Complications of cosmetic iris implants: French series of 87 eyes.

Purpose: Iris intraocular implants were developed to manage congenital or traumatic iris defects. However, they are also used to change the color of patient eyes. The aim of this retrospective series was to report complications in patients managed in France after cosmetic implantation.

Input of recombinant phenotyping for the characterization of a novel acyclovir-resistance mutation identified in a patient with recurrent herpetic keratitis.

We report here a case of an immunocompetent patient suffering from recurrent epithelial herpetic keratitis associated with the emergence of antiviral resistance. Indeed, the not previously described amino acid change L340R within herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase, was shown to confer acyclovir-resistance by recombinant phenotyping using bacmid technology.

Reproducibility of single-pass donor DSAEK tissue preparation with the MORIA single-use microkeratome.

Purpose: To assess the reproducibility of single-pass cutting for preparation of ultra-thin (≤120μm) donor cornea grafts in Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK).

Methods: All consecutive patients of DSAEK performed using the MORIA One Use microkeratome (MORIA, Antony, France) in between June 2014 and August 2015. Patient and donor central corneal thickness (CTT), microkeratome head, remaining stromal bed thickness (RSBT), number of cut and graft thickness at 1 month and 6 months postoperatively were recorded in this single-center prospective study.

[Efficacy of corneal cross-linking for the treatment of keratoconus].

Keratoconus (KC) is a complex disease whose pathophysiology is only partially understood. The priority in management is to halt the progression of corneal deformation as soon as possible in the course of KC disease. Corneal cross-linking (CXL) is at present the only dedicated treatment for this purpose.