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ReviewOphthalmology and therapy2023

Management of Corneal Haze After Photorefractive Keratectomy.

Majid Moshirfar, Qiancheng Wang, Joshua Theis, Kaiden C Porter, Isabella M Stoakes, Carter J Payne, Phillip C Hoopes

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Review in Ophthalmology and therapy, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

7 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Majid MoshirfarHoopes Vision Research Center, Hoopes Vision, 11820 S. State St. #200, Draper, UT, 84020, USA. cornea2020@me.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1024-6250
Qiancheng WangBaylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Joshua TheisUniversity of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, 85004, USA.
Kaiden C PorterUniversity of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, 85004, USA.
Isabella M StoakesHoopes Vision Research Center, Hoopes Vision, 11820 S. State St. #200, Draper, UT, 84020, USA.
Carter J PayneHoopes Vision Research Center, Hoopes Vision, 11820 S. State St. #200, Draper, UT, 84020, USA.
Phillip C HoopesHoopes Vision Research Center, Hoopes Vision, 11820 S. State St. #200, Draper, UT, 84020, USA.
Hoopes Vision · USUniversity of Arizona · USBaylor College of Medicine · USPacific Northwest University of Health Sciences · USUniversity of Utah · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) is a safe and popular corneal surgery performed worldwide. Nevertheless, there is potential risk of corneal haze development after surgery. Proper management of post PRK haze is important for good visual outcome. We performed a comprehensive review of the literature on the various risk factors and treatments for PRK haze, searching the PubMed, Google Scholar, SCOPUS, ScienceDirect, and Embase databases using relevant search terms. All articles in English from August 1989 through April 2023 were reviewed for this study, among which 102 articles were chosen to be included in the study. Depending on the characteristics of and examination findings on post PRK haze, different management options may be preferred. In the proposed framework, management of PRK haze should include a full workup that includes patient's subjective complaints and loss of vision as well as visual acuity, biomicroscopy, anterior segment optical coherence tomography, epithelial mapping, and Scheimpflug densitometry. Topical steroid treatment for haze should be stratified based on early- or late-onset haze. Mechanical debridement or superficial phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) may be used to treat superficial corneal haze. Deep PTK and/or PRK can be used to treat deep corneal haze. Mitomycin-C and topical steroids are prophylactic post-surgery agents to prevent recurrence of haze.

Indexed as

Corneal densitometryCorneal hazeEBMDEpithelial corneal mapLASEKLASIKMechanical corneal debridementMitomycin-CPRKPTK

Identifiers

PMID37603162
PMCPMC10640498
OpenAlexW4386020225

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