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Role of topical ascorbic acid in impending perforated corneal ulcer

Poster Details

First Author: E.Mostafa EGYPT

Co Author(s):    M. Mahmoud Abdellah                    

Abstract Details

Purpose:

to test the role of topical ascorbic acid in preventing perforation in infective impending perforating corneal ulcers

Setting:

Cornea clinic, Ophthalmology department, Sohag Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt

Methods:

Patients diagnosed with resistant bacterial corneal ulcer attending the corneal clinic between April 2017-February 2018 were enrolled. Eyes with impending corneal ulcers were divided in two groups: group 1; Topical ascorbic acid 10% was used in 8 eyes with full regimen of topical antibiotics. Group 2; routine antibiotic regimen was used in 10 eyes.

Results:

The time required for healing was not significantly altered by treatment in both groups. Yet the number of perforated corneal ulcers was higher in the control group ( 2 eyes relative to no eye suffered perforation in group 1).

Conclusions:

Topical ascorbic acid 10% may have an adjunctive role in preventing perforation in impending corneal ulcerations

Financial Disclosure:

None