Publications by authors named "Yonit Krakauer"
Purpose: We recently showed the positive clinical effects of combining accelerated corneal cross-linking (PACK-CXL) with antibiotic treatment in patients with presumed bacterial keratitis. In this study, we compare the impacts of a combined PACK-CXL/standard antibiotic treatment (PACK-ABX group) with standard antibiotic treatment alone (ABX group) in patients with culture-confirmed bacterial keratitis.
Methods: We reviewed patients with moderate and severe bacterial keratitis and confirmed bacterial cultures.
Purpose: To describe the viscoelastic marking technique, a novel marking technique of Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) grafts that enables usage of a single donor cornea for 2 surgeries-one that uses Descemet membrane and endothelium (DMEK) and the other using the stroma and Bowman layer.
Methods: A retrospective case analysis was performed on 26 eyes of 26 consecutive patients who underwent DMEK using the "viscoelastic marking technique." In this novel technique, an ophthalmic viscoelastic device (Healon 5) is placed over the endothelial side.
Purpose: To compare the outcomes of accelerated photoactivated chromophore for keratitis corneal cross-linking (PACK-CXL) as an adjunct treatment for bacterial keratitis (PACK-CXL plus standard antibiotic therapy) for patients receiving only standard antibiotic therapy.
Methods: Retrospective cohort study of outcomes of patients with moderate infectious presumed bacterial keratitis (ulcer diameter 2 to 7 mm and stromal depth < 300 µm) were compared before and after initiation of a new treatment protocol of PACK-CXL in addition to standard antibiotic treatment.
Results: A total of 70 eyes of 70 patients were included: 39 eyes in the PACK-CXL plus antibiotic (PACK-ABX) group and 31 eyes in the antibiotic only (ABX) control group.
Purpose: To evaluate the effect of accelerated corneal cross-linking with photoactivated chromophore (PACK-CXL) as additional treatment for therapy-resistant infectious keratitis.
Methods: In this interventional cohort study, 20 patients (11 men and 9 women), aged 65.5 (interquartile range = 21.
Objective: To investigate factors associated with latent syphilis and pregnancy outcome among women with latent syphilis.
Methods: A retrospective population-based study was conducted to compare all pregnancies among women with and without latent syphilis at Soroka University Medical Center, Be'er-Sheva, Israel, between 1988 and 2010. Stratified analysis using a multiple logistic regression model was performed to control for confounders.