Publications by authors named "Arturo E Grau"
Purpose: This study aimed to compare the expression of vitamin D receptor (VDR) on the ocular surface of patients with dry eye disease (DED) and controls without ophthalmological pathologies.
Methods: Patients with DED without previous treatment were studied and compared with healthy subjects. Ocular Surface Disease Index assessement and ocular surface cytology were performed in all patients.
Lisch corneal dystrophy is a rare corneal disease characterized by the distinctive feature of highly vacuolated cells. Although this feature is important, the nature of these vacuoles within corneal cells remains unknown. Here, we sought to analyze corneal cells from a patient diagnosed with Lisch dystrophy to characterize the vacuoles within these cells.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To study the clinical features and etiology of recurrent corneal erosion syndrome (RCES).
Methods: We examined a total of 100 patients (117 eyes) with the diagnosis of RCES who presented at our institution (Instituto Clinico Quirúrgico de Oftalmología, Bilbao, Spain). Studied data included demography, etiology, corneal location, and association with meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD).
Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of plasma rich in growth factors (PRGF) for the treatment of moderate/severe dry eye.
Methods: PRGF treatment was administered to 16 patients who had moderate/severe dry eye diagnosed and who had not responded previously to other standard treatments. We quantified several growth factors present in the PRGF of each patient and obtained quantitative registers of the symptoms (modified score dry eye questionnaire), both before and after PRGF treatment.
Objective: To describe a novel surgical technique for the sealing of large corneal perforations.
Method: Case report of a perforated, 3-mm, postherpetic, corneal ulcer. A single layer of amniotic membrane was sewn to the internal surface of the cornea.