Efficacy of a Topical Heparan Sulfate Mimetic Polymer on Ocular Surface Discomfort in Patients with Cogan's Epithelial Basement Membrane Dystrophy.

Treatment of persistent ocular discomfort in patients with Cogan's epithelial basement membrane dystrophy (EBMD) is a challenge for ophthalmologists. This study aimed to determine the efficacy of a topical heparan sulfate mimetic polymer (HSMP) in reducing ocular discomfort in EBMD patients. This retrospective, noninterventional study included 22 consecutive patients in 3 tertiary ophthalmological units with spontaneous, recurrent, acute ocular pain, resistant to various topical lubricants.

Persistent Impairment of Quality of Life in Patients with Herpes Simplex Keratitis.

Purpose: To evaluate the quality of life (QoL) in patients with quiescent herpes simplex keratitis compared with control patients without ocular herpes.

Design: Prospective, case-control study.

Participants: Thirty-three patients with a unilateral and relapsing herpes simplex keratitis (HSK group) that was quiescent during evaluation (no acute episode in the past 3 months) and 66 patients with no history of HSK (control group).

Diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging of trigeminal nerves in relapsing herpetic keratouveitis.

Background: Corneal hypoesthesia is the landmark of HSV and VZV keratitis and can lead to neurotrophic keratitis. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is a new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) derived technique, which offers possibilities to study axonal architecture. We aimed at assessing the potential impact of recurrent HSV or VZV-related keratitis on the axonal architecture of trigeminal nerves using DTI.

Biometry and intraocular lens power calculation results with a new optical biometry device: comparison with the gold standard.

Purpose: To evaluate the agreement in axial length (AL), keratometry (K), anterior chamber depth (ACD) measurements; intraocular lens (IOL) power calculations; and predictability using a new partial coherence interferometry (PCI) optical biometer (AL-Scan) and a reference (gold standard) PCI optical biometer (IOLMaster 500).

Setting: Service d'Ophtalmologie, Hopital Bicêtre, APHP Université, Paris, France.

Design: Evaluation of a diagnostic device.

[Induced astigmatism after corneal suture removal after cataract surgery].

Purpose: To evaluate the time until astigmatic stabilization after corneal suture removal after cataract surgery.

Methods: A prospective study was performed on 13 patients who had undergone cataract surgery by phacoemulsification with 2.4mm incision, for whom it was felt necessary to remove a corneal suture.