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Title	Case report: cacicol eye drops for the treatment of non-healing corneal epithelial defects post refractive laser ablation as an adjunctive/alternative to autologous eye drops
Abstract Nr.	1051

Purpose	to report 2 cases of non-healing corneal epithelial defects post refractive laser ablation treated successfully with cacicol eye drops
Methods	a 25- and a 54 years old male, who underwent a refractive laser ablation complicated with a non-healing corneal epithelial defect. The former had an epithelial defect for about 2 weeks, not responding to treatment with preservative free ofloxacine 3/day, artificial tears 5-6/day and soft bandage contact lens. In waiting to have autologous serum eye drops we started cacicol 1/2days. The 2nd patient had an epithelial defect since one month that was treated with autologous serum eye drops 1/hour, and conservative free ofloxacine. the evolution was very slow that we decided to add cacicol eye drops 1/2days.
Results	In the first case the epithelial defect healed within a week and there was no need to start the autologous serum eye drops. in the 2nd case we had a response to the treatment from the first weak and the defect healed totally within 3 weeks
Conclusion	cacicol eye drops, alone or adjunctive to autologous serum eye drops, is efficient and safe in the treatment of non-healing corneal epithelial defects post refractive laser ablation.

Authors 1

Last name	AL-SABAI
Initials	N.
Department	clinique du parc leopold
City	bruxelles

Authors 2

Last name	Koppen
Initials	C.
Department	UZA
City	Antwerpen