THE Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) has issued guidelines on Pterygium Excision with Graft and Ocular Surface Reconstructive Surgeries (OSR).
"Corneal blindness is one of the leading causes of vision loss, affecting about 10 million people worldwide each year," says Vincenzo Sarnicola, director of the Sarnicola Eye Clinic in Grosseto, an ...
1 National Clinical Research Center of Ocular Diseases, Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China 2 Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Hangzhou, China Background: ...
Aims To explore the clinical application of a novel swept-source anterior segment optical coherence tomography angiography (AS-OCTA) system for imaging corneal neovascularisation (CoNV), assessing ...
Expert Rev Ophthalmol. 2010;5(4):545-556. Grade 1 = shield ulcer with a clear base; these have a favorable outcome and re-epithelization with mild scarring; Grade 2 = ulcers with visible inflammatory ...
Photo by Anastasia Logotheti, OD. When you see signs of contact lens-induced limbal stem cell deficiency, patients will require therapies that go beyond the scope of standard dry eye care. Limbal stem ...
Limbal stem cell insufficiency is characterized by conjunctivalization of the corneal surface. As IVCM is able to differentiate between corneal and conjunctival epithelium, it is especially useful in ...
CALEC trial principal investigator Ula Jurkunas, MD, associate director of the Cornea Service at Mass Eye and Ear and professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, in her lab at Mass Eye and ...
An expanded clinical trial that tested a groundbreaking, experimental stem cell treatment for blinding cornea injuries found the treatment was feasible and safe in 14 patients who were treated and ...
The cornea is a vital tissue of the human body. The health status of the cornea has a great impact on the quality life of person. There has been a great deal of research on the human cornea ...
A man in his mid-20s presents to the hospital with a 10-day history of unilateral eye discomfort with a foreign body sensation each time he blinks. He denies any discharge, photophobia, or change in ...