Pathologic Dilatation (Ectasia)

05/01/2011 - "Corneal collagen CXL appeared effective in halting the progression of corneal ectasia. "
01/01/2017 - "Epithelium-off versus transepithelial corneal collagen crosslinking for progressive corneal ectasia: a randomised and controlled trial."
07/01/2014 - "New studies also demonstrate the use of collagen cross-linking in postrefractive surgery ectasia. "
02/01/2023 - "Decreased collagen biosynthesis and increased collagenolysis can cause ectasia progression in the arterial walls. "
11/01/2022 - "Corneal Collagen Crosslinking (CXL) for Corneal Ectasia after Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE)."

10/01/2021 - "Clinical outcomes of KeraVio using violet light: emitting glasses and riboflavin drops for corneal ectasia: a pilot study."
11/01/2012 - "Cross-linking with riboflavin and ultraviolet A light is a promising, minimally invasive treatment for corneal ectasia. "
11/01/2019 - "In the past 20 years, the conservative management of progressive corneal ectasia has changed, thanks to this procedure that produces strengthening of the corneal tissue through the photochemical reaction generated by the combined action of riboflavin and ultraviolet A radiation. "
06/01/2013 - "To compare combined intrastromal corneal ring segment implantation with same-day ultraviolet-A/riboflavin corneal collagen cross-linking (ICRS-CXL) versus ICRS implantation alone in patients with corneal ectasia. "
12/01/2007 - "Corneal collagen cross-linking (CCL) with riboflavin and ultraviolet A irradiation has recently been introduced for treatment of corneal ectasia. "

01/01/2019 - "High-myopic PRK with application of mitomycin-C in the eyes at risk of developing ectasia because of high preoperative PTA was demonstrated to be a safe and effective alternative to the LASIK procedure."
05/01/1999 - "Corneal ectasia after trabeculectomy with mitomycin C application."
01/01/2006 - "Adjunctive utilization of intraoperative low-dose 0.02% mitomycin C for the management of chronic uveitic glaucoma patients who are under concomitant systemic immunosuppressive regimen may enhance the risk of subacute postoperative sclerolimbal ectasia. "
01/01/2006 - "A case of early-onset sclerolimbal ectasia following low-dose topical mitomycin C application during uveitic glaucoma surgery is reported. "

05/01/2014 - "Placement of a titanium plate appears to be an effective method of treatment of cerebellar ptosis and dural ectasia after PFD for Chiari malformation."
05/01/2014 - "We describe our use of a perforated titanium plate to perform a partial posterior fossa cranioplasty in the treatment of cerebellar ptosis and dural ectasia after posterior fossa decompression (PFD). "
10/01/2019 - "Sacral laminoplasty with titanium mesh is a safe and effective procedure for treating progressive sacral dural ectasia and refractory pseudomeningocele, preventing CSF leakage as well as relieving local symptoms that may occur years after previous surgery for spina bifida."

03/23/2004 - "MMP-9 or MMP-12 deficiency conferred significant protection against transmedial elastin degradation and ectasia in the atherosclerotic media. "
01/01/2021 - "Damage to elastin fibres in coronary media might lead to coronary artery ectasia (CAE). "
06/30/1999 - "at 50 mg/kg) had no effect on the extent of aortic atherosclerosis (36 +/- 4% versus 30 +/- 2% in controls), but both aortic medial elastin destruction and ectasia grade were significantly reduced (38% and 36%, respectively, p < 0.05). "
07/16/1982 - "These findings point to a change in the structure or metabolism of elastin in the aortic wall in the Marfan syndrome and at least in some other patients with annulo-aortic ectasia."
11/15/1985 - "Aortic samples from patients with annulo-aortic ectasia (aneurysm of the ascending aorta), including one with classical Marfan syndrome, contained less elastin (CNBr-insoluble material) than did the age-matched controls. "

03/01/2020 - "To evaluate the efficacy of the monocyte/lymphocyte, platelet/lymphocyte, and HDL/LDL ratios as markers of the severity of coronary artery ectasia(CE). "
03/01/2020 - "Correlation Between the Severity of Coronary Artery Ectasia and Monocyte/Lymphocyte, Platelet/Lymphocyte, and HDL/LDL Ratios."
03/01/1995 - "Although in part reflecting the striking sex differential, ectasia was strongly associated with a lower HDL cholesterol level (P = .003), a higher LDL/HDL ratio (P = .003), and to a lesser extent, a higher LDL cholesterol level (P = .07). "
12/01/1999 - "A 39-year-old male heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia patient with marked ectasia over the entire coronary artery tree had been treated with several kinds of lipid-lowering single or combined drug therapies using clofibrate, compactin, cholestyramine, probucol, and pravastatin, and LDL-apheresis. "

01/01/2011 - "Serial electrocardiograms showed nonspecific ST segment changes, an echocardiogram showed mildly decreased left ventricular systolic function with mild to moderate left ventricular dilation and coronary ectasia, and his troponins were elevated. "
01/01/2018 - "We report the case of a young male presenting with chest pain, a right bundle branch block on electrocardiography, an elevated troponin level, and a regional wall motion abnormality on echocardiography who is found to have diffuse coronary artery ectasia on coronary angiography and is managed medically with dual antiplatelet therapy."
01/01/2011 - "Following Asacol discontinuation, his chest pain resolved, troponins were trending towards normal, left ventricular systolic function normalized, and coronary ectasia improved within 24 hours suggesting an Asacol-associated severe drug reaction. "

04/15/1989 - "[Estrogen therapy in digestive hemorrhage caused by diffuse vascular ectasia of the gastric antrum]."
12/01/2005 - "Urgent aortic valve replacement (AVR) was performed after preoperative hormonal (estrogen-progesterone) therapy, that might be effective for bleeding from vascular ectasia. "

02/01/2009 - "Surgical POP repair resolved the prolapse all patients and cured the ureterohydronephrosis in 7, with moderate ectasia of the upper urinary tract persisting in 2. The renal function at diagnosis was normal in 12 of 13 patients with hydronephrosis (mean 113 +/- 15 micromol/L); 1 patient had a high serum creatinine concentration (220 micromol/L). "
07/01/1991 - "In 51 cases the orchiectomy was combined with transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP); 37 patients had pathological levels of serum creatinine and 17 had pathological dilatation of the upper urinary tract, 6 of whom required a nephrostomy catheter. "

04/01/2007 - "It is likely that adjuvant use of matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors can significantly enhance the efficacy of current effective cardiovascular treatments for coronary disease, vascular atherosclerosis, ectasia and aneurysm, collateral vessel development and myocardial remodeling."

03/01/2003 - "Intracorneal ring segments implantation improved uncorrected visual acuity and best spectacle-corrected visual acuity in patients with post-LASIK ectasia. "
01/01/2023 - "The present study validates the use of our novel protocol in cases having post LASIK ectasia with proven efficacy, safety, and stability, providing regularization for the corneal surface while simultaneously avoiding the unnecessary loss of cross-linking effect within the LASIK flap that no longer shares in the corneal biomechanical strength."
05/01/2017 - "In the Australian setting, CXL has proven effective at stabilizing the progression of post-LASIK ectasia, inducing corneal regularity, and improving visual acuity."
05/01/2008 - "The Ectasia Risk Score System is a valid and effective method for detecting eyes at risk for ectasia after LASIK and represents a significant improvement over previously utilized screening strategies."
01/01/2008 - "A quantitative method can be used to identify eyes at risk for developing ectasia after LASIK that, if validated, represents a significant improvement over current screening strategies."

12/01/2018 - "Although patients in the transepithelial CXL group demonstrated a greater improvement in BSCVA compared with patients in the epi-off CXL group at the 1 year follow-up, transepithelial CXL had less impact on halting progressive corneal ectasia in terms of maximum K than epi-off CXL."
01/01/2021 - "To evaluate the safety and efficacy of transepithelial corneal cross-linking in comparison with the established epithelium-off technique for corneal ectasia. "
01/01/2023 - "Multiple studies have demonstrated corneal cross-linking's effectiveness in treating corneal ectasia, a progressive, degenerative, and non-inflammatory thinning disorder, as quantified by key tomographic, refractive, and visual parameters. "
05/01/2021 - "Based on the results of the Siena Eye-Cross Study 2, the 9 mW/5.4 J/cm2 ACXL is a candidate to be  the natural evolution of Epi-Off CXL treatment for the management of early progressive corneal ectasia, and thus optimize clinic workflow."
01/01/2019 - "Protocol for a systematic review, meta-analysis, and trial sequential analysis of clinical outcomes following accelerated versus conventional corneal collagen cross-linking for corneal ectasia."

01/01/2019 - "Both standard CXL and accelerated CXL are safe and effective treatment in halting ectasia after corneal refractive surgery. "
11/16/2023 - "This study includes 8 eyes from 7 patients, each diagnosed with postrefractive surgery ectasia years after refractive surgery and treated with the Tel-Aviv Protocol. "
08/01/2016 - "This study represents the first large-scale 3-dimensional structural analysis of ectasia risk and provides a novel biomechanical construct for expressing structural risk in refractive surgery. "
08/01/2011 - "This study suggests that patients with preoperative central keratometry ≥47.50 D as the only parameter evaluated should not be excluded from corneal refractive surgery due to increased risk of postoperative ectasia. "
06/01/2023 - "This article aims to discuss the application, advantages, and disadvantages of single examination and combined examination in the preoperative screening of refractive surgery, so as to provide a certain reference value for choosing suitable patients for surgery, improving surgical safety, and reducing the risk of postoperative ectasia."

01/01/2023 - "We also review eligible case reports of post-photorefractive keratectomy ectasia to find similar characteristics."
01/01/2023 - "Corneal ectasia following photorefractive keratectomy: a confocal microscopic case report and literature review."
11/01/2021 - "Simultaneous photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) and CXL were performed on 20 KC and 20 ectasia eyes. "
12/01/2020 - "Photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) eye surgery is widely used for patients at risk for corneal ectasia to maintain an aspheric corneal shape. "
01/01/2019 - "To determine the misdiagnosis of ectasia in patients referred for corneal crosslinking and possible topography-guided photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) or intrastromal corneal rings. "

10/01/2022 - "The purpose of this study was to evaluate the incidence, timing and risk factors of corneal neovascularisation (NV) after deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) for corneal ectasia. "
11/01/2023 - "Impact of topographic localization of corneal ectasia on the outcomes of deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty employing large (9 mm) versus conventional diameter (8 mm) grafts."
10/01/2022 - "Corneal neovascularisation following deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty for corneal ectasia: incidence, timing and risk factors."
07/01/2022 - "Indications for keratoplasty in management of corneal ectasia."
05/10/2022 - "Among them, large-diameter anterior lamellar keratoplasty may be a viable, safer, and effective alternative to PK for the correction of post-keratoplasty ectasia."