Intraestomal injection as new method in the treatment of infections corneal ulcers

Abstract

The resolution of the corneal ulcers constitutes a health problem to be solved, since the conventional treatments not always guarantee a favorable evolution of the diagnosed cases, reason for which arises the necessity of looking for therapeutic alternatives to treat these patients. This bibliographical revision has the aim to propose a new way of intrastromal treatment. Doctors consider that the intrastromal way of application of medications for infections of the cornea and of the previous segment, should be incorporated in ophthalmology as a preferential way in the handling of this type of pathologies, since its effectiveness, low cost and low number of complications.