“The cornea is the windshield of the eye,” said ... awarded orphan drug designation for the treatment of advanced neurotrophic keratopathy (NK), a severe degenerative corneal disease caused ...

There were 35 eyes of 33 patients, with a mean age of 68.2±19.5 years (range: 17–99 years). There were 25 men and 8 women. Median follow-up was 110 days (mean: 164.6 days; range: 30–960 days).

or neurotrophic keratitis, and it describes a condition in which the nerves that provide sensation to the surface of the eye, and specifically the cornea, are damaged in some way and not working ...

The indication for insertion of ProKera was nonhealing corneal ulcers of infective origin (group 1) in 9 eyes (25.7%), neurotrophic keratopathy (group 2) in 11 eyes (31.4%), chemical injury (group ...