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ReviewRomanian journal of ophthalmology

Update on surgical management of corneal ulceration and perforation.

Alina-Cristina Stamate, Călin Petru Tătaru, Mihail Zemba

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Review in Romanian journal of ophthalmology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Elderly Male with a Painful Red Eye.Clinical practice and cases in emergency medicine · 2026
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  3. Combined PRP and Contact Lens for Corneal Ulcer Perforation: A Case Report.International medical case reports journal · 2026
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  11. Recurrence of perforation and overall patient survival after penetrating keratoplasty versus amniotic membrane transplantation in corneal perforation.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2023
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  15. Therapeutic Potential of Honey and Propolis on Ocular Disease.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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  17. Prognosis and etiology of traumatic and non-traumatic corneal perforations in a tertiary referral hospital: a 30-year retrospective study.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2022
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  18. [Partial visual rehabilitation 5 and 6 years after a Gundersen total conjunctival flap procedure].Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft · 2022
    Review
  19. Combined umbilical cord patching with amniotic membrane graft for corneal surface reconstruction.Medical hypothesis, discovery & innovation ophthalmology journal · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Alina-Cristina StamateDepartment of Ophthalmology, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania.
Călin Petru TătaruDepartment of Ophthalmology, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania.
Mihail ZembaDepartment of Ophthalmology, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Corneal ulcerations are a medical emergency, and in recalcitrant cases, leading to perforation, a surgical ophthalmological emergency. The urgency of the treatment is dictated by the necessity of preventing complications that can lead to serious ocular morbidities. Medical treatment represents the first therapeutic approach and is a defining step in the further management of a patient with corneal ulceration. Multiple surgical strategies are available, but the option depends on the etiology and parameters of the ulceration: size, depth, and location.

Indexed as

Disease ManagementCorneal PerforationCorneal UlcerHumansOphthalmologic Surgical ProceduresTreatment Outcomeamniotic membraneconjunctival flapcorneal perforationcorneal ulcerationcross-linkingkeratoplastytissue adhesives

Identifiers

PMID31334396
PMCPMC6626930

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