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    Deep lamellar keratoplasty with trypan blue intrastromal staining

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    This technique was developed to facilitate removal of the deep stromal layers during deep lamellar keratoplasty. A trypan blue 0.02% solution is injected into the stromal fibers, enabling the surgeon to visualize and remove the posterior stromal layers. This decreases the risk of perforation of Descemet's membrane and the endothelium. © 2002 ASCRS and ESCRS

    Latrogenic keratectasia following laser in situ keratomileusis

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    To evaluate keratectasia after laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) for high myopia

    MEASUREMENT OF CORNEAL THICKNESS BY ULTRASOUND AFTER PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY IN HIGH MYOPIA

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    BACKGROUND: Photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) has been used to treat myopia in human eyes since 1988.METHODS: We evaluated corneal ablation depth after excimer laser myopic photorefractive keratectomy with the Summit Technology Excimed UV200LA laser. Preoperative refraction was: mean 9.58 diopters (D) +/- 2.01, (range 6 to 17), We used ultrasound pachometry (1640 m/sec) in 40 eyes of 33 patients. Mean follow-up was of 49.5 weeks (range 16 to 76).RESULTS: The measurement of the corneal thickness showed a reduction of the initial thickness followed by an inconsistent increase caused by wound healing and tissue proliferation.CONCLUSION: The data showed no direct correlation between diopters of refractive correction and the change in corneal thickness

    Echographic follow-up in patients who have undergone sclero- uveotumorectomy

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    A-B scan echography provides accurate information on the location, the nature, the extension of a neoplasm and the involvement of neighbouring tissues as well as on the postsurgical evolution. In this study, we intend to give accurate and useful indications to the surgeon concerning conservative surgery and the follow-up after sclero-uveotumorectomy in cases of uveal neoformations. Between January 1988 and June 1996, we examined 46 patients by means of echography before and after sclero-uveotumorectomy
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