Publications by authors named "William J Reinhart"
Objective: To review the published literature on deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) to compare DALK with penetrating keratoplasty (PK) for the outcomes of best spectacle-corrected visual acuity (BSCVA), refractive error, immune graft rejection, and graft survival.
Methods: Searches of the peer-reviewed literature were conducted in the PubMed and the Cochrane Library databases. The searches were limited to citations starting in 1997, and the most recent search was in May 2009.
Objective: To review the published literature on safety and outcomes of Descemet's stripping endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK) for the surgical treatment of endothelial diseases of the cornea.
Design: Peer-reviewed literature searches were conducted in PubMed and the Cochrane Library with the most recent search in February 2009. The searches yielded 2118 citations in English-language journals.
Objective: To review the published literature to evaluate the safety of overnight orthokeratology (OOK) for the treatment of myopia.
Methods: Repeated searches of peer-reviewed literature were conducted in PubMed (limited to the English language) and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (no language limitations) for 2005, 2006, and 2007. The searches yielded 495 citations.
Purpose: Progressive corneal astigmatism occurring at least 10 years after penetrating keratoplasty for keratoconus is a late-phase complication of surgery. This report characterizes this condition in a series of patients from three corneal referral centers in the United States.
Methods: Charts were retrospectively reviewed which met the following criteria: penetrating keratoplasty performed for keratoconus at least 10 years ago, keratometry or simulated keratometry from topography as well as manifest refraction recorded at least 6 months after the last suture removal ("baseline"), and an increase in corneal astigmatism of at least three D over baseline recorded at least 5 years later.
Objective: To review the available evidence for the use of confocal microscopy in diagnosing infectious keratitis and for other applications for ophthalmic practice.
Methods: A MEDLINE search of the peer-reviewed literature for the years 1990 to 2001 yielded 94 citations. The search was limited to studies of human subjects published in English with abstracts.