Mediators of Corneal Haze Following Implantation of Presbyopic Corneal Inlays.

Purpose: To identify protein mediators of corneal haze following presbyopic corneal inlay surgery.

Methods: Tears were collected from eyes with corneal haze following surgery with a shape-changing corneal inlay. Samples were subjected to quantitative proteomic analysis using iTRAQ and proteins significantly increased or decreased (1.

Epithelium-on photorefractive intrastromal cross-linking (PiXL) for reduction of low myopia.

Purpose: To report the 9-12-month outcomes of a novel procedure for reduction of low myopia through epithelium-on photorefractive intrastromal cross-linking (PiXL) with customized control of topographic distribution of ultraviolet (UV)-fluence.

Method: Myopic patients with normal (non-ectatic) corneas underwent the PiXL procedure for reduction of low myopia. PiXL treatments were delivered through selective application of UVA light based on the refractive error of each patient.

Keratoprosthesis surgery for end-stage corneal blindness in asian eyes.

Purpose: To establish a multidisciplinary surgical program for osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis (OOKP) surgery in Asia and to evaluate efficacy and preliminary safety of this keratoprosthesis in end-stage corneal and ocular surface disease.

Design: Prospective noncomparative case series.

Participants: Sixteen adults of Asian ethnic origin, bilaterally blind with end-stage corneal blindness from Stevens-Johnson syndrome, or severe chemical or thermal burns.

Infectious keratitis after laser epithelial keratomileusis.

Purpose: To report two cases of infectious keratitis occurring after laser epithelial keratomileusis (LASEK).

Methods: Two patients who underwent LASEK were referred to our center for the management of postoperative infectious keratitis. Infection occurred on postoperative days 2 (case 1) and 5 (case 2).

Osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis surgery: a combined ocular-oral procedure for ocular blindness.

The aim of this retrospective study was to describe the oral procedures used in osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis (OOKP) surgery, and the demographics and oral findings of candidate patients in Singapore. The OOKP procedure utilizes an autologous tooth-bone complex to mount a poly-methylmethacrylate optical cylinder, as an artificial cornea, stabilized by an overlying autologous buccal mucosal graft. Consecutive patients referred over 3 years for dental evaluation prior to OOKP surgery were included.