Outcomes of Corneal Tattooing by Rotring Painting Ink in Disfiguring Corneal Opacities.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To evaluate corneal tattooing with Rotring painting ink (Rotring Ink, Hamburg, Germany) as an available and affordable surgical technique to improve cosmetic appearance in the eyes with disfiguring corneal opacities.

Methods

Fifty-three blind eyes with corneal disfiguring opacities underwent corneal tattooing using Rotring painting ink (Rotring Ink, Hamburg, Germany) by multiple transepithelial intrastromal injections under topical anesthesia. Complete ophthalmic examination and ocular ultrasonography were performed, and photographs of the patients' eyes were taken. Follow-up period was at least 12 months.

Results

On the first postoperative day, all patients presented with mild conjunctival injection and foreign body sensation. After the end of the follow-up perio

SUBMITTER: Alsmman AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6036817 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature