Assessment of the corneal endothelium in acute ultraviolet keratitis.

Background: The purpose of this prospective case-control study was to investigate whether exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light produces detectable damage to the corneal endothelium in patients presenting with acute UV keratitis.

Material/methods: Non-contact specular microscopy was performed on 20 consecutive patients who presented to our clinic from July 2000 to July 2002 with acute UV keratitis and similarly on 20 age-matched healthy controls. Both the coefficient of variation in mean cell size (CV) and the mean cell density (CD) were compared in these two groups using the Student t-test.

LASIK for high myopic astigmatism resulting from perforating ocular injury.

Purpose: To present a case of successful treatment of high myopic astigmatism after a perforating injury with significant corneal laceration and pupil ectopia using excimer LASIK.

Methods: A 30-year-old man presented for treatment of high myopic astigmatism in his right eye resulting from perforating ocular trauma, which occurred 8 years prior to presentation. The corneoscleral wound repair was performed with posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation.