In this column, I describe the surgical management of an exposed Boston keratoprosthesis secondary to recurrent corneal melt. Figure 1 displays intraoperative full-field and slit lamp photographs ...

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis and dry eye syndrome are often prone to the risk of corneal stromal melt, with possible descemetocele formation and even corneal perforation. A small insult to ...

In people with rheumatoid arthritis, which causes high levels of inflammation throughout the body, a condition called "corneal melt" can occur, the report said. The patient's own immune system ...

It is very rare for corneal melt to affect both eyes, said Dr. Mark Fromer, director of Fromer Eye Centers in New York City and an ophthalmologist at Lenox Hill Hospital. However, it's not rare ...

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Additional theoretical adverse events cited by Specialist Advisers include ring erosion, inflammation, corneal melt and damage to the retina or optic nerve through increased intraocular pressure.

Expert Rev Ophthalmol. 2012;7(1):33-44. mpared with preoperative data. Analysis of central corneal thickness, corneal volume, foveal thickness and retinal nerve fiber layer did not show a ...

The disease does indeed involve a "melting" of the cornea, and it occurs when a person's cornea-located immune cells uncontrollably start producing enzymes known as matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs).