Francesca Giovannetti, Marta Sacchetti, Marco Marenco, Ludovico Alisi, Giacomo Visioli, Alice Bruscolini, Alessandro Lambiase
PURPOSE: To validate the use, repeatability, and reproducibility of a new, cost-effective, disposable, sterile device (KeraSenseⓇ, Dompè farmaceutici SpA, Milan Italy) compared to Cochet-Bonnet (CB) esthesiometer. Secondly, to identify a simple, safe, rapid, and low-cost test to diagnose neurotrophic keratitis (NK). METHODS: 16 patients with diagnosis of NK stage I, 25 patients with diabetes mellitus (DM), and 26 healthy subjects were included in the study...
March 21, 2024: Ocular Surface