The rationale for the study was anecdotal reports of the effects of breast milk used by mothers to treat blocked tear ducts, ...

"What happens to the eye when you get UV exposure is that the epithelial layer loses its resilience. Some of it sloughs off," ...

The corneal and conjunctival epithelia and the tear film constitute the ocular surface. The conjunctival epithelium contains mucin-producing goblet cells and the mucosal immune defense system.

Corneal epithelial ingrowth (EI) is a rare but significant complication following small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) ...

OSN, a roundtable discusses the management of epithelial ingrowth after LASIK, neurotrophic keratitis and Demodex blepharitis with marginal keratitis.A few thoughts after decades of treating these ...

Dry eyes are associated with minute punctate epithelial erosions of the cornea, usually detected by fluorescein or Rose Bengal staining of the ocular surface. This is seen in post-LASIK patients ...

Amirkulova and a team of P&G colleagues used the 200-petaflop IBM AC922 Summit system to create a digital model of the corneal epithelium, the primary outer layer of cells covering the human eye ...

AMT has been found to be a good alternative for corneal and conjunctival reconstruction in many clinical situations, including acute burns, persistent epithelial defects of the cornea, and ...