J Cataract Refract Surg
November 2005
A 30-year-old man who had laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) for myopia 1 year earlier developed a corneal perforation in the left eye from a boa constrictor. The patient presented to the emergency room, and a small corneal perforation just outside the visual axis was diagnosed within the LASIK flap. Cyanoacrylate adhesive was used to close the corneal perforation.
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May 2003
We describe the use of autologous allogeneic amniotic membrane in ocular surface reconstruction. A 28-year-old woman with cicatricial entropion from Stevens-Johnson syndrome had recurrent keratinization of the tarsal conjunctiva. Amniotic membrane from the patient's own conceptus was stored and successfully used in ocular surface reconstruction with improvement of ocular symptoms.
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