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Ophthalmology General

Comparative Study of Dry Eye Indices Following Cataract Surgery.

May 17, 2021

This study aims to assess dry eye indices following cataract surgery.A single center descriptive and comparative study was performed. A total of 100 eyes of 100 cases fulfilling the inclusion criteria...

Ocular surface complications result from dysregulation of the OGF-OGFr signaling pathway in female diabetic rats.

May 17, 2021

Approximately 4.5 million women in the United States exhibit diabetes-associated ocular complications. The time course and magnitude of these complications, and their association with the dysregulatio...

Neurotrophic keratopathy and refractive surgery.

May 17, 2021

Corneal nerve function is an important consideration for the refractive surgeon. In patients without a history of neuropathy, refractive surgery can lead to destruction of corneal nerves and may predi...

Catastrophic, Bilateral Retinal Vascular Occlusion after Intravitreal Bevacizumab Injection.

May 17, 2021

To describe two cases of catastrophic, bilateral retinal vascular occlusion following intravitreal (IVT) bevacizumab injection.Case series. Main outcome measures included clinical and fluorescein angi...

Barriers to initiating SGLT2 inhibitors in diabetic kidney disease: a real-world study.

May 17, 2021

Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor (SGLT2i) should be considered for patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) having estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ≥...

Impact of low luminance conditions on quality of life for the visually impaired: development of the Low Luminance Questionnaire Japanese version.

May 17, 2021

This study aimed to develop a Japanese version of the Low Luminance Questionnaire (LLQ-J) and to evaluate its reliability and validity.Cross-sectional study.LLQ-J was developed by standardized methods...

Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) in eyes with chronic ocular hypotony following glaucoma surgery.

May 17, 2021

To assess the outcomes of Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) in patients with ocular hypotony following glaucoma surgery.retrospective case series.SETTING: Multicenter retrospective cas...

Age-related ocular conditions: Current treatments and role of cyclodextrin-based nanotherapies.

May 17, 2021

Age-related eye disorders are chronic diseases that affect millions of people worldwide. They cause visual impairment and, in some cases, irreversible blindness. Drug targeting to the retina is still ...

Eye movements and the perceived location of phosphenes generated by intracranial primary visual cortex stimulation in the blind.

May 17, 2021

Restoring sight for the blind using electrical stimulation of the visual pathways is feasible but demands an understanding of the spatial mapping of the visual world at the site of targeted stimulatio...

Recently updated global diabetic retinopathy screening guidelines: commonalities, differences, and future possibilities.

May 17, 2021

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a global health burden. Screening for sight-threatening DR (STDR) is the first cost-effective step to decrease this burden. We analyzed the similarities and variations bet...

Vision-Related Quality of Life After Vitrectomy: Cross-Sectional Study from Jordan.

May 17, 2021

In the era of patient-centered medical care, using objective clinical measures to assess patient-centered outcomes in all aspects became a necessity, and pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) is a major ophthal...

Subthreshold Nanosecond Laser, from Trials to Real-Life Clinical Practice: A Cohort Study.

May 17, 2021

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a degenerative disorder, is a major cause of irreversible severe visual deterioration in the older Western population. Thus, treatments that resolve drusen may ...

Molecular genetics with clinical characteristics of Leber congenital amaurosis in the Han population of western China.

May 13, 2021

: Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) is one of the earliest inherited retinal dystrophies (IRD) that leads to blindness. To date, there have been 25 LCA-associated genes reported in China as well as oth...

Ocular Anatomical and Functional Characteristics in Anisometropic Chinese Children.

May 13, 2021

This research found that anterior and posterior biometrics differ in many aspects between fellow eyes of anisometropic children. This might shed light on the mechanisms underlying the onset and progre...

Comparison of corneal surgically induced astigmatism calculations as measured by two biometric devices, and by standard anterior vs total keratometric measurements.

May 13, 2021

To compare calculated corneal surgically induced astigmatism (SIA) by means of anterior-based keratometry (K) and total keratometry (TK) measurements made by 2 biometric devices.Ophthalmology Departme...

Compression Factor and Visual Performance in Adults Treated With Orthokeratology.

May 13, 2021

To investigate the effect of compression factor on visual performance in orthokeratology (ortho-k).Myopic adults were fitted with ortho-k lenses with either a 0.75 diopter (D) or 1.75 D compression fa...

A spectroscopic study of the composition and conformation of cholesteryl and wax esters purified from meibum.

May 13, 2021

Elucidating wax ester (WE) and cholesteryl ester (CE) compositional, structural and functional relationships is key to our understanding of how these lipids are involved in natural and pathological pr...

Demographic and lifestyle risk factors of dry eye disease subtypes: A cross-sectional study.

May 13, 2021

To evaluate demographic and lifestyle factors associated with aqueous deficient and evaporative dry eye disease.A total of 1125 general public visitors (707 females, mean ± SD age, 33 ± 21, ...

Ocular Manifestations and Neuropathy in Type 2 Diabetes Patients With Charcot Arthropathy.

May 13, 2021

Diabetes can affect the eye in many ways beyond retinopathy. This study sought to evaluate ocular disease and determine any associations with peripheral neuropathy (PN) or cardiac autonomic neuropathy...

Capturing the clinical decision-making processes of expert and novice diabetic retinal graders using a 'think-aloud' approach.

May 13, 2021

Diabetic eye screening programmes have been developed worldwide based on evidence that early detection and treatment of diabetic retinopathy are crucial to preventing sight loss. However, little is kn...

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