Sural nerve graft for neurotrophic keratitis: early results.

Objective: To report our center's experience in treating neurotrophic keratitis (NK) through corneal neurotization using nerve transfers and sural nerve grafts in the adult population.

Design: Prospective observational case series, single center study.

Methods: Six consecutive patients (5 males and 1 female) with severe NK were evaluated.

Improvement of hypertrophic scarring by using topical anti-fibrogenic/anti-inflammatory factors in a rabbit ear model.

This study investigates the scar-reducing efficacy of topical application of stratifin and acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) in a rabbit ear model. A total of five New Zealand white rabbits with four wounds per ear were examined. Either recombinant stratifin (0.