Publications by authors named "F Ameloot"
Reconstruction of exenteration socket with Integra dermal substitute and skin graft.
J Fr Ophtalmol
September 2019
The authors report their experience with the use of Integra dermal substitute, in combination with a thin skin graft, following an orbital exenteration. The clinical case described relates to a 42-year-old gentleman with an ulcerative retractile lesion of the right lower eyelid. Histopathological examination diagnosed a moderately differentiated epidermoid carcinoma infiltrating the orbit.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To describe epidemiological characteristics of outpatients examined by university medical center ophthalmologists in emergency rooms (ER), and to determine factors associated with true emergencies.
Methods: A monocentric cross-sectional study including all patients examined by an ophthalmologist in the ER of in the university hospital of Nancy over a two-month period was conducted. Demographics and medical characteristics were assessed.
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to investigate the relationship between corneal swelling (edema) and the loss of endothelial cells after cataract surgery using microcoaxial phacoemulsification in 85 patients.
- Data was collected at various time points post-surgery, showing that significant corneal swelling was linked to greater endothelial cell loss, particularly noted 4 days after surgery.
- Results suggest that measuring corneal thickness after surgery could serve as an indicator of potential endothelial damage, highlighting its importance in postoperative assessments.
Purpose: To assess the impact of surgeon experience on early postoperative central corneal thickness (CCT) in eyes that have undergone phacoemulsification-based cataract surgery.
Methods: One hundred sixty eyes underwent phacoemulsification-based cataract surgery performed by an experienced surgeon (n = 110; senior group) or a surgically less experienced ophthalmic assistant (n = 50; junior group), using the divide-and-conquer or tilt-and-tumble technique for cataractous lens extraction. The primary endpoint was postoperative corneal edema 2 hours after surgery, determined by pachymetry-based CCT.
Purpose: To investigate aqueous flare as a preoperative predictor for later proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) development in patients with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RD) and to determine the validity of this measurement in patients at low clinical risk for postoperative PVR.
Methods: This study included 100 eyes of 100 patients who underwent surgery for primary RD. Aqueous flare was determined preoperatively with a laser flare-cell meter (Kowa FM-500, Kowa Company Ltd, Tokyo, Japan).