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Ophthalmology General

Survival of the fittest: phacoemulsification outcomes in four corneal transplants by Dr Ramon Castroviejo

Nov 06, 2020

The study was done to check the outcomes following phacoemulsification on four eyes, 45 years or more after corneal transplantation to get excellent long-term results. A retrospective case series of ...

Prevalence and risk factors of pseudomyopia in a Chinese children population

Nov 06, 2020

The study was done to investigate the prevalence and predictors of pseudomyopia in Chinese children and its association with myopia progression. 2612 children aged 6 years and 1984 children aged 13 y...

Impact of anxiety and depression on progression to glaucoma among glaucoma suspects

Nov 06, 2020

The study was done to assess the impact of anxiety and depression in the risk of converting to glaucoma in a cohort of glaucoma suspects followed over time. The study included a retrospective cohort ...

Characterisation of thickness changes in the peripapillary retinal nerve fibre layer in patients with Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy

Nov 06, 2020

The study was done to characterise the pRNFL thickness changes in patients with LHON having m.11778G>A (MT-ND4) mutation. This retrospective cross-sectional study included 221 eyes from patients w...

Testing Visual Acuity Via Telemedicine

Nov 05, 2020

“Telemedicine has been brought to the forefront of everyone’s practice during the COVID-19 pandemic,” says Evan Silverstein, MD. “Some specialties are well-suited for telemedicine, while other...

Twenty years of International Council of Ophthalmology fellowships: description of the programme and the impact on more than 1100 awardees

Nov 05, 2020

The objective of the present study was to evaluate how the ICO Fellowship Programme has impacted on improving knowledge, skills and the careers of young ophthalmologists from low-resource countries. ...

Nationwide trends in the incidence of orbital lymphoma from 1999 to 2016 in South Korea

Nov 05, 2020

This study was done to provide a population-based report on the epidemiology of orbital lymphomas and measure the trends in the incidence of orbital lymphoma cancer in South Korea. 630 patients with ...

Rates of spondyloarthropathies vary with age and ethnicity in HLAB27 uveitis

Nov 05, 2020

This study aims to determine associations between HLAB27-positive uveitis, ethnicity and seronegative spondyloarthropathies (SpAs) in a New Zealand population. 2567 subjects with uveitis were seen an...

Small choroidal melanoma: outcomes following apical height dose brachytherapy

Nov 05, 2020

The study was done to assess the outcomes of small choroidal melanoma following iodine-125 episcleral brachytherapy. Patients with small choroidal melanoma that underwent iodine-125 episcleral brachy...

Heritability of macular ganglion cell inner plexiform layer thickness as determined by optical coherence tomography: the Healthy Twin Study

Nov 05, 2020

The study was done to evaluate genetic influence on macular GCIPL thickness. Macular GCIPL thickness was measured with optical coherence tomography in nine macular subfields defined by the E TDRS. Th...

Enhanced odorant localization abilities in congenitally blind but not in late-blind individuals.

Nov 05, 2020

Although often considered a non-dominant sense for spatial perception, chemosensory perception can be used to localize the source of an event and potentially help us navigate through our environment. ...

The invisible breast cancer: Experience does not protect against inattentional blindness to clinically relevant findings in radiology.

Nov 05, 2020

Retrospectively obvious events are frequently missed when attention is engaged in another task-a phenomenon known as inattentional blindness. Although the task characteristics that predict inattention...

[Joint optic disc and cup segmentation based on residual multi-scale fully convolutional neural network].

Nov 05, 2020

Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness, but its early symptoms are not obvious and are easily overlooked, so early screening for glaucoma is particularly important. The cup to disc ra...

Efficiency and Safety of Scleral Lenses in Rehabilitation of Refractive Errors and High Order Aberrations After Penetrating Keratoplasty.

Nov 05, 2020

Visual rehabilitation after penetrating keratoplasty (PK) has difficulties linked to the high spherical and/or cylindric refractive errors with high order aberrations (HOAs) based on the ocular surfac...

Refractive and visual outcomes of small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) in eyes with thin corneas.

Nov 05, 2020

To report the refractive and visual outcomes of small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) with the thinnest corneal thickness (CCT) of less than 500 µm and evaluate it in terms of safety and effi...

Repeatability of total Keratometry and standard Keratometry by the IOLMaster 700 and comparison to total corneal astigmatism by Scheimpflug imaging.

Nov 05, 2020

We aimed (1) to assess the repeatability of Total Keratometry (TK) and standard keratometry (K) measurements, as provided by the IOLMaster 700 (Carl Zeiss Meditec), and (2) to compare the corneal asti...

Endoscopic Endonasal Transpterygoid Approach to Sphenoid Sinus Lateral Recess Defects.

Nov 05, 2020

 Lesions affecting sphenoid sinus lateral recess (SSLR) are difficult to visualize and manipulate through the transnasal routes, especially when the sinus is highly pneumatized. External approaches...

A systematic review of the effect of omega-3 supplements on meibomian gland dysfunction.

Nov 05, 2020

Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) is the leading cause of dry eye syndrome (DES). Many ocular disorders including DES and blepharitis can be linked to MGD. If we treat MGD, we can treat related diseas...

Ocular cytology: Diagnostic features and ongoing practices.

Nov 05, 2020

Ocular cytology specimens are small, with limited options for a repeat biopsy. Appropriate handling of these specimens and triaging for ancillary testing can be taxing. In this article, the author rev...

Ocular Blood Flow Measurements in Diabetic Retinopathy Using 3D Pseudocontinuous Arterial Spin Labeling.

Nov 05, 2020

Distinguishing between the two broad categories of diabetic retinopathy (DR), nonproliferative DR (NPDR) and proliferative DR (PDR), is significant, as the therapeutic strategies for each are complete...

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