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Prevalence and incidence of visual impairment in patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy in India.

Jul 02, 2020

To provide the real-world outcomes of people with proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) in India and highlight opportunities for improvement of their disease status and to evaluate their visual acu...

Prevalence and causes of bilateral visual impairment in rural areas of Tianjin, China - The Tianjin Eye Study.

Jul 02, 2020

To estimate the prevalence, causes and risk factors of bilateral visual impairment in rural areas of Tianjin, China.A large population-based, cross-sectional study. A stratified random cluster samplin...

Pathogenic role of human C-reactive protein in diabetic retinopathy.

Jul 02, 2020

Elevated blood levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) are associated with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes and diabetic complications, such as diabetic retinopathy (DR). However, its pathogenic role in DR ...

Nailfold capillaroscopy in common non-rheumatic conditions: A systematic review and applications for clinical practice.

Jul 02, 2020

The role of nailfold capillaroscopy (NC) in common non-rheumatic conditions has not been systematically reported. The aim of this review is to outline NC features observed in frequent non-rheumatic co...

The Effect of Tube Location on Corneal Endothelial Cells in Patients with Ahmed Glaucoma Valve.

Jul 02, 2020

To compare the effects of Ahmed glaucoma valve (AGV) with sulcus versus anterior chamber (AC) tube placement on the corneal endothelial density and morphology over time.Non-randomized interventional s...

Optometrist referrals to an emergency ophthalmology department: a retrospective review to identify current practise and development of shared care working strategies, in England.

Jul 02, 2020

Direct referrals from optometrists account for up to 10% eye casualty attendances. Despite this, there remains a paucity of literature on optometrist referrals to eye casualty. A better understanding ...

A Set of Global Metabolomic Biomarker Candidates to Predict the Risk of Dry Eye Disease.

Jun 29, 2020

We used ultraperformance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole/time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-Q/TOF-MS/MS) to analyze the metabolic profile of reflex tears obtained from patient...

Stratification of Individual Symptoms of Contact Lens-Associated Dry Eye Using the iPhone App DryEyeRhythm: Crowdsourced Cross-Sectional Study.

Jun 29, 2020

Discontinuation of contact lens use is mainly caused by contact lens-associated dry eye. It is crucial to delineate contact lens-associated dry eye's multifaceted nature to tailor treatment to each pa...

Tea tree oil for Demodex blepharitis.

Jun 29, 2020

Demodex blepharitis is a chronic condition commonly associated with recalcitrant dry eye symptoms though many people with Demodex mites are asymptomatic. The primary cause of this condition in humans ...

The retinal tyrosine kinome of diabetic Akimba mice highlights potential for specific SRC family kinase inhibition in retinal vascular disease.

Jun 29, 2020

Although anti-VEGF therapies have radically changed clinical practice, there is still an urgent demand for novel, integrative approaches for sight-threatening retinal vascular diseases. As we hypothes...

Comparison of widefield swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography with ultra-widefield colour fundus photography and fluorescein angiography for detection of lesions in diabetic retinopathy.

Jun 29, 2020

To compare widefield swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography (WF SS-OCTA) with ultra-widefield colour fundus photography (UWF CFP) and fluorescein angiography (UWF FA) for detecting diab...

An open-source data set of anti-VEGF therapy in diabetic macular oedema patients over 4 years and their visual acuity outcomes.

Jun 29, 2020

The objective of this paper is to evaluate visual acuity (VA) outcomes of intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in diabetic macular oedema (DMO).In this retrospective cohort stud...

Goniowash: a new surgical approach combined with cataract surgery to lower intraocular pressure in pseudoexfoliation syndrome.

Jun 29, 2020

Pseudoexfoliation syndrome is common in elderly patients and is associated with intraocular pressure elevation. Goniowash is a novel surgical technique to remove pseudoexfoliation material from the ir...

Loss of CLN3, the gene mutated in juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, leads to metabolic impairment and autophagy induction in retina pigment epithelium.

Jun 29, 2020

Juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (JNCL, aka. juvenile Batten disease or CLN3 disease) is a lysosomal storage disease characterized by progressive blindness, seizures, cognitive and motor failur...

Effect of late-onset blindness on cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potentials.

Jun 29, 2020

Approximately 1.3 billion people worldwide have vision impairment. The aim of the present study was to investigate the influence of Late-Onset blindness on cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potentia...

The control of conjunctival fibrosis as a paradigm for the prevention of ocular fibrosis-related blindness. "Fibrosis has many friends".

Jun 29, 2020

The processes involved in ocular fibrosis after disease or ocular tissue injury, including surgery play an important part in the development or failure of treatment of most blinding diseases. Ocular f...

The complication trends of adult spinal deformity surgery in Japan - The Japanese Scoliosis Society Morbidity and Mortality survey from 2012 to 2017.

Jun 29, 2020

The Japanese Scoliosis Society Morbidity & Mortality Committee performed a longitudinal nationwide complication survey of spinal deformity surgery from 2012 to 2017. The present study aimed to ana...

Gender Gap in Ophthalmology Conference Speakers

Jun 28, 2020

“Although the rates of women in medicine and ophthalmology are increasing, a gender gap still exists in senior positions, such as senior faculty, chairs of academic programs, and deans of medical sc...

Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Induced Rash and Mucositis (MIRM): A Longitudinal Perspective and Proposed Management Criteria.

Jun 25, 2020

To evaluate the natural history and ophthalmologic morbidity of Mycoplasma pneumoniae induced rash and mucositis (MIRM) and propose a treatment algorithm.Retrospective, interventional case series METH...

Dose-response and normal tissue complication probabilities after proton therapy for choroidal melanomas.

Jun 25, 2020

Normal tissue complication probability (NTCP) models could aid the understanding of dose-dependence of radiation-induced toxicities after eye-preserving radiotherapy of choroidal melanomas. We perform...

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