title: Epithelial healing in the second eye after corneal abrasion.
abstract: Corneal epithelial healing velocity was determined in patients admitted to excimer laser photo refractive keratectomy, by daily video planimetry of the denuded area until complete healing. The epithelial healing process was followed in fellow eyes with regard to intervals between surgery of the two eyes of 1 to 10 weeks. In cases where the fellow eye was treated at one week after the first eye, the lesions healed significantly faster in the second eye as compared to patients with longer delay between the two operations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Arhus University Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rask
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ehlers
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003315:Cornea / Q000502:physiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D004848:Epithelium / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D054018:Lasers, Excimer; D008875:Middle Aged; D009216:Myopia / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D018903:Photorefractive Keratectomy; D013997:Time Factors; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*