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Corneal confocal microscopy is a new, non-invasive imaging method. It provides serial images of a face optical sections through the full-thickness of the living cornea, avoiding artefacts associated with ex vivo study. It provides qualitative as well as quantitative analysis of the corneal layers, nerves, and cells. It also allows longitudinal examination of the corneal structure changes over time...

Introduction: Lagophthalmos can be characterized as the dysfunction of the eye aperture and in some cases even by the disruption of tear production. Dry eye syndrome can consequently develop. Instability of the tear film, hyperosmolarity and inflammatory reaction are considered as the key mechanisms of dry eye syndrome. In our report we monitored the tear osmolarity of patients with postsurgical u...

The purpose of the study was to answered three questions. Which part of all patients with diagnosis of corneal foreign body (CFB) diagnosed in period from 2006 to 2010 were children? Is there any dependence on sex like in adults? Is there any typical mechanism of injury in children? Methods: Retrospective study analyzed data of 2381 patients with diagnosis of CFB, 2225 men and 156 women. There wer...