title: Superficial epithelial keratectomy in the treatment of epithelial basement membrane dystrophy.
abstract: Thirty-three eyes with symptomatic epithelial basement dystrophy, unresponsive to current standard modalities of therapy, were treated with a total superficial epithelial keratectomy. Follow-up was from 2 months to 7 years 5 months with an average of 47 months. All 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 / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003317:Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology; D012008:Recurrence