strip, Lower eyelid involutional entropion, Posterior lower eyelid retractor advancement, Total higher-order aberration

The authors aimed to analyse the corneal morphology before and after advancement of posterior lower eyelid retractors (LERs) alone or in combination with a lateral tarsal strip (LTS) for lower eyelid involutional entropion. Retrospective analysis of 24 consecutive elderly patients...