Ref # |
Case # |
NSAID Drops Indicated Post.. |
Days of Use |
Complications |
Medical History |
Age |
1 |
1 |
Surgery |
10 |
Scleral melt, conjuctival defect, culture negative |
None reported |
77 |
1 |
2 |
Surgery |
18 |
Corneal melt at wound, ulceration at sideport, culture negative |
Diabetes, coronary heart disease |
86 |
1 |
3 |
Surgery |
30 |
Scleral melt, culture negative |
None reported |
82 |
1 |
4 |
Surgery |
105 |
Corneal melt at cataract wound |
Diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis |
70 |
1 |
5 |
Not reported |
19 |
Central corneal melt both eyes |
Diabetes, sarcoidosis |
43 |
1 |
6 |
Surgery |
21 |
Corneal melt, ulceration and infiltrate, culture negative |
None reported |
67 |
2 |
7 |
Surgery |
15 |
Corneal melt with infiltrate, ulceration, 80% thinning |
None reported |
58 |
2 |
8 |
Surgery |
40 |
Corneal melt with 60% thinning |
None reported |
71 |
2 |
9 |
Surgery |
5 |
Corneal melt with perforation |
Anemia |
76 |
3 |
10 |
Surgery |
10 |
Corneal melt, 80% thinning, eventual perforation |
Coronary heart disease, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, hiatal hernia |
76 |
3 |
11 |
Cataract Surgery |
29 |
Corneal melt with 50% thinning |
Hypothyroid |
66 |
3 |
12 |
Cataract Surgery |
18 |
Corneal melt with perforation |
Arrhythmia |
77 |
3 |
13 |
Cataract Surgery |
11 |
Corneal melt, 90% thinning, eventual perforation |
Coronary heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, gastritis |
71 |
3 |
14 |
Surgery |
17 |
Corneal melt, 99% thinning, eventual perforation |
Hypothyroid |
79 |
4 |
15 |
Surgery |
10 |
Corneal ulcer with melt, 80% thinning, eventual perforation |
None reported |
76 |
4 |
16 |
Cataract surgery |
29 |
Corneal melt with 50% thinning |
None reported |
66 |
4 |
17 |
Cataract surgery |
18 |
Corneal melt with perforation |
None reported |
77 |
4 |
18 |
Cataract surgery |
11 |
Corneal melt with perforation |
Diabetes, hypertension |
71 |
4 |
19 |
Surgery |
17 |
Corneal melt with descmetocele |
None reported |
79 |
4 |
20 |
Surgery |
5 |
Corneal melt with perforation |
None reported |
27 |
4 |
21 |
Surgery |
4 |
Corneal melt with descmetocele |
None reported |
47 |
4 |
22 |
Surgery |
300 (drug1), 120 (drug2) |
Corneal melt with descmetocele |
None reported |
80 |
4 |
23 |
Surgery |
150 |
Corneal melt with descmetocele |
None reported |
65 |
4 |
24 |
Surgery |
14 |
Corneal melt with eventual perforation |
None reported |
77 |
5 |
25 |
PRK |
5 |
Corneal melt with perforation |
None reported, including negative serologies |
31 |
6 |
26 |
Surgery |
10 |
Corneal melt with central perforation |
Hypertension |
79 |
7 |
27 |
Surgery |
14 |
Corneal melt |
None reported |
62 |
8 |
28 |
Surgery |
14 |
Central corneal melt with perforation |
Graft vs host disease, post allogeneic stem cell transplant for leukemia |
56 |
9 |
29 |
Surgery |
60 |
Central corneal melt with perforation, cultures negative |
None reported |
50 |
10 |
30 |
PRK |
5 |
Corneal melt with perforation, cultures negative |
None reported |
27 |
10 |
31 |
PRK |
3 |
Central corneal melt with descmetocele |
None reported |
49 |
10 |
32 |
Surgery |
300 |
Central corneal melt with descmetocele, eventual perforation |
Diabetes |
80 |
11 |
33 |
LASIK |
6 |
Dislodged flap, corneal melt, descmetocele, ring infiltrate |
None reported |
42 |
11 |
34 |
LASIK |
3 |
Dislodged flap, corneal melt, descmetocele, ring infiltrate |
Leukemia, status post bone marrow transplant |
41 |
11 |
35 |
Surgery |
14 |
Dislodged flap, corneal melt perforation, descmetocele, ring infiltrate |
None reported |
44 |
12 |
36 |
Cataract surgery |
21 |
Melt with perforation |
None reported |
83 |
13 |
37 |
Vitrectomy |
25 |
Melts |
Asthma, gastroesophageal reflux, prematurity |
38 |
13 |
38 |
Vitrectomy |
25 |
Melts |
None reported |
77 |
