Case series of 5 ICU patients in Farwaniya Hospital who developed exposure keratitis and a subsequent small corneal perforation between April 2022 and April 2024. The investigators highlight the non-surgical role of OmniLenz® in the treatment of small corneal perforations secondary to exposure keratitis. The inclusion criteria were corneal perforation less than 1mm in size, positive culture \& sensitivity results and showing initial improvement on topical antibiotic eye drops.
The primary outcome measures were healing of the corneal perforation, a negative Seidel test and reformation of the anterior chamber. Secondary outcome measures were improvement of all three of ciliary injection, state of epithelial defect, and corneal infiltration.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
5
OmniLenz® applied for 1 week in all patients after development of corneal perforation
Farwaniya Hospital
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Size of corneal perforation
Size of corneal perforation will be measured in mm using slit lamp examination
Time frame: one week
size of epithelial defect
Size of epithelial defect will be measured in mm using slit lamp examination
Time frame: one week
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