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ReviewThe Journal of international medical research2019

Tectonic keratoplasty using femtosecond laser lenticule in pediatric patients with corneal perforation secondary to blepharokeratoconjunctivitis: a case report and literature review.

Om Prakash Pant, Ji-Long Hao, Dan-Dan Zhou, Cheng-Wei Lu

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Review in The Journal of international medical research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Reducing ocularFrontiers in allergy · 2025
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  6. Applications of SMILE-extracted lenticules in ophthalmology.International journal of ophthalmology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Om Prakash Pant1 Department of Ophthalmology, the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China.
Ji-Long Hao1 Department of Ophthalmology, the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China.
Dan-Dan Zhou2 Department of Radiology, the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China.
Cheng-Wei Lu1 Department of Ophthalmology, the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4335-4813
Jilin University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Blepharokeratoconjunctivitis secondary to ocular demodicosis in the pediatric population is often neglected and may result in a serious sight-threatening condition. In severe cases, it can lead to corneal perforation necessitating urgent corneal transplantation. However, the shortage and high cost of donor corneas is the foremost limitation of keratoplasty in developing countries. Small-incision lenticule extraction is an advanced flapless femtosecond laser refractive procedure in which an intrastromal corneal lenticule is detached and removed to correct myopia and myopic astigmatism. We herein describe a technique in which lenticules are used for the management of corneal perforation secondary to Demodex-induced blepharokeratoconjunctivitis. The lenticule was sutured over the site of the perforated cornea using 10-0 interrupted nylon sutures. The globe integrity was maintained with a good visual outcome. Thus, tectonic keratoplasty using small-incision lenticule extraction appears to be a safe, cost-effective, and reliable alternative method for the management of corneal perforation secondary to blepharokeratoconjunctivitis.

Indexed as

AdolescentBlepharitisCorneal PerforationCorneal Surgery, LaserCorneal TransplantationFemaleHumansKeratoconjunctivitisMalePrognosisVisual AcuityBlepharokeratoconjunctivitiscorneal perforationlenticuleocular demodicosispediatric patienttectonic keratoplasty

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PMID30971148
PMCPMC6567768
OpenAlexW2936837037

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