Publications by authors named "Renata A Rezende"
Purpose: To compare the incidence of herpes simplex virus (HSV) epithelial recurrence and graft survival after penetrating keratoplasty (PK) in patients with and without self-reported atopy.
Design: Retrospective cohort comparative study.
Setting: Cornea Service, Wills Eye Hospital.
Purpose: To compare the efficacy of oral antiviral prophylactic treatment for herpes simplex virus (HSV) recurrences in patients with and without self-reported atopy.
Design: Retrospective cohort comparative study.
Methods: setting: Cornea Service, Wills Eye Hospital.
Purpose: To compare the characteristics of ocular herpes simplex virus (HSV) in patients with and without atopy.
Design: Retrospective cohort comparative study.
Methods: Patients who presented at the Cornea Service, Wills Eye Hospital, between March 2003 and March 2004 who had been previously diagnosed in the same institution as having ocular HSV diagnosis or were just diagnosed as having the disease were asked to complete a study questionnaire that enabled categorization into atopic and nonatopic.
Purpose: To evaluate the complications associated with anterior basement membrane dystrophy (ABMD) after laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK).
Setting: Cornea Service, Wills Eye Hospital, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Methods: In this noncontrolled retrospective case series, the medical records of all patients with LASIK complications seen in the Cornea Service at Wills Eye Hospital from January 1, 1998, to December 31, 2002, were reviewed.
Purpose: To evaluate the effect of trypan blue staining of expandable hydrophilic acrylic intraocular lenses (IOLs) on contrast sensitivity and glare.
Setting: Department of Ophthalmology, Federal University, and Oculistas Associados, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Methods: Phacoemulsification with expandable hydrophilic IOL implantation was performed in 19 eyes.
Purpose: To address the primary causes of the congenital corneal opacities seen on the Cornea Service at Wills Eye Hospital (Philadelphia, PA), the associated systemic anomalies and their management.
Methods: Retrospective review of the medical records of all patients with the diagnosis of congenital corneal opacities seen at the Cornea Service from January 1, 1992 to June 30, 2003. Children 12 years old or younger at the first visit to our department were included in the study.
Purpose: To report a series of patients with no previous history of herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection who had new onset of herpetic keratitis after penetrating keratoplasty (PK).
Design: Noncontrolled, retrospective case series.
Methods: We included in the study the patients who had new onset of herpetic keratitis after penetrating keratoplasty for corneal diseases unrelated to HSV infection who were seen at the Cornea Service at Wills Eye Hospital (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) from January 1996 to December 2002.
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of more than 12 months of oral acyclovir therapy in reducing recurrences of ocular herpes simplex virus.
Methods: We retrospectively compared ocular herpes simplex virus recurrence in 2 groups of patients. In group 1, patients used oral acyclovir for at least 12 months and then discontinued the treatment.