CIRCLE Software for Management of Epithelial Ingrowth After SMILE.

Purpose: To report a novel therapeutic use of CIRCLE software (Carl Zeiss Meditec) to manage visually significant epithelial ingrowth following small incision lenticule extraction surgery (SMILE).

Methods: Case series.

Results: In this case series, the authors describe three eyes with progressive and visually significant epithelial ingrowth following an uneventful SMILE procedure.

Is blood agar an alternative to sabouraud dextrose agar for the isolation of fungi in patients with mycotic keratitis.

To compare the blood agar (BA), sabouraud dextrose agar (SDA) and chocolate agar (CA) for the isolation of fungi in patients with mycotic keratitis. Corneal Scrapings of 229 patients with clinically diagnosed microbial keratitis were inoculated on BA, SDA, CA. The culture media were evaluated for the rate and time taken for the fungal growth.