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Ophthalmology General

Intravitreal Pharmacotherapies for Diabetic Macular Edema: A Report by the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

Aug 30, 2021

To review the evidence on the safety and efficacy of current anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and intravitreal corticosteroid pharmacotherapies for the treatment of diabetic macular edem...

Adjustable Sutures in the Treatment of Strabismus: A Report by the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

Aug 30, 2021

To review the scientific literature that evaluates the effectiveness of adjustable sutures in the management of strabismus for adult and pediatric patients.Literature searches were performed in the Pu...

Treatment of Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration: An Economic Cost-Risk Analysis of Anti-VEGF agents.

Aug 30, 2021

To find the best cost-effective NVAMD treatment to improve vision while avoiding complications. The model is based on a cost-risk tradeoff analysis from policymakers' perspective.A powerful and flexib...

Screening for Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement.

Aug 26, 2021

An estimated 13% of all US adults (18 years or older) have diabetes, and 34.5% meet criteria for prediabetes. The prevalences of prediabetes and diabetes are higher in older adults. Estimates of the r...

Changes in corneal curvature and visual acuity in North Indian adults after pterygium excision with modified sutureless, glueless limbal-conjunctival autograft.

Aug 26, 2021

To identify the exact time point during after following pterygium excision with a modified technique of sutureless, glueless limbal-conjunctival autograft, when stabilization of the change in corneal ...

Pterygium surgery by double-sliding flaps procedure: Comparison between primary and recurrent pterygia.

Aug 26, 2021

This study aimed to evaluate the surgical outcomes of pterygial excision for primary and recurrent pterygia by a single method of pterygia excision combined with two conjunctival flaps.This retrospect...

A cross-sectional study to determine the normal corneal epithelial thickness in Indian population using 9-mm wide optical coherence tomography scans.

Aug 26, 2021

To study the corneal epithelial thickness with 9-mm scans of optical coherence tomography in normal Indians with appropriate representation of all age groups.This was a cross-sectional observational s...

A clinical study on the correlation between demodex infestation and ocular surface changes in patients with meibomian gland dysfunction.

Aug 26, 2021

To observe the effect of demodex infection on the ocular surface changes of patients with meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) and analyze the correlation between the number of demodex and the changes of...

Ocular Surface Disease Index and the five-item dry eye questionnaire: A comparison in Indian patients with dry eye disease.

Aug 26, 2021

To compare the suitability of the Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI) and the 5-item Dry Eye Questionnaire (DEQ-5) in Indian patients with dry eyes.This cross-sectional study evaluated the OSDI and DE...

IL-36α/IL-36RA/IL-38 signaling mediates inflammation and barrier disruption in human corneal epithelial cells under hyperosmotic stress.

Aug 26, 2021

To explore the distinct expression and diverse roles of IL-36 cytokines in dry eye disease using an in vitro hyperosmolarity model of human corneal epithelial cells (HCECs).Primary HCECs were cultured...

What colour are your eyes? Teaching the genetics of eye colour & colour vision. Edridge Green Lecture RCOphth Annual Congress Glasgow May 2019.

Aug 26, 2021

Eye colour and colour perception are excellent examples to use when teaching genetics as they encompass not simply the basic Mendelian genetics of dominant, recessive and X-linked disorders, but also ...

Ten-year outcome of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor treatment for neovascular age-related macular degeneration.

Aug 26, 2021

The aim of this study was to report the 10-year visual outcome in eyes treated with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) agents for neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) a...

Automatic Localization of the Scleral Spur Using Deep Learning and Ultrasound Biomicroscopy.

Aug 26, 2021

The purpose of this study was to develop a convolutional neural network (CNN) for automated localization of the scleral spur in ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM) images of open-angle eyes.UBM images were...

Neurally-constrained modeling of human gaze strategies in a change blindness task.

Aug 26, 2021

Despite possessing the capacity for selective attention, we often fail to notice the obvious. We investigated participants' (n = 39) failures to detect salient changes in a change blindness experiment...

The efficacy and safety of Xuefu Zhuyu Decoction combined with Mifepristone in the treatment of uterine leiomyoma: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Aug 26, 2021

Uterine leiomyoma (UL) is a common severe gynecological issue. In China, Xuefu Zhuyu Decoction (XFZYD), combined with Mifepristone, is widely used in the treatment of UL. However, their combined effec...

A case report: pseudoxanthoma elasticum diagnosed based on ocular angioid streaks and the curative effect of Conbercept treatment.

Aug 26, 2021

This article is a case report of pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) which was diagnosed based on significant angioid streaks (AS) with choroidal neovascularization (CNV) and regain normal visual function ...

Circumpapillary OCT-focused hybrid learning for glaucoma grading using tailored prototypical neural networks.

Aug 23, 2021

Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide and Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is the quintessential imaging technique for its detection. Unlike most of the state-of-the-art studi...

Willingness of corneal donation and its associated factors among adult patients attending Gondar University Comprehensive and Specialized Hospital.

Aug 23, 2021

Corneal transplantation is the only treatment option for corneal blindness to restore sight. However, there is a disproportionate imbalance between the demand and supply of corneal tissue in Ethiopia....

Refractive Prediction Error in Cataract Surgery Using an Optical Biometer Equipped with Anterior-Segment Optical Coherence Tomography.

Aug 23, 2021

To evaluate refractive error after cataract surgery using an optical biometer equipped with anterior-segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT).Chukyo Eye Clinic, Nagoya, Japan.Retrospective observ...

Accuracy of Astigmatism Correction with Toric Intraocular Lens Implantation in Eyes with Prior Radial Keratotomy.

Aug 23, 2021

To evaluate refractive outcomes of toric intraocular lens (IOL) implantation in eyes with previous radial keratotomy (RK).Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.Retrospe...

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