Publications by authors named "Zoraida del Campo"
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to report a case of necrotizing scleritis resulting from Pseudomonas aeruginosa with no corneal infiltrate.
Results: A 75-year-old man presented with pain and redness in his left eye accompanied by fever of 3 days' duration. He was receiving chemotherapy for hepatic metastasis of an unknown origin.
Purpose: To present a case of chemical injury associated with calcification and severe conjunctival and scleral ischemia, in which tissue regeneration was achieved using an amniotic membrane graft.
Methods: A 65-year-old man presented to our department 8 weeks after suffering a chemical injury of his left eye with sulfuric acid. There was extensive calcification of the cornea and conjunctiva, associated with severe ischemia of the adjacent sclera.
Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of amniotic membrane implantation as a therapeutic contact lens in the treatment of different epithelial defects without stromal ulceration.
Methods: We used amniotic membrane implantation as a therapeutic contact lens in 20 consecutive patients with epithelial defects. Group 1 included 10 patients with persistent epithelial defects that did not respond to medical treatment.