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Some of the modifications of posterior lamellar keratoplasty is at the present considered by most of the corneal surgeons as method of choice in case of patients corneal endothelium damage. However, this surgical technique undergoes in the last 20 years relatively rapid development. Even in the current time, there exist side by side and are used different types and modifications of this sort of transplantation. Because of this reason, differences among individual methods are sometimes not accurately understood and the terminology may be used not exactly as well. The authors specify all until now described surgical methods, describe differences among single surgical procedures, and point out their advantages and disadvantages. The methods are described in the same order as they were historically introduced into the literature.Key words: posterior lamellar keratoplasty, surgical methods.
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Doenças da Córnea/história , Transplante de Córnea/história , Transplante de Córnea/métodos , Doenças da Córnea/cirurgia , Endotélio Corneano/patologia , Endotélio Corneano/cirurgia , História do Século XX , História do Século XXI , HumanosRESUMO
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to recount the immense and abrupt change in the private and professional life of a prominent German-Jewish ophthalmologist in the transition from democracy to dictatorship in Germany during the first half of the 20th century. METHODS: This involves a Retrospective analysis of Fehr's clinical and scientific work as the first assistant of Julius Hirschberg's world-famous eye clinic in Berlin; evaluation of Fehr's successful tenure as a chair of Virchow's Eye Hospital; the catastrophic influence of Hitler's seizure of power on the private and professional lives of German-Jewish physicians; and an analysis of Fehr's personal and professional will to continue the practice of medicine in England. RESULTS: Oskar Fehr published >50 articles and was the first to describe the endemic swimming pool conjunctivitis. He was the first to specifically distinguish granular, lattice, and macular corneal dystrophies. Professor Oskar Fehr was the chair of one of the most important eye clinics in Germany for nearly 30 years. The "Anti-Jewish Medical Laws" with their terrible consequences on private and professional lives led to Fehr's emigration from his homeland to England in 1939. He obtained a British medical doctor degree after 4 years of study, and at an advanced age, he demonstrated his determination to practice ophthalmology successfully in London. Oskar Fehr died in London on August 1, 1959.
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Doenças da Córnea/história , Judeus/história , Oftalmologia/história , Alemanha , História do Século XIX , História do Século XX , Humanos , Reino UnidoAssuntos
Doenças da Córnea/história , Doenças da Córnea/cirurgia , Ceratoplastia Endotelial com Remoção da Lâmina Limitante Posterior/história , Ceratoplastia Endotelial com Remoção da Lâmina Limitante Posterior/métodos , Rejeição de Enxerto/terapia , Lâmina Limitante Posterior/cirurgia , Bancos de Olhos/história , Sobrevivência de Enxerto , História do Século XX , História do Século XXI , Humanos , Estados UnidosRESUMO
The permanent colouring of disfigured corneal scars is known for almost 200 years. Because of improvement in surgical reconstructive techniques, corneal tattoing is used today only with a restricted group on carefully chosen patients, and merely for esthetique reasons.
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Corantes/uso terapêutico , Doenças da Córnea/terapia , Tatuagem/métodos , Anti-Infecciosos/uso terapêutico , Carbono/uso terapêutico , Cicatriz/etiologia , Cicatriz/terapia , Corantes/história , Doenças da Córnea/complicações , Doenças da Córnea/etiologia , Doenças da Córnea/história , Doenças da Córnea/patologia , Compostos Férricos/uso terapêutico , Compostos de Ouro/uso terapêutico , História do Século XIX , História do Século XXI , História Antiga , Humanos , Seleção de Pacientes , Compostos de Platina/uso terapêutico , Nitrato de Prata/uso terapêutico , Tatuagem/história , Titânio/uso terapêutico , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
Corneal disease is a serious threat to human health. After recognizing the human cornea and corneal disease in early times, people began to hardly explore its treating method and eventually keratoplasty became one of the effective means. With the advancement of modern medicine and the development of molecular biology, keratoplasty had been greatly improved quantitatively and technically, and stem cell technology also begun to be used in keratoplasty. Although Chinese keratoplasty was already at the forefront of the international, there were still some problems to be solved, such as donor problem, its legal and ethical problems etc., the solution to which need to draw the experience of its history.
