A woman in her late 30s presented with severe pain, photophobia and redness in both eyes (BE) for 3 weeks. She was diagnosed and on treatment elsewhere for presumed bilateral herpes simplex virus (HSV ...

The amniotic membrane dissolved after a mean of 72.5 days (42, 103 days) in these 2 eyes. The eye with the descemetocele showed reepithelialization and a formed anterior chamber when the device ...

Purpose To evaluate a corneal impression membrane (CIM) for isolation of bacteria, fungi and acanthamoeba in suspected microbial keratitis. Methods Consecutive patients presenting with suspected ...

Letko E, Stechschulte SU, Kenyon KR, et al. Amniotic membrane inlay and overlay grafting for corneal epithelial defects and stromal ulcers. Arch Ophthalmol. 2001;119:659–63. Sheha H, Liang L, Li J, ...

Background/aims To examine the incidence, causative microorganisms and in vitro antimicrobial susceptibility and resistance profiles of infectious keratitis (IK) in Nottingham, UK. Methods A ...

Use of Amniotic Membrane For those with keratitis (inflammation of the cornea, the clear dome covering of the iris and pupil) from dry eye, an amniotic membrane is an option. This is tissue ethically ...

The failure rate was 45.5% of the cases. Conclusion: Cryopreserved amniotic membrane transplantation can be considered a good alternative for treating refractory neurotrophic corneal ulcers, as it ...

If dry eye disease doesn’t respond to medications, surgery or other procedures may be needed. One option includes amniotic membrane grafting.

A decellularized human amniotic membrane can improve visual acuity and markedly improve punctate keratitis.