Cryogenic Treatment of Herpes Simplex Keratits.

Yoon, Byung Joo; Lee, Hae Sook

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1971;12(1):7-9.
Published online January 1, 1971.

Cryogenic Treatment of Herpes Simplex Keratits.

Byung Joo Yoon, Hae Sook Lee

Department of Ophthalmology, National Medical Center, Korea.

Herpes Simplex Keratitis 의 냉동 요법

윤병주(Byung Joo Yoon),이혜숙(Hae Sook Lee)

Abstract

The results of 16 cases of herpes simplex keratitis treated by cryogenic method are presented. The cryoapplicators(2 mm and 4 mm in diameter of tip) were applied on the lesions 5-7 seconds and antibiotics and atropine solutions were instilled. No complication by cryogenic treatment was happened. The new vessels in the cornea were faded after cryocautery for the treatment of herpes simplex keratitis.

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