Corneal Epithelial Adhesion Abnormalities Associated with LASIK

Ophthalmology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-17

  Kenyon, Kenneth R ^a,b,c,d   Paz, Helline ^c   Greiner, Jack V ^b,c,e   Gipson, Ilene K ^c  

^a Cornea Consultants ^*  (United States)

^b Laser Eye Consultants of Boston   (United States)

^c SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Eye Health Vision Center   (United States)

^e CHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE;

ADHESION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA INJURY; DEBRIDEMENT; EXCIMER LASER; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0348048867     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2002.10.001     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Alio JL, Perez-Santonja JJ, Tervo T, et al. Postoperative inflammation, microbial complications, and wound healing following laser in situ keratomileusis. J Refract Surg 2000;16:523-38.
2. Stulting RD, Carr JD, Thompson KP, et al. Complications of laser in situ keratomileusis for the correction of myopia. Ophthalmology 1999;106:13-20.
3. Wilson SE. LASIK. Management of common complications. Laser in situ keratomileusis. Cornea 1998;17:459-67.
4. Machat JJ, Slade SG, Probst LE. The Art of LASIK. 2nd ed. Thorofare, NJ: Slack Inc.; 1999:387-90.
5. Dastgheib KA, Clinch TE, Manche EE, et al. Sloughing of corneal epithelium and wound healing complications associated with laser in situ keratomileusis in patients with epithelial basement membrane dystrophy. Am J Ophthalmol 2000;130:297-303.
6. Haw WW, Manche EE. Late onset diffuse lamellar keratitis associated with an epithelial defect in six eyes. J Refract Surg 2000;16:744-8.
7. Shah MN, Misra M, Wilhelmus KR, Koch DD. Diffuse lamellar keratitis associated with epithelial defects after laser in situ keratomileusis. J Cataract Refract Surg 2000;26:1312-8.
8. Smirennaia E, Sheludchenko V, Kourenkova N, Kashnikova O. Management of corneal epithelial defects following laser in situ keratomileusis. J Refract Surg 2001;17:S196-9.
9. Fogle JA, Kenyon KR, Stark WJ, Green WR. Defective epithelial adhesion in anterior corneal dystrophies. Am J Ophthalmol 1975;79:925-40.
10. Gipson IK, Spurr-Michaud SJ, Tisdale AS. Anchoring fibrils form a complex network in human and rabbit cornea. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1987;28:212-20.
11. Khodadoust AA, Silverstein AM, Kenyon KR, Dowling JE. Adhesion of regenerating corneal epithelium. The role of basement membrane. Am J Ophthalmol 1968;65:339-48.
12. Alvarado J, Murphy C, Juster R. Age-related changes in the basement membrane of the human corneal epithelium. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1983;24:1015-28.
13. Taylor HR, Kimsey RA. Corneal epithelial basement membrane changes in diabetes. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1981;20:548-53.
14. Rodrigues MM, Fine BS, Laibson PR, Zimmerman LE. Disorders of the corneal epithelium. A clinicopathologic study of dot, geographic, and fingerprint patterns. Arch Ophthalmol 1974;92:475-82.
15. Payant JA, Eggenberger LR, Wood TO. Electron microscopic findings in corneal epithelial basement membrane degeneration. Cornea 1991;10:390-4.
16. Azar DT, Spurr-Michaud SJ, Tisdale AS, Gipson IK. Decreased penetration of anchoring fibrils into the diabetic stroma. A morphometric analysis. Arch Ophthalmol 1989;107:1520-3.
17. Laibson PR. Microcystic corneal dystrophy. Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc 1976;74:488-531.