Publications by authors named "Daniel C Brocks"

A 52-year-old white man with keratoconus and severe atopic keratoconjunctivitis underwent penetrating keratoplasty (PK) for visual rehabilitation in the left eye. Post-PK complications included a persistent epithelial defect. Therapeutic scleral lens wear was initiated 2 weeks post-PK.

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Significance: This report shares a technique that can be used to assist training patients to properly and safely apply and remove prosthetic replacement of the ocular surface ecosystem devices (PD) or scleral lenses to reduce patient training nervousness, limit adverse events from training, and limit training failures.

Purpose: This study aimed to introduce a novel scleral lens application and removal training method.

Case Report: A 28-year-old woman with limbal stem cell deficiency secondary to contact lens overwear in the left eye greater than the right eye presented for prosthetic replacement of the ocular surface ecosystem treatment.

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Purpose: We used EyeSys videokeratography to evaluate corneal shape changes induced by conductive keratoplasty, a procedure that utilizes radio frequency energy to alter corneal shape to correct hyperopia.

Methods: Follow-up data were available for 19 eyes (out of 24 eyes of 13 patients). Preoperative spherical hyperopia ranged from +0.

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