title: One Year of Cornea Research in Review-2012.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to provide an update of significant cornea literature published in the past 1 year.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a literature review.
  
  
  METHODS
  The authors conducted a 1-year English-language literature search on PubMed, from January 1, 2012, to December 31, 2012, using the following terms: corneal transplantation, anterior lamellar keratoplasty, penetrating keratoplasty, endothelial keratoplasty, Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty, Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty, Descemet membrane endothelial transfer, ocular surface epithelial transplantation, limbal epithelial transplantation, cultivated oral mucosal epithelial transplantation, keratoprosthesis, infectious keratitis, cross-linking, keratoconus, corneal neovascularization, corneal imaging, optical coherence tomography, Pentacam Scheimpflug imaging, and in vivo confocal microscopy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  This review includes original articles and review articles that contain significant updates and novel aspects in the field of cornea from the following journals: American Journal of Ophthalmology, British Journal of Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology, Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, and Cornea. Letters to the editor, unpublished work, manuscripts not in English, and abstracts were not included.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This review highlights significant literature that is applicable to the practicing ophthalmologist.
authors.affiliation: From the *Singapore National Eye Centre, †Singapore Eye Research Institute, ‡Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, and §Department of Ophthalmology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
authors.forename: Annabel C Y
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Chew
authors.forename: Jodhbir S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.forename: Donald T H
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Tan