It is composed of three layers: the anterior multi-layered epithelium, the collagen fiber ... The transparency of the cornea is due to a lattice arrangement of collagen fibers in the stroma ...

Patients with HIV had reduced corneal nerve branch density (median difference, −24.53 mm²) and corneal nerve fiber length (−5.24 mm/mm²); there were no differences seen for those with and ...

“Using our special optical fiber, we were able to seamlessly bond corneal tissue without causing damage to the surrounding eye or leaving lingering stitches.” He and colleagues from the university and ...

Each collagen type I fiber in the stroma ... The thickness of the stroma and arrangement of the collagen fibers are optimal for visible light waves to pass through the cornea with minimal light ...

To that end, smaller flaps are coming into popularity because fewer corneal fiber nerves are severed. However, an elliptical flap — as the inverted side bevel cut is intended to be — may have ...

Ocular parameters such as refractive error, intraocular pressure, corneal aberrations, central macular thickness, retinal nerve fiber layer, and choroidal thickness were assessed. "Ocular adverse ...