Purpose To study the safety and long-term stability of 11-0 Mersilene when used alone as a single running suture in corneal grafts. Methods Seventeen eyes on which corneal transplants were performed ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . My reasons for writing this column are not to try to recreate the halcyon days of penetrating keratoplasty for ...

Int Ophthalmol Clin. 2013;53(4):1-10. Delayed presentation of corneal trauma or severe injuries may result in corneal perforation and loss of corneal tissue. These injuries are more difficult to close ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The final entry for this corneal transplant miniseries will explore transplant-specific risks, recovery and ...

Pune: A team of doctors at a city eye hospital successfully performed complex corneo-scleral tear suturing (a surgical ...

(Boston) -- By introducing just the right biocompatible molecules to one another, a research team led by Mark Grinstaff, an associate professor of biomedical engineering and of chemistry at Boston ...

Contact lenses are a popular vision correction option used by about 10% of the population in Korea – roughly 5 to 6 million people – according to statistics from the Korean Ophthalmological Society. A ...

Surgical or traumatic wounds require closing. Sutures are medical tools that help close a wound. They reduce the risk of infection and support the healing process. For example, a dentist who has to ...