Scleral contact lenses as an alternative to tarsorrhaphy for the long-term management of combined exposure and neurotrophic keratopathy

Cornea

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 359-361

  Weyns, Marlies ^a   Koppen, Carina ^a,b   Tassignon, Marie José ^a,b  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

exposure keratitis; facial nerve palsy; lagophthalmos; neurotrophic keratopathy; scleral contact lens

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TEAR;

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; ANESTHESIA (SENSORY DYSFUNCTION); ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CASE REPORT; CORNEA ANESTHESIA; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EROSION; CORNEA PERFORATION; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEA ULCER; EYE SURGERY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAS PERMEABLE CONTACT LENS; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; KERATITIS; KERATOPATHY; LACRIMAL FLUID; LAGOPHTHALMOS; LEARNING CURVE; LUBRICATION; MENINGIOMA; NEUROTROPHIC KERATOPATHY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SCAR FORMATION; SCLERAL CONTACT LENS; TARSORRHAPHY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; BELL PALSY; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEAL DISEASES; EYELID DISEASES; EYELIDS; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SCLERA; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84873992289     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31825fed01     Document Type: Article

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