DISEASES OF THE CORNEA
Department of Ophthalmology
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Xerophthalmia
n Deficiency of vitamin A(dietary def. or
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defective absorption)
n Young malnourished children often in the
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1st year of lifen Usually bilateral
n Absence of inflammation
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n Precipitated by acute systemic illness
Xerophthalmia
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n XN night blindness
n X1A conj. Xerosis
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n X1B Bitots spotsn X2 Corneal xerosis
n X3A Keratomalacia<1/3
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n X3B Keratomalacia>1/3
n XS Corneal scarring
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n XF Xerophthalmia fundusBitot's spots (X 1B)
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Corneal xerosis(X2)Keratomalacia (X3B)
Treatment of xerophthalmia/ keratomalacia
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n Local ocular therapyn Vitamin A therapy - XN X3B
> 1 year 200,000 IU orally/100,000 IM
on day 0, 1, 2 weeks later
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6-12 months or < 8kg half the dose<6 mths 50,000 IU
Treatment of underlying condition
Prophylaxis against xerophthalmia
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WHO recommendations
6-12 mths/ < 8kg 100,000 IU orally 3-6
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monthly>1yr <6yrs 200,000 IU orally 6
monthly
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Lactating mothers 20,000 IU orally at
delivery
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WHAT IS AN EYE DONATION
n It is donation of transparent
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glass (Cornea) from donor torecipient having Corneal opacity
with normal posterior segment
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Magnitude Of The Problem in India
n 20% of blind population of the world
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n 15 million total blind in Indian 6-7 million are corneal blind
n 1 million bilateral blind
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(90% below age 45 yrs including 60% children
below 12 yrs)
Magnitude of The Problem
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n Required collection ? 2,00,000( 50% utilization)
n Current Collection 2017? 52960
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EBAI- 2017 Stats for INDIA(Unpublished data)Magnitude of the Problem in India
nRequired transplant ? 1,00,000 cornea
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n Current transplants (2017) ? 25153
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EBAI- 2017 Stats for INDIA(Unpublished data)n We have achieved 0.25% of all deaths
- 25 donation / 10,000 deaths
n Target is 1% of total deaths
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- 100 donation /10,000 deathsWith a goal of 100,000 transplants and utilization
of 50%
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Causes of Corneal
Blindness
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Corneal Infections
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Vasculrized Corneas withthinning
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Sloughing Cornea with
Perforation
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Vitamin A Deficiency
Traumatic Corneal Opacities
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Chemical Burns
Corneal Dystrophies &
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Degenerations
Congenital Corneal
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Surgical TraumaDemand Vs supply of cornea
n 1 lakh Cornea needed per year
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n 30-40,000 new Corneal blind are
added every year
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n 50,000 eyes collected in India everyyear
n 8-9 million death occur every year in
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India
n To clear the backlog we need at
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least 277,000 corneasEye Bank
n Is an organization which deals with
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- Collection- Storage
- Distribution
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For the purpose of corneal grafting andresearch
Functions of Eye Bank
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n To promote eye donation
n Registration of pledger for eye
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donationn Collection and processing of eyes as
per Eye Bank standards
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n To evaluate the quality of tissue
before use
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n Preservation of Tissuen Distribution of tissue
n Research activities
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Assessment of Donor Cornea
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Preparing a Corneo-Scleral
Button
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Placing Donor Cornea in
MK Medium for Preservation
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Keratoplasty
Types of keratoplasty
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n Lamellar SALKDALK
DSEK
DMEK
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n Penetratingoptical
therapeutic
tectonic
n Rotational autografts
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Removing diseased host corneal button
Donor corneal button
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Placement of graft over the recepient eyeball
Corneal Graft in place
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Refractive corneal surgeriesn Substraction procedures
- Photorefractive keratectomy (PRK):
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eximer laser is used in the center opticalzone.
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n Laser assisted in situ keratomileusis
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(LASIK):- 130-160micron flap is raised
- mid stromal tissue is ablated by eximer laser
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n Clear lens extraction
n Addition procedures
- Epikeratoplasty ? corneal surface
- Intracorneal lenses ? corneal stroma
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- Intracorneal rings ? peripheral cornea- ICL ? Implantable collamer lens
- Piggy bag lens
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Epikeratoplasty
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Intra corneal lensesIntracorneal lens for presbyopia
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Intracorneal ringsICL
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Piggy bag IOLn Relaxation procedures
- Radial Keratotomy - peripheral
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corneal stroma (6D)
- Astigmatic keratatotomy ? peripheral
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corneal stromaRadial keratotomy
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n Coagulation ? compression procedures- Thermokeratoplasty : peripheral cornea
(4D of hyperopia)
- Compression sutures : peripheral cornea
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ThermokeratoplastyMyopia
n PRK ? 6D
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n LASEK- Laser epithelial keratomileusisn LASIK ? Laser in situ keratomileusis(8-12
D)
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n Clear lens extraction
n Phakic posterior chamber contact lenses-
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ICL(Implantable Collamer surgery) - -3 to -15D
Hypermetropia
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n PRK
n LASEK
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n LASIK ? 4Dn Conductive keratoplasty(CK)
n Intracorneal inlays
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n ICL
Astigmatism
n Limbal relaxing incisions
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n PRK ? 3D
n LASEK- 3D
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n LASIK- 5Dn TORIC IOL
n Conductive keratoplasty- 3D
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Presbyopia
n IOL- multifocal, bifocal or accomodating
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n LASER induced monovisionn LASIK- corneal multifocality
n Intracorneal inlays
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