Local application of silver nitrate as an adjuvant treatment before deep lamellar keratoplasty for fungal keratitis poorly responsive to medical treatment
Gang Ding, Xin Gao, Yue Tan, Zhongkai Hao, Ximing Wang, Chenming Zhang, Aijun Deng · 2024
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Gang Ding and co-authors test a silver treatment for fungal eye infection in this study, published in 2023. Fungal keratitis scars the cornea and resists standard drugs. Deep graft surgery can save the eye, but operating on an active infection is risky. The team dabbed silver nitrate on the ulcer first to weaken the fungus.
Twelve patients whose infections had stalled on drugs received the treatment. Within about a week, ulcers cleared and their edges sharpened in every case. Microscope counts of fungal threads dropped sharply. Pain spiked briefly, then eased. After graft surgery, no infection returned and vision improved in all patients. The cheap pre-treatment may widen surgical options.
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| CREATOR | Gang Ding, Xin Gao, Yue Tan, Zhongkai Hao, Ximing Wang, Chenming Zhang, Aijun Deng |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 23 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |