ALLMedicine™ Corneal Abrasion Center

Mar 22nd, 2023 - Proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) has been mitigated by intravitreal methotrexate (MTX) 400 μg/0.1 mL in several studies. Here, we evaluate the results from a lower dose of MTX, 200 μg/0.05 mL. We identified and reviewed records of patients wi...

Mar 16th, 2023 - Practice Essentials Most people fully recover from minor corneal abrasions without permanent eye damage. However, deeper scratches can lead to corneal infections, corneal erosion, or scarring of the cornea. If not treated properly, these complicat...

Mar 16th, 2023 - Practice Essentials Most people fully recover from minor corneal abrasions without permanent eye damage. However, deeper scratches can lead to corneal infections, corneal erosion, or scarring of the cornea. If not treated properly, these complicat...

Mar 16th, 2023 - Practice Essentials Most people fully recover from minor corneal abrasions without permanent eye damage. However, deeper scratches can lead to corneal infections, corneal erosion, or scarring of the cornea. If not treated properly, these complicat...

Mar 16th, 2023 - Approach Considerations Corneal abrasions heal with time. Prophylactic topical antibiotics are given in patients with abrasions from contact lenses. Traditionally, topical antibiotics were used for prophylaxis even in noninfected corneal abrasions...

Jan 13th, 2023 - The researchers are trying to understand if the application of a bandage contact lens results in better relief than usual treatment for a corneal abrasion.

Sep 9th, 2022 - Traumatic corneal abrasion (TCA) refers to the injury or defect of the corneal epithelium caused by a foreign object (such as a nail, a tree branch, etc.), which is characterized by severe eye pain accompanied by red eyes, blepharospasm, photophob...

Jun 8th, 2022 - Corneal ulceration is a leading cause of visual impairment globally, with a disproportionate burden in developing countries. Corneal opacity after ulceration is responsible for a significant proportion of blinding eye disease in Africa and Asia. W...

Apr 27th, 2022 - At Tufts Medical Center, a variety of adhesive tapes are used to shut the eyes during anesthesia, including 3MTM TegadermTM and the Sharn Anesthesia Transpore®, with no preference for one or the other. While all of these products decrease the risk...

Sep 20th, 2021 - Commonly, standard of care for corneal abrasion is topical antibiotics. Bandage contact lenses may be used in addition, which significantly decrease pain sensation in a vast majority of patients. Recently, a new preservative-free agent consisting ...

Dec 5th, 2020 - Nina Shah, MD Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, bispecific T-cell engagers (BiTEs), and antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) have all shown encouraging activity in patients with multiple myeloma, although investigators are still explorin...

Nov 18th, 2018 - LAS VEGAS – There hasn’t been a single corneal abrasion in 860 cases of gynecologic robotic surgery at the University of Texas, Austin, since surgeons and anesthesiologists there started sealing women’s eyes shut with a thick layer of ointment and.

May 16th, 2018 - Visual Outcomes and Complications of Type I Boston Keratoprosthesis in Children: A Retrospective Multicenter Study and Literature Review Fung SSM, Jabbour S, Harissi-Dagher M, et al Ophthalmology. 2018;125:153-160 Abstract Viewpoint As one of the ...

Sep 6th, 2016 - Clinical Presentation A 30-year-old white woman sustained an injury to her right eye while working at a vineyard. When she bent over to remove a cluster of grapes, she was poked in the eye with a fastening wire. She was evaluated at the local emer...

Sep 6th, 2016 - Clinical Presentation A 30-year-old white woman sustained an injury to her right eye while working at a vineyard. When she bent over to remove a cluster of grapes, she was poked in the eye with a fastening wire. She was evaluated at the local emer...