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Clinical Experience With a Mobile Ocular Perfusion Pump FREE

Robert A. Ralph, MD; Marshall G. Doane, PhD; Claes H. Dohlman, MD
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Submitted for publication May 21, 1974.

Reprint requests to Department of Ophthalmology, Georgetown University Medical Center, 3800 Reservoir Rd NW, Washington, DC 20007 (Dr. Ralph).


Arch Ophthalmol. 1975;93(10):1039-1043. doi:10.1001/archopht.1975.01010020815015
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• The continuous delivery of fluids to the ocular surfaces of 12 patients, for a collective total of 1,500 days, was achieved by means of a mobile perfusion pump. One patient used this device intermittently for a total of 2½ years. Severe dry-eye symptoms were ameliorated in each patient by the constant perfusion. In various situations, the following perfusion fluids have been tried: commercial balanced salt solution, commercial artificial tear solutions, acetylcysteine, and autologous and homologous serum and plasma. In spite of disadvantages related to its size and weight, the pump seems to be of considerable value, especially following severe chemical burns and after keratoplasty or reconstruction of the lids and fornices in the severely dry eye.

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Hessburg PC, Truant JP, Penn WP:  Corneal infections in experimental animals: I. Introduction, purpose and techniques . Am J Ophthalmol 53:359-363, 1962;.
Hessburg PC, Truant JP, Penn WP:  Treatment of Pseudomonas keratitis in rabbits . Am J Ophthalmol 61:49-54, 1966;.
Hessburg PC:  Treatment of Pseudomonas keratitis in humans . Am J Ophthalmol 61:896-903, 1966;.
Lippas J:  Continuous irrigation in the treatment of external ocular diseases . Am J Ophthalmol 57:298-305, 1964;.
Schulze VF, Tost M:  Neue Applikatoren zur Dauertropftherapie in der Ophthalmologie und ihre Anwendunsmöglichkeiten . Klin Mbl Augenheilk 151:471-477, 1967;.
Brown SI, Akiya S, Weller CA:  Prevention of the ulcers of the alkali-burned cornea: Preliminary studies with collagenase inhibitors . Arch Ophthalmol 82:95-97, 1969;.
Tan BG:  Oklahoma eye irrigating tube . Trans Am Acad Ophthalmol Otolaryngol 74:435-437, 1970;.
Morgan LB:  A new therapeutic scleral lens . Rocky Mt Med J 68:26-28, 1971;.
Flynn F, Schulmeister A:  Keratoconjunctivitis sicca and new techniques in its management . Med J Aust 1:33-41, 1967;.
Dohlman CH, Doane MG, Reshmi CS:  Mobile infusion pumps for continuous delivery of fluid and therapeutic agents to the eye . Ann Ophthalmol 3:126-128, 1971;.
Doane MG:  Mechanical devices . Int Ophthalmol Clin 13:239-244, 1973;.

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