R Maini, L Sullivan, GR Snibson, HR Taylor, … - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2001 - bjo.bmj.com RESULTS In the superficial PTK group five of eight (62%) patients improved
symptomatically after treatment. The three (38%) who did not improve went on to
have penetrating keratoplasty for pain relief. In the intermediate depth ... Cited by 22 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
- ►bmj.com PY Lin, CC Wu, SM Lee - British Medical Journal, 2001 - bjo.bmj.com The best treatment of choice for bullous keratopathy (BK) with painful recurrent
corneal erosions (RCE) is penetrating keratoplasty. But in cases not suitable
for penetrating keratoplasty or the visual potential is poor the treatment ... Cited by 22 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
MS Sridhar, GK Vemuganti, AK Bansal, GN … - Cornea, 2001 - journals.lww.com Treatment in bullous keratopathy (BK) aims to improve vision and to alleviate
associated symptoms such as discomfort, watering, pain, and photophobia.
Penetrating keratoplasty (PK) is the defini- tive treatment for BK, which ... Cited by 17 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 2 versions
U Thomann, U Niesen, I Schipper - Journal of refractive surgery (Thorofare, NJ: 1995), 1996 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov BACKGROUND: The treatment of patients with recurrent erosions due to bullous
keratopathy is disappointing in cases when penetrating keratoplasty cannot be
performed. A trial has been made to prevent recurrent erosions through the ... Cited by 19 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
JI Luchs, EJ Cohen, CJ Rapuano, PR Laibson - Ophthalmology(Rochester, MN), 1997 - cat.inist.fr Purpose: The authors review a large series of patients with bullous
keratopathy(BK) to analyze the frequency of ulcerative keratitis, and determine
the contributory roles of bullae, bandage soft contact lenses, steroids, ... Cited by 19 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
JAP Gomes, DKM Haraguchi, DU Zambrano, LI … - Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia, 2000 - SciELO Brasil Objetivo: Avaliar o efeito terapêutico das punções do estroma anterior
corneal em pacientes com ceratopatia bolhosa (CB). Métodos: Vinte e cinco
pacientes com CB sintomáticos, com baixa visão, com e sem indicação de ... Cited by 11 - Related articles - View as HTML - BL Direct - All 3 versions
G Cormier, I Brunette, HM Boisjoly, M … - Archives of Ophthalmology, 1996 - archopht.highwire.org Patients and Methods: Twenty-seven patients awaiting penetratingkeratoplastywith
a diagnosisofBK were exam- ined. They were seen before treatment with ASP and 1,
4, and 12 weeks aftertreatment. The examination included slit- lamp ... Cited by 41 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
- ►bmj.com [PDF] U Thomann, F Meier-Gibbons, I Schipper - British Medical Journal, 1995 - bjo.bmj.com Abstract Aims-This study was designed to investi- gate the therapeutic potential
of excimer laser for recurrent painful erosions in patients not suited to
treatment with penetrating keratoplasty. Methods-Phototherapeutic ... Cited by 28 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
SB Koenig - American journal of ophthalmology, 1996 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov PURPOSE: To determine whether annular keratotomy can relieve pain associated
with bullous keratopathy. METHODS: Three patients with painful bullous
keratopathy and poor visual potential underwent partial-thickness (0.30 to ... Cited by 17 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 2 versions
N Rosa, G Cennamo - Journal of refractive surgery (Thorofare, NJ: 1995) - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov PURPOSE: To evaluate the therapeutic effects of phototherapeutic keratectomy in
patients with pseudophakic corneal edema METHODS: Phototherapeutic keratectomy
was performed in 12 eyes of 12 patients with pseudophakic corneal edema who ... Cited by 5 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
