title: Microsurgical treatment of Mooren's ulcer.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate effect of microsurgery of lamellar keratoplasty (LKP) on Mooren's corneal ulcer.
  
  
  METHODS
  The effect, postoperative astigmatism, postoperative vision, ulcer recurrence of postoperation, and surgical complications of two groups of consecutive Mooren's ulcer inpatients treated respectively by non-microsurgery of LKP and microsurgery of LKP were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were significant differences of the effect, postoperative astigmatism, postoperative vision, ulcer recurrence of postoperation, and surgical complications between the two groups. The effect and postoperative vision of the microsurgery-treated group were better than those of the non-microsurgery-treated group. The postoperative astigmatism, ulcer recurrence of postoperation, and surgical complications of the microsurgery-treated group were less than those of the nonmicrosurgery-treated group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Microsurgery of LKP of Mooren's corneal ulcer can greatly improve the ulcer healing and postoperative vision, and reduce the surgical complication and the ulcer recurrence of postoperation.
authors.affiliation: Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou 510060, China.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001251:Astigmatism / Q000209:etiology; D016039:Corneal Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D003320:Corneal Ulcer / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D012008:Recurrence; D014792:Visual Acuity