Publications by authors named "Irving Raber"

Purpose: To report the clinical, pathologic, and genetic findings in a family with early-onset pterygia, corneal vascularization, and corneal myofibromatous lesions.

Methods: We performed clinical, pathologic, and genetic analysis of 12 members of a family originating in Puebla Mexico, who manifested with pterygia/pseudopterygia and corneal opacification transmitted in an autosomal-dominant inheritance pattern. Three unaffected family members also were evaluated.

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Purpose: To report an unusual case of interstitial keratitis and lipid keratopathy in a pregnant woman with unknown etiology and atypical clinical course.

Observations: A 15 weeks pregnant 32-year-old female daily soft contact lens wearer presented with 1 month of right eye redness and intermittent blurry vision. Slit lamp examination revealed sectoral interstitial keratitis with stromal neovascularization and opacification.

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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to report a large series of patients with peripheral hypertrophic subepithelial corneal degeneration (PHSCD) and differentiate the condition from Salzmann nodular degeneration (SND).

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the charts of 49 patients diagnosed with PHSCD and reported their clinical, refractive, and topographic/tomographic findings.

Results: Most of the eyes were white and quiet.

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Purpose: To evaluate endophthalmitis rates after penetrating keratoplasty (PK) and endothelial keratoplasty (EK) and to compare clinical outcomes.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Methods: The medical and billing records of several large academic private practices in Philadelphia, PA were electronically queried for all surgical visits during which a PK or EK was performed between April 1, 2012 and August 31, 2018.

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Purpose: To evaluate the clinical and pathologic characteristics of conjunctival myxoid lesions, with specific focus on PRKAR1A studies, in order to distinguish neoplastic conjunctival myxoma from other myxoid conjunctival lesions.

Methods: A retrospective, interventional, multicenter study of all patients with conjunctival myxoma, conjunctival stromal tumor, or reactive fibromyxoid proliferation diagnosed during 1988-2018. Patient and family medical histories and clinical and pathologic characteristics of excised lesions were assessed.

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Purpose: To examine the association of donor, recipient, and operative factors on graft dislocation after Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) in the Cornea Preservation Time Study (CPTS) as well as the effects of graft dislocation and elevated IOP on graft success and endothelial cell density (ECD) 3 years postoperatively.

Design: Cohort study within a multi-center, double-masked, randomized clinical trial.

Methods: 1090 individuals (1330 study eyes), median age 70 years, undergoing DSAEK for Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy (94% of eyes) or pseudophakic or aphakic corneal edema (6% of eyes).

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Purpose: To compare sequential versus concomitant surgery of glaucoma drainage implant (GDI) and Boston keratoprosthesis type 1 (KPro).

Methods: Patients who received GDI and KPro in the same eye were divided into 2 groups: GDI placement prior to KPro surgery (sequential group) or GDI placement concomitant with KPro surgery (concomitant group). Main outcome measures were GDI failure, defined as intraocular pressure (IOP) >21 mm Hg, less than a 20% IOP reduction from baseline, or IOP <5 mm Hg on 2 consecutive follow-up visits, any reoperation for glaucoma, or loss of light perception; best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA); and surgical complications.

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Purpose: Longstanding corneal edema can lead to anterior stromal scarring that may limit visual acuity following Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK). The ideal time to perform DSEK to prevent permanent changes is unclear. Our aim is to determine whether earlier DSEK is associated with improved visual outcomes.

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Purpose: To present a large case series of epithelial ingrowth or implantation following endothelial keratoplasty (EK) with the purpose of identifying the common causes as well as the various clinical presentations. We aim to determine the typical clinical course and the most effective treatment for this rare but serious complication.

Methods: This is a retrospective study of 13 patients who developed epithelial ingrowth or implantation post-EK.

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Background/aims: To report the short-term safety profile and clinical outcomes of scleral fixation of intraocular lenses (IOLs) using Gore-Tex suture.

Methods: Retrospective, interventional case series. 85 eyes of 84 patients undergoing ab externo scleral fixation of a Bausch and Lomb Akreos AO60 or Alcon CZ70BD IOL using Gore-Tex suture.

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Purpose: To report the results of unilateral implantation of a Boston keratoprosthesis (BKPro) in patients with good visual acuity in the fellow eye.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of 37 eyes of 37 patients who underwent an optical BKPro and had a preoperative best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) of 20/40 or better in the fellow eye at Wills Eye Hospital from September 2005 to November 2013 was performed. Patients were excluded if they had less than 1 year of postoperative follow-up.

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Objective: To determine whether the 10-year success rate of penetrating keratoplasty for corneal endothelial disorders is associated with donor age.

Design: Multicenter, prospective, double-masked clinical trial.

Participants: A total of 1090 participants undergoing penetrating keratoplasty at 80 sites for Fuchs' dystrophy (62%), pseudophakic/aphakic corneal edema (34%), or another corneal endothelial disorder (4%) and followed for up to 12 years.

