Sloughing virulent corneal ulcers are still very common in India. Even with the best medication they often fail to respond and in such cases the eyes are invariably lost. This is especially true in the case of ulcers caused by Pseudomonas pyocyaneus, when the clinical course is so fulminating that only a bold and timely decision can save the eye. Kerato- plasty has been found to be a potent eye-saving procedure in 36 apparently hopeless cases of sloughing hypopyon corneal ulcer due to this organism seen in the corneal surgery unit in the years I964 to I969.
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Malik et al. (1971) studied this question.