ALLMedicine™ Ocular Burns Center

Feb 11th, 2022 - To report the case of persistent corneal epithelial defect in total limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD) after severe firework-related ocular burn treated with autologous Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP). A young patient, victim of fireworks trauma, prese...

Oct 7th, 2021 - Background Chemical burns can be caused by acids or bases that come into contact with tissue. Acids are defined as proton donors (H+), and bases are defined as proton acceptors (OH-). Bases also are known as alkalis. Both acids and bases can be de...

Aug 2nd, 2021 - To investigate the safety and feasibility of topical injection of bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs) in acute severe ocular burns. In this open-label，single-arm study, subconjunctival injection of allogenic BM-MSCs combined with...

Apr 4th, 2021 - Chemical and thermal ocular burns in the United States: An IRIS registry analysis.|2021|Anchouche S,Hall N,Bal S,Dana R,Elze T,|epidemiology,etiology,epidemiology,

Nov 17th, 2020 - As exposed regions of the body, the head and neck are at increased risk of burn injury. The cosmetic and functional importance of these anatomical regions means that burns can result in substantial morbidity and mortality. Our objective was to cha...

Feb 28th, 2020 - The purpose of this pilot study is to explore whether corneal epithelial autograft (EA) combined with allogeneic middle lamellar keratoplasty (AMLK) is more effective than limbal autograft (LA) with AMLK for ocular surface reconstruction in patien...

Oct 21st, 2019 - The corneal cross-linking technique has been shown to strengthen the cornea and resist degradation by the body's own enzymes. The use of highly-resistant donor corneas is meant to eliminate the serious post-operative complication of corneal meltin...

Jul 16th, 2019 - Human corneal epithelial cells are stratified squamous cells that cover the corneal surface. These cells are regenerated from cells known as limbal stem cells (LSCs) that grow continuously and proliferate from the limbus. Failure or damage at the ...

Jan 2nd, 2018 - Ocular burns from detergent pods, retinopathy after the solar eclipse, undiagnosed macular degeneration, and mortality in older women who had cataract surgery led the list of JAMA Ophthalmology's most popular articles in 2017. These stories were i...

Jul 21st, 2016 - Simple Limbal Epithelial Transplantation: Long-Term Clinical Outcomes in 125 Cases of Unilateral Chronic Ocular Surface Burns Basu S, Sureka SP, Shanbhag SS, Kethiri AR, Singh V, Sangwan VS Ophthalmology. 2016;123:1000-1010 Study Summary The autho...

Jul 21st, 2016 - Viewpoint The corneal epithelium is produced by the stem cells located deep in the palisades of Vogt at the limbus. When this limbal tissue is damaged, it either results in the corneal epithelium failing to heal, in turn causing a persistent epith...

Aug 4th, 2015 - A treatment algorithm for managing patients who presented to an emergency department with mild ocular alkali burns led to standardized care and better outcomes in a small, single-center, retrospective study. Specifically, after in-house treatment ...

Jun 24th, 2010 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jun 23 - In 112 patients with burn-related corneal destruction, Italian researchers report a success rate over 75% in restoring transparent epithelium with autologous limbal stem cell transplants. Twenty-seven patients ev...