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  • [Optical rehabilitation and pediatric ophthalmological care following keratoplasty for childhood corneal opacities]. [Review]
    Ophthalmologe. 2022 May; 119(5):462-470.Käsmann-Kellner B, Moslemani K, Seitz BO
  • CONCLUSIONS: The prognosis after keratoplasty in childhood is already partly decided by the careful evaluation of indications (no surgery of a sclerocornea) and the detailed and realistic clarification for the parents (cooperation with long-term ocular and systemic treatment even if the child has poor compliance, frequent check-ups, reduced chances of amblyopia treatment). The younger the child is at the time of transplantation, the more frequent are graft failure and the development of complications. Later manifesting diseases in older children (herpetic corneal scars, keratoconus) have a better prognosis.
  • [Secondary open-angle glaucoma: pseudoexfoliative glaucoma, pigmentary glaucoma and neovascular glaucoma]. [Review]
    Ophthalmologe. 2022 Apr; 119(4):425-438.Greslechner R, Helbig H, Spiegel DO
  • Secondary open-angle glaucomas are a heterogeneous group of diseases in which a variety of pathophysiological mechanisms result in an elevation of intraocular pressure. This article is the first part of a review of the more common forms of secondary open-angle glaucomas. The pathogenesis, characteristic clinical findings and treatment of pseudoexfoliative glaucoma, pigmentary glaucoma and neovasc…