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Ophthalmology General

Oxidative Stress and Vascular Dysfunction in the Retina: Therapeutic Strategies.

Aug 24, 2020

Many retinal diseases, such as diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, and age-related macular (AMD) degeneration, are associated with elevated reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels. ROS are important intracel...

Improving Timely Annual Ocular Examinations for Patients With Diabetes Mellitus in a Primary Care Office.

Aug 24, 2020

A common complication of diabetes mellitus (DM) is diabetic retinopathy (DR).An audit in a primary care office found that fewer than 50% of patients with DM received an annual ocular examination. The ...

One-year results of two-site trabeculotomy in paediatric glaucoma following cataract surgery.

Aug 24, 2020

The management of glaucoma following cataract surgery (GFCS) in children is challenging. This study looks at the results of two-site trabeculotomy in paediatric aphakic/pseudophakic glaucoma, 1-year p...

Surgery of glaucoma in modern corneal graft procedures.

Aug 24, 2020

Glaucoma is a common cause of vision loss in corneal transplant cases and is considered a major risk factor for graft failure. Glaucoma may present before corneal transplant surgery or increased intra...

Laminar and Prelaminar Tissue Characteristics of Glaucomatous Eyes using Enhanced Depth Imaging Optical Coherence Tomography.

Aug 24, 2020

To investigate characteristics of the lamina cribrosa (LC) and prelaminar tissue (PLT) in eyes of patients with primary open angle glaucoma (POAG), primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG) and pseudoexfo...

Associations between retinal microvasculature/microstructure and renal function in type 2 diabetes patients with early chronic kidney disease.

Aug 24, 2020

To explore the associations between the microvascular/microstructural changes in the retina measured by optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) and renal function in type 2 diabetes patients w...

Mother-infant interactions with infants with congenital visual impairment and associations with longitudinal outcomes in cognition and language.

Aug 20, 2020

This study investigated mother-infant interactions, including maternal maintaining of infant attentional focus and sensitivity, with infants with congenital severe and profound visual impairment (VI) ...

Delineating a novel metabolic high triglycerides-low waxes syndrome that affects lipid homeostasis in meibomian and sebaceous glands.

Aug 20, 2020

Meibomian glands that are embedded in tarsal plates of human eyelids, and sebaceous glands found in the skin, including that of eyelids, are two related types of holocrine glands that produce lipid-ri...

Comparing the prophylactic action of lipid and non-lipid containing tear supplements in adverse environmental conditions: A randomised crossover trial.

Aug 20, 2020

To evaluate the prophylactic benefits of lipid-based and non-lipid-based artificial tear lubricants, in dry eye disease, after adverse environmental exposure.Twenty-eight participants with dry eye dis...

Different adverse effects of air pollutants on dry eye disease: Ozone, PM, and PM.

Aug 20, 2020

To date, there have been no well-organized clinical studies evaluating which air pollutants affect dry eye disease (DED). In this study, we investigated changes in the clinical parameters of DED accor...

Progression of Diabetic Retinopathy and Declining Renal Function in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.

Aug 20, 2020

At a university hospital in Korea, we conducted a retrospective study to determine the association of the progression of diabetic retinopathy (DR) with declining renal function in type 2 diabetes.We i...

Visual Acuity Inadequately Reflects Vision-Related Quality of Life in Patients After Macula-Off Retinal Detachment Surgery.

Aug 20, 2020

To determine the impact of postoperative visual function on the vision-related quality of life (VRQoL) in patients after anatomically successful surgery for macula-off rhegmatogenous retinal detachmen...

Effect of ICD-9 to ICD-10 Transition on Accuracy of Codes for Stage of Diabetic Retinopathy and Related Complications: Results from the CODER Study.

Aug 20, 2020

When International Classification of Disease (ICD) version 9 (ICD-9) transitioned to ICD-10, there was a marked increase in the complexity of ICD codes with potential for improved specificity in clini...

Automatic Classification of Anterior Chamber Angle Based on Ultrasound Biomicroscopy Images.

Aug 20, 2020

Evaluating the anterior chamber angle (ACA) is important for the early diagnosis and treatment of primary angle-closure glaucoma. The assessment of ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM) images usually requir...

Evaluation of refractive status and ocular biometric parameters in primary angle closure disease.

Aug 20, 2020

To evaluate the refractive status and ocular biometric parameters in subjects with angle-closure in Malaysia.This cross-sectional study was conducted on 171 primary angle closure patients (268 eyes). ...

Normal Olfactory Functional Connectivity Despite Lifelong Absence of Olfactory Experiences.

Aug 20, 2020

Congenital blindness is associated with atypical morphology and functional connectivity within and from visual cortical regions; changes that are hypothesized to originate from a lifelong absence of v...

Demography and Clinical Features of Chalazion Among Patients Seen at a Multi-Tier Eye Care Network in India: An Electronic Medical Records Driven Big Data Analysis Report.

Aug 20, 2020

To describe the prevalence, demographics and clinical presentations of chalazion in patients presenting to a multi-tier ophthalmology network in India.This was a cross-sectional observational multi-ce...

Hydrogel-mediated co-transplantation of retinal pigmented epithelium and photoreceptors restores vision in an animal model of advanced retinal degeneration.

Aug 17, 2020

We demonstrate a novel approach to reverse advanced stages of blindness using hydrogel-mediated delivery of retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE) and photoreceptors directly to the degenerated retina of ...

Surgical management of pediatric eye injuries.

Aug 17, 2020

Eye injury is a leading cause of unilateral childhood blindness. The purpose of this research was to study the management and visual outcome of pediatric eye injuries necessitating hospitalization and...

Docosanoid signaling modulates corneal nerve regeneration: effect on tear secretion, wound healing, and neuropathic pain.

Aug 17, 2020

The cornea is densely innervated, mainly by sensory nerves of the ophthalmic branch of the trigeminal ganglia (TG). These nerves  are important to maintain corneal homeostasis, and nerve damage can l...

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