Clinical course of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis: evaluation by in vivo confocal microscopy.

Purpose: To describe, by in vivo confocal microscopy, the structural changes occurring during the course of adenovirus epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (EKC), from the onset of the disease up to 24 weeks of follow-up.

Methods: Eight patients (age, 8-57 years) with clinical evidence of EKC were examined and photographed in vivo with a Heidelberg Retina Tomograph II, Rostock Cornea Module.

Results: At 1 week, confocal microscopy revealed clusters of hyperreflective cells in the basal epithelial cell layer.

Outcomes of coaxial microincision cataract surgery versus conventional coaxial cataract surgery.

Purpose: To compare the outcomes of coaxial microincision cataract surgery (MICS) with those of conventional coaxial cataract surgery.

Setting: University Eye Clinic, Geneva, Switzerland.

Methods: In a prospective study, 50 eyes of 50 patients with nuclear or corticonuclear cataract (grades 2 to 4 on the Lens Opacities Classification System III) were randomly selected to have cataract extraction through a temporal clear corneal incision using 1 of 2 techniques: coaxial MICS (25 eyes) or conventional coaxial cataract surgery (25 eyes).