Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) is a complex overlap disease with features of different autoimmune connective tissue diseases (CTDs) namely systemic sclerosis, poly/dermatomyositis and systemic ...

Pantheon Vision is addressing the challenge of using donor tissue for corneal transplants. It is developing a 21st century keratoprosthesis based upon a novel elastomer material. Despite a ...

Anti-inflammatory medications are a cornerstone of treatment for mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) but your diet also is important. Eating foods that suppress inflammation may help prevent ...

The cornea was the first human solid tissue to be transplanted successfully, and is now a common procedure in ophthalmic surgery. The grafts come from deceased donors. Corneal therapies are now being ...

Corneas were stored in Eusol-C Corneal Storage Media (AL.CHI.MI.A.SRL, Padova, Italy). Tissue evaluation included serology for hepatitis B and C, as well as for HIV. All surgeries were performed ...

With significant advancement in medical science and surgical techniques, corneal transplant surgeries are now increasingly effective at restoring vision in patients with corneal diseases. In the last ...

Background The Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS) are heritable disorders of connective tissue (HDCT), reclassified in the 2017 nosology into 13 subtypes. The genetic basis for hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos ...

corneal dystrophies, refractive surgery, and contact lens wear, where it aids in differential diagnosis and detection of subtle short and long term changes. Real time endothelial cell assessment can ...

Current clinical treatments vary from tissue replacement with polymers to topical eye drops and intravitreal injections ... A porous resorbable film was recently investigated as a bandage contact lens ...

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A small seroma reappeared over the central cornea 2 weeks later but no donor limbal tissue was seen to be detached from the corneal surface. The patient was managed conservatively. By the third ...

Methods: Chart review of patients who had ProKera (Bio-Tissue, Inc.) implantation for ... The indication for insertion of ProKera was nonhealing corneal ulcers of infective origin (group 1 ...