Cryogenic Treatment of Herpes Simplex Keratits.
- Author:
Byung Joo YOON
;
Hae Sook LEE
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Anti-Bacterial Agents;
Atropine;
Cornea;
Herpes Simplex*;
Keratitis, Herpetic
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1971;12(1):7-9
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
The results of 16 cases of herpes simplex keratitis treated by cryogenic method are presented. The cryoapplicators(2 mm and 4 mm in diameter of tip) were applied on the lesions 5-7 seconds and antibiotics and atropine solutions were instilled. No complication by cryogenic treatment was happened. The new vessels in the cornea were faded after cryocautery for the treatment of herpes simplex keratitis.
