title: Superficial epithelial keratectomy in the treatment of epithelial basement membrane dystrophy.
abstract: Thirty eyes with symptomatic epithelial basement membrane dystrophy that were unresponsive to current standard modalities of therapy were treated with a total superficial epithelial keratectomy. Follow-up ranged from two months to 89 months (average, 37 mo). One hundred percent of patients were relieved of their preoperative symptoms, and only 3% have shown any evidence of recurrence of their dystrophic process.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000473:pathology; D003315:Cornea / Q000601:surgery*; D003317:Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged