Amnwiotic Membrane Transplantation as a Treatment for Sterile Infiltration and Corneal Melting after Corneal Crosslinking for Keratoconus

Amnwiotic Membrane Transplantation as a Treatment for Sterile Infiltration and Corneal Melting after Corneal Crosslinking for Keratoconus

We report a case of corneal melting through sterile infiltration presumably due to excessive use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory eye drops after corneal crosslinking (CXL). It was treated using steroids combined with amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT). A 33-year-old man with progressing kerat...

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Main Authors: Takanori Sasaki, Takeshi Ide, Ikuko Toda, Naoko Kato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2018-03-01
Series:Case Reports in Ophthalmology
Subjects:
Amniotic membrane transplantation
Sterile infiltration
Corneal melting
Corneal crosslinking
Keratoconus
Online Access:https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/487074

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