Alcohol delamination in the treatment of recurrent corneal erosion: An electron microscopic study

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 933-939

  Mencucci, Rita ^a   Paladini, Iacopo ^a   Brahimi, Brunilda ^a   Menchini, Ugo ^a   Dua, Harminder S ^b   Romagnoli, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DELAMINATION; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA EROSION; CORNEA INJURY; DEBRIDEMENT; DESMOSOME; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CORNEA; CORNEAL ULCER; DEBRIDEMENT; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RECURRENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954292269     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.174409     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Kanski JJ. Clinical ophthalmology. 4th edn. Boston: Butterworth- Heinemann, 1999: 139-40.
2. Goldman JN, Dohlman CH, Kravitt BA. The basement membrane of the human cornea in recurrent epithelial erosion syndrome. Trans Am Acad Ophthalmol Otolaryngol 1969;73:471-81.
3. Garrana RM, Zieske MA, Assouline M, et al. Matrix metalloproteinases in epithelia from human recurrent corneal erosion. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1999;40:2506-12.
4. Reidy JJ, Paulus MP, Gona S. Recurrent erosions of the cornea: epidemiology and treatment. Cornea 2000;19:767-71.
5. Laibson PR. Microcystic corneal dystrophy. Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc 1975;74:483-531.
6. Dighiero P, Ellies P, Grateau G, et al. Review on corneal dystrophies. J Fr Ophtalmol 1999;22:226-33.
7. Cogan DG, Kuwabara T, Donaldson DD, et al. Microcystic dystrophy of the cornea: a partial explanation for its pathogenesis. Arch Ophthalmol 1974; 92:470-4.
8. Dua HS, Lagnado R, Raj D, et al. ALD of the corneal epithelium: an alternative in the management of recurrent corneal erosions. Ophthalmology 2006;113:404-11.
9. Kenyon KR. Recurrent corneal erosion: pathogenesis and therapy. Int Ophthalmol Clin 1979;19:169-95.
10. Rubinfield RS, Laibson PR, Cohen EJ, et al. Anterior stromal puncture for recurrent erosions: further experience and new instrumentation. Ophthalmic Surg 1990;21:318-26.
11. Geggel HS. Successful treatment of recurrent corneal erosions with ND: YAG anterior stromal puncture. Am J Ophthalmol 1990;110:404-7.
12. Sridhar MS, Rapuano CJ, Cosar BC, et al. Phototherapeutic keratectomy versus diamond burr polishing in the treatment of recurrent corneal erosions associated with anterior basement dystrophy. Ophthalmology 2002;109:674-9.
13. Maini R, Loughnan MS. Phototherapeutic keratectomy re-treatment for recurrent corneal erosion syndrome. Br J Ophthalmol 2002;86:270-2.
14. Hykin PG, Foss AE, Dart J, et al. The natural history and management of recurrent corneal erosion: a prospective randomised trial. Eye 1994;8:35-40. (Pubitemid 24141224)
15. Singh RP, Raj D, Pherwani A, et al. Alcohol delamination of the corneal epithelium for recalcitrant recurrent corneal erosion syndrome: a prospective study of efficacy and safety. Br J Ophthalmol 2007;91:908-11.
16. Kim SY, Sah WJ, Lim YW, et al. Twenty percent alcohol toxicity on rabbit corneal epithelial cells. Electron microscopic study. Cornea 2002;21:388-92.
17. Chen CC, Chang JH, Lee JB, et al. Human corneal epithelial cell viability and morphology after dilute alcohol exposure. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2002;43:2593-602.
18. Espana EM, Grueterich M, Mateo A, et al. Cleavage of corneal basement membrane components by ethanol exposure in laser-assisted subepithelial keratectomy. J Cataract Refract Surg 2003;29:1192-7.
19. Browning AC, Shah S, Dua HS, et al. Alcohol debridement of the corneal epithelium in PRK and LASEK: an electron microscopic study. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2003;44:510-13.
20. Pallikaris IG, Naoumidi II, Kalyvianaki MI, et al. Epi-LASIK: comparative histological evaluation of mechanical and alcohol-assisted epithelial separation. J Cataract Refract Surg 2003;29:1496-501.
21. Chen YT, Huang FC, Tseng SY, et al. The cleavage plane of corneal epithelial adhesion complex in traumatic recurrent corneal erosion. Mol Vis 2006; 12:196-204.