Topical cyclosporin A in the management of postkeratoplasty glaucoma.

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of substituting topical cyclosporin A 0.5% for topical corticosteroids in patients with postkeratoplasty glaucoma.

Methods: Topical cyclosporin A 0.

Comparison of corneal sensation following photorefractive keratectomy and laser in situ keratomileusis.

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) and laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) on corneal sensation.

Setting: Eye Institute, Medical School of the University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece, and Orasis, Hellenic Eye Center of Athens, Greece.

Methods: In a masked study, corneal sensation was measured with the Cochet-Bonnet aesthesiometer in 40 consecutive patients 6 to 12 months following PRK and LASIK (60 mm constitutes normal reading and < 40 mm, abnormal).

Comparison of topical timolol gel to oral acetazolamide in the prophylaxis of viscoelastic-induced ocular hypertension after penetrating keratoplasty.

Purpose: Viscoelastic-induced ocular hypertension following penetrating keratoplasty (PK) may result in endothelial cell loss and optic nerve damage.

Methods: In a prospective, randomized, masked trial, two doses of oral sustained-release acetazolamide were compared to a single dose of topical 0.5% timolol gel after 40 PKs.

Visually debilitating pterygium: surgical and contact lens treatment.

Purpose: We present the management of a patient with large pterygia complicated by irregular astigmatism and corneal opacities. Visual rehabilitation required both surgical excision and contact lens fitting.

Methods: We examined a 30-year-old man with hand motion vision from a large pterygium overgrowing his right cornea.

Decreased corneal sensation as an initial feature of Acanthamoeba keratitis.

Background: Herpes simplex keratitis is the most common misdiagnosis in patients with Acanthamoeba keratitis, which is increasing in frequency and is associated with daily wear soft contact lenses. Both entities usually present as unilateral keratitis. The manifestations of superficial Acanthamoeba keratitis (i.