| Literature DB >> 17964407 |
Eric Jay Wolf1, Lynda Z Kleiman, Amilia Schrier.
Abstract
We describe a patient with systemic graft-versus-host disease who developed a nonhealing epithelial defect after cataract surgery that healed on cessation of a topical nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug (NSAID) (ketorolac). The patient developed a central corneal perforation in the fellow eye while on a new NSAID formulation (nepafenac) after routine cataract surgery. Our case suggests that new topical NSAIDs may be similar to older NSAID formulations in promoting corneal melting in patients predisposed to poor epithelialization and corneal wound healing.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17964407 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.06.043
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Cataract Refract Surg ISSN: 0886-3350 Impact factor: 3.351