Technology: Femtosecond Laser in Keratoplasty

Mar 20, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Technology: Femtosecond Laser in Keratoplasty

Platform Company Docking system Repetition rate Approximate energy pulse IntraLase iFS Abbott Medical Optics, USA Flat applanation 60–150 kHz 1000 nj LDV Z6 Ziemer, Switzerland Flat applanation 5 MHz <…

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Post-keratoplasty Astigmatism

Mar 20, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Post-keratoplasty Astigmatism

  Manufacturer Material Power range (D) IOL Artisan® Ophtec, the Netherlands PMMA Sph. −23.0 to (+7.5) Cyl. ±1 to (±7.5) ICL™ Staar Surgical, USA Collamer Sph. −3.0 to (−23.0) Cyl….

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Anterior Lamellar Surgery

Mar 20, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Anterior Lamellar Surgery

Fig. 5.1 Classification of anterior lamellar keratoplasty Superficial Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty Automated Lamellar Therapeutic Keratoplasty (ALTK) Purpose and Indication The purpose of the automated lamellar therapeutic keratoplasty (ALTK) is visual…

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Developments in Corneal Banking

Mar 20, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Developments in Corneal Banking

Fig. 3.1 Human corneal endothelium. (a) Regular pattern of the corneal endothelium without any trypan blue-positive cells and (b) completely damaged corneal endothelium with large area of trypan blue-positive cells…

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Immunology of Keratoplasty

Mar 20, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Immunology of Keratoplasty

Authors References n HLA loci Evidence level Remarks Hoffmann et al. [19] 20 A, B/DR II Beneficial Boisjoly et al. [11] 438 A, B II Beneficial CCTS [38] 419 A,…

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The History of Corneal Transplantation

Mar 20, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on The History of Corneal Transplantation

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Jesper Hjortdal (ed.)Corneal Transplantation10.1007/978-3-319-24052-7_1 1. The History of Corneal Transplantation Gabriël van Rij1   and Bart T. H. van Dooren2 (1) Department of Ophthalmology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (2) Department of Ophthalmology, Amphia Hospital,…

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