[Morphological changes in the cornea of patients with recurrent corneal erosion after diamond burr polishing of Bowman's membrane].

Purpose: To evaluate morphological changes in the cornea of patients with recurrent corneal erosion (RCE) using laser confocal microscopy before and after abrasive polishing of Bowman's membrane with a diamond burr (APBMDB).

Material And Methods: The study included 17 patients (20 eyes) with established RCE diagnosis; they underwent laser confocal microscopy on HRT III device with Rostock Cornea module (Heidelberg Engineering GmbH, Germany). Morphological analysis of epithelial cells, nerve fibers, stroma and corneal endothelium was conducted.

[Mushroom keratoplasty in rosacea keratitis complicated by corneal perforation (a clinical case)].

Rosacea is a polyethiologic chronic inflammatory disease with varying clinical manifestations. It is primarily a dermatologic disease, which often manifests in the eyes affecting eyelids, cornea and conjunctiva. The leading role in the pathological process belongs to disruption of regulatory mechanisms in the vascular, immune and nervous systems.

[Corneal dystrophies].

The article reviews modern clinical, morphological, and genetic aspects of corneal dystrophies based on the most recent international classification updated in 2015. Corneal dystrophies is a group of slow progressing, non-inflammatory corneal pathologies, most of which are characterized by variability of the associated traits. The existence of such pathologies makes important their differential diagnosis from acute inflammatory processes of various etiology, which require urgent therapy.

[Corneal degenerations].

Degeneration is the process of change occurring in cells, their parts or intracellular matter that happens due to external factors affecting the life of an organism and results in gradual disruption of normal condition of the tissue or the organ, and possibly complete loss of its functionality. Corneal degenerations may be caused by age-related physiological changes, associated with a certain systemic disease or local inflammations, or be the consequence of chronic toxic action of unhealthy environmental factors on the eye. Unlike dystrophies, corneal degenerations cannot be inherited and do not onset early.

[Polishing of Bowman's membrane with diamond burr in the treatment of recurrent corneal erosion syndrome].

Purpose: To study the effectiveness of polishing Bowman's membrane with a diamond burr (DBPBM) in the treatment of recurrent corneal erosion syndrome (RCES).

Material And Methods: The study included 22 patients (22 eyes) with RCES aged 20-56 years who underwent our original modification of DBPBM. All patients had keratotopography examined, endothelial cell density measured, and optical coherence tomography (OCT) of the cornea taken before and after the procedure.