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When there is no tooth - Looking beyond the Falcinelli MOOKP.
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January 2019
Sussex Eye Hospital, Brighton, UK; Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, UK; Tongdean Eye Clinic, Hove, UK. Electronic address:
Oral and maxillofacial surgeons' role in the first successful modified osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis performed in the United States.
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June 2011
Department of Surgery, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Miami/Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33176, USA.
Corneal disease constitutes the second most common cause of blindness and often leads to corneal damage or scarring. Several corneal scarring is a complex and difficult condition for ophthalmologists to manage. In the most severe cases, the scarring is accompanied by excessive dryness and keratinization of the ocular surface.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFModified osteo-odonto keratoprosthesis--the Indian experience--results of the first 50 cases.
Cornea
July 2010
Corneal Service, Medical and Vision Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Purpose: To study the results of the modified osteo-odonto keratoprosthesis (MOOKP) surgery in bilateral end-stage ocular surface disorders.
Methods: The MOOKP surgery is performed as a routine in 3 stages. Stage 1A involves removal of the iris and anterior vitrectomy with a corneal transplant if indicated.
Osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis in Japan.
Cornea
September 2008
Department of Ophthalmology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, Japan.
Osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis (OOKP) is a keratoprosthesis technique in which the patient's own tooth root is used to support an optical cylinder. It was invented by Strampelli in 1963 and modified and established by Falcinelli about 10 years later. This method is particularly useful for restoring sight in end-stage Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and ocular cicatricial pemphigoid (OCP).
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