METHOD FOR PREDICTING CORNEAL COMPLICATIONS AFTER PHOTOREFRACTION KERATECTOMY Russian patent published in 2006 - IPC A61B5/01 G01N33/53 

FIELD: medicine, ophthalmology.

SUBSTANCE: due to the method of immunoenzymatic assay one should detect the content of antiphlogistic IL-1 and TNF- and antiphlogistic IL-4 cytokins in lacrimal liquid and based upon the values obtained one should calculate the index of inflammatory activity (IIA) by the following formula: where CHR - a coefficient of homeostatic reserves of cornea which should be calculated by the following formula: where T₀ - the data of corneal thermometry before loading vacuum sample; T₁ - the data of corneal thermometry immediately after the sample; T₂ - the data of corneal thermometry 30 min after loading vacuum sample and at IIA value ranged 0.9-1.0 one should predict uncomplicated adaptive flow of inflammatory-regenerator processes, at IIA>1.0 one should predict exudative character of inflammatory-regenerator processes at the development of early subepithelial corneal disorders, and at IIA<0.9 one should predict chronic proliferative flow of inflammatory-regenerator processes at developing late subepithelial corneal fibroplasias.

EFFECT: higher quality and accuracy of prediction.

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