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Importance: The identification of steep corneal curvatures in a significant percentage of patients with posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy (PPCD) confirms this previously reported association and suggests a role for the ZEB1 protein in keratocyte function.

Objective: To determine whether PPCD is characterized by significant corneal steepening.

Design, Setting, And Participants: Cross-sectional study at university-based and private ophthalmology practices of 38 individuals (27 affected and 11 unaffected) from 23 families with PPCD.

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Objective: To evaluate the indications and outcomes of sutureless amniotic membrane transplant (AMT; ProKera) in the management of ocular surface disorders.

Methods: Chart review of patients who had ProKera (Bio-Tissue, Inc.) implantation for ocular surface disorders between June 2008 and May 2012 at 3 ophthalmology practices in Philadelphia, PA.

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Purpose: To evaluate the clinical outcomes of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) treatment of mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP).

Methods: This is a retrospective analysis of consecutive patients with clinical MMP seen in the Ocular Surface Disease Clinic at the Wills Eye Institute, between January 1, 2004, and December 31, 2010, treated with MMF. The main outcomes measured were control of inflammation and discontinuation of MMF.

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Purpose: To report a case series of eyes with posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy and steep nonkeratoconic corneas.

Methods: Retrospective, descriptive, nonrandomized case series.

Results: Thirty-five eyes of 18 patients (14 cases from 6 families and 4 isolated cases) with diffuse posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy had mean topographic simulated keratometry readings of 52.

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Objective: To identify baseline (donor, recipient, and operative) factors that affect endothelial cell loss following penetrating keratoplasty for a moderate-risk condition (principally Fuchs dystrophy or pseudophakic or aphakic corneal edema).

Methods: In a subset (n = 567) of Cornea Donor Study participants, preoperative and postoperative endothelial cell densities (ECDs) were determined by a central reading center. Multivariate regression analyses were performed to examine which baseline factors correlated with ECD over time.

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Purpose: To determine whether central discoid corneal dystrophy (CDCD), previously reported as a novel corneal dystrophy, is actually Schnyder corneal dystrophy (SCD) through screening of the UBIAD1 gene in the members of the family in which CDCD was reported.

Methods: Genetic analysis was performed in 3 affected members and 1 unaffected member of a pedigree with CDCD including the affected 31-year-old proband.

Results: All 4 affected members of the described pedigree demonstrated discoid central corneal clouding, with subtle, superficial, crystalline deposits noted in one of the affected individuals.

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Purpose: To report the first case of fungal keratitis caused by presumed Carpoligna species.

Methods: A 37-year-old gardener sustained a full-thickness, stellate corneal laceration while cutting wood outdoors with a circular saw. Two months after surgical repair, he developed a severe infectious keratitis with descemetocoele at the apex of the original stellate laceration.

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Objective: To determine whether preoperative and/or postoperative central endothelial cell density (ECD) and its rate of decline postoperatively are predictive of graft failure caused by endothelial decompensation following penetrating keratoplasty to treat a moderate-risk condition, principally, Fuchs dystrophy or pseudophakic corneal edema.

Methods: In a subset of Cornea Donor Study participants, a central reading center determined preoperative and postoperative ECD from available specular images for 17 grafts that failed because of endothelial decompensation and 483 grafts that did not fail.

Results: Preoperative ECD was not predictive of graft failure caused by endothelial decompensation (P = .

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Purpose: To identify current indications and trends in indications for penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) and associated procedures.

Methods: Retrospective chart review of all patients who underwent PKP at Wills Eye Institute from January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2005.

Results: A total of 1,162 cases were performed in this 5-year period.

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Purpose: To describe the histopathologic findings and relevant clinical details of 3 patients undergoing penetrating keratoplasty (PK) after failure of posterior lamellar endothelial keratoplasty (EK).

Methods: Retrospective clinicopathologic case series. Patients 1 and 2 underwent EK for pseudophakic bullous keratopathy.

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In this review, we analyze the trends in corneal transplantation over the past 25 years in the United States. The most dramatic change was the progressive sharp increase in the number of corneal transplants performed during the 1980s, corresponding with the rise of pseudophakic bullous keratopathy (PBK) as the leading indication for keratoplasty. More recently, there has been a steady annual decline in total keratoplasties for more than a decade, corresponding with a decline in the cases performed for PBK, which still accounts for the highest percentage of cases done.

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Purpose: To present an aniridic patient with failed penetrating keratoplasties OU (PK) who underwent successful repeat PK OD, which has remained clear for 4 years with continuous bandage lens (BCL) wear.

Methods: A 73-year-old aniridic woman who had a failed PK complicated by ocular surface disease refused limbal stem cell transplantation and underwent repeat PK in her right eye. The immediate postoperative course was uneventful except for mild irregularity of the graft epithelium.

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