Corneal Transplants Can Carry Infection Risk
... to the report in the February issue of the Archives of Ophthalmology . endophthalmitis is a rare but serious complication of corneal transplant surgery and can ... States and 109,009 in other countries. There were a total of 162 cases of endophthalmitis reported during that time. The odds that someone was infected by a ...Tiny Cup Attached to Eye Improves Drug Delivery For Retinal Diseases
... the potential to fundamentally change how we deliver medications to the eye for diseases like macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, uveitis, endophthalmitis and retinoblastoma. Working much like an organ-specific transdermal skin patch, the tiny cup isolates the medication targeted to the eye from being ...