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- Title
Abstracts.
- Authors
Johnson, S.M.; Linden, C.; Bergen, A.S.; Bergeron-Lynn, G.; Keefe, K.S.; De Clercq, E.; Taskintuna, I.; Freeman, W.R.; Toshida, H.; Nakayasu, K.; Kanai, A.; Tamaki, Y.; Araie, M.; Tomita, K.; Tomidokoro, A.
- Abstract
PURPOSE: To report the occurence of neurotrophic corneal defects in amn after ciliary body ablation with the diode laser. METHODS: Case reports. RESULT: Neurotrophic keratitis, previously associated with cyclocryotherapy, may also be associated with ciliary body ablation with a contact diode laser. CONCLUSION: Practitioners who use the diode laser for ciliary body ablation should be aware of neurotrophic keratitis as a possible complication, especially because the patient population receiving this therapy may have diabetes, chronic eye inflammation, or other conditions predisposing to compromised corneal innervation, which is necessary for epithelial integrity.
- Subjects
CORNEA laser surgery; KERATITIS; CILIARY body
- Publication
Veterinary Ophthalmology, 1999, Vol 2, Issue 1, p77
- ISSN
1463-5216
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1463-5224.1999.00057.x