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Doenças da Córnea/história , Transplante de Córnea/história , Córnea/patologia , Córnea/cirurgia , Doenças da Córnea/terapia , Transplante de Córnea/métodos , História do Século XVIII , História do Século XIX , História do Século XX , História Antiga , HumanosRESUMO
Corneal transplantation is the most commonly performed transplant surgery in the world today. This procedure replaces all or some of the recipient cornea with a cadaveric donor cornea. It has been 100 years since the first successful human allograft corneal transplantation was performed. This article provides the reader with a brief history of corneal transplantation.
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Transplante de Córnea/história , Animais , Doenças da Córnea/história , Doenças da Córnea/cirurgia , História do Século XVIII , História do Século XIX , História do Século XX , HumanosRESUMO
As ophthalmologists, many of our patients suffer from the ravages, both ocular and non-ocular, of the varicella-zoster virus. This article is a comprehensive review of the pathogenetic mechanisms of this ubiquitous virus. We review the basic virology, mechanisms of varicella, zoster, latency, reactivation, and the host immune response to the virus. Herpes zoster ophthalmicus is discussed with special attention to the cornea and mechanisms of viral keratitis.
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Doenças da Córnea/virologia , Herpes Zoster Oftálmico/virologia , Herpesvirus Humano 3/fisiologia , Doenças da Córnea/etiologia , Doenças da Córnea/história , Doenças da Córnea/fisiopatologia , Herpes Zoster Oftálmico/etiologia , Herpes Zoster Oftálmico/história , Herpes Zoster Oftálmico/fisiopatologia , História do Século XVIII , História do Século XIX , História do Século XX , Humanos , Ativação ViralRESUMO
PURPOSE: To review the uses and previously proposed mechanisms of action of amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT) and to suggest a new mechanism of action for the effectiveness of AMT in resolving a persistent epithelial defect (PED). METHODS: Significant clinical and experimental publications are reviewed. RESULTS: Evidence from the scientific literature suggests a new hypothesis for the effectiveness of AMT in the reepithelialization of a PED and the reduction of corneal stromal inflammation and continued fibrosis. CONCLUSION: It is suggested that reepithelialization of a PED, and hence the reduction of stromal inflammation and continued fibrosis following reepithelialization, is aided by the combination of oxygenation, moisture and protection of the fragile epithelium by the amniotic membrane.
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Âmnio/transplante , Doenças da Córnea/cirurgia , Curativos Biológicos/história , Doenças da Córnea/história , História do Século XX , Oftalmologia/históriaRESUMO
PURPOSE: The history of contact lenses has occurred in the latter half of the 20th century. In particular, events in the 1970s through the 1980s related to the invention of soft, hydrogel contact lenses have revolutionized the contact lens industry and the eye care attached to it. This article recounts that history from the perspective of market forces, inventions, and discoveries about the physiologic functioning of the cornea. METHODS: The relevant literature is critically reviewed. RESULTS: Discoveries about the oxygen needs of the cornea and consumer pressure for clear, comfortable, around-the-clock vision have resulted in a history of rigid gas permeable and soft lenses that leads to today's contact lens picture. The short-term and long-term effects of chronic hypoxia and the levels of lens oxygen transmissibility necessary to avoid them have been well-described. The advent of the soft lens, followed by the "human experiment" with initial extended-wear modalities, led to the advent of the disposable soft contact lens. CONCLUSIONS: In the past 25 years, the development and wide acceptance of soft contact lenses have revolutionized the management of refractive error and corneal diseases.
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Lentes de Contato/história , Oftalmologia/história , Lentes de Contato/normas , Lentes de Contato/tendências , Doenças da Córnea/história , Doenças da Córnea/terapia , Tchecoslováquia , História do Século XX , Humanos , Erros de Refração/história , Erros de Refração/terapiaRESUMO
PURPOSE: This review of milestones and challenges in eye banking describes efforts made by dedicated eye bankers to ensure the quality and quantity of corneal tissue for corneal blind patients over the last 25 years. METHODS: This account is the result of the recollection of the author, discussions with eye bankers, and a review of the literature, public documents, and Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA) records. RESULTS: A measure of the success of eye banking is the fact that corneal transplant surgery is now scheduled as an elective procedure. Corneal tissue has also enjoyed a stellar safety record. This is due in part to the establishment of comprehensive medical standards by the EBAA, the accreditation of eye banks, and the training and certification of eye bank technicians. CONCLUSION: Advancements in eye banking over the last 25 years have improved the quality of life of several hundred thousand corneal blind persons in this country. More efforts must be made in the future to eliminate corneal blindness internationally.