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Smartphone usage among people living with severe visual impairment and blindness.

Mar 25, 2021

Low vision care and rehabilitation is often limited by access to assistive devices especially in low resourced countries due to their high cost and unavailability. Smartphones have the potential to se...

The Potential Application of Pentacyclic Triterpenoids in the Prevention and Treatment of Retinal Diseases.

Mar 25, 2021

Retinal diseases are a leading cause of impaired vision and blindness but some lack effective treatments. New therapies are required urgently to better manage retinal diseases. Natural pentacyclic tri...

Plasma fatty acids and primary open-angle glaucoma in the elderly: the Montrachet population-based study.

Mar 25, 2021

To compare plasma fatty acids (FAs) between participants with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and participants without neuropathy in an elderly population and to investigate specific FAs pattern in...

Early radiotherapy preserves vision in sporadic optic pathway glioma.

Mar 22, 2021

Sporadic optic pathway/hypothalamic gliomas represent a unique entity within pediatric low-grade glioma. Despite favorable survival, location makes treatment difficult and local progression debilitati...

A small molecular multi-targeting tyrosine kinase inhibitor, anlotinib, inhibits pathological ocular neovascularization.

Mar 22, 2021

Ocular neovascularization is a devastating pathology observed in numerous ocular diseases and is a major cause of blindness. However, all current treatments have their limitations. Hence, it is import...

Treatments for dry age-related macular degeneration: therapeutic avenues, clinical trials and future directions.

Mar 22, 2021

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of irreversible blindness in the developed world. The identification of the central role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in the...

[Comparative analysis of refractive and topographic changes after eyelid surgery].

Mar 22, 2021

There is largely a lack of clarity on the question of whether refraction or topography changes are to be expected after blepharoplasty, levator resection, or a lateral tarsal strip procedure.Therefo...

The impact of hemodialysis on retinal and choroidal thickness in patients with chronic renal failure.

Mar 22, 2021

Patients with chronic renal failure are commonly cared using a blood filtration mechanism like hemodialysis. Little information is available regarding ocular changes following hemodialysis for people ...

OUR EXPERIENCE WITH ACTIVE SENTRY AND CENTURION OZIL HANDPIECES.

Mar 22, 2021

To compare parameters of phacoemulsification using handpiece Active Sentry and Centurion Ozil.We have evaluated results of 200 eyes of 129 patients that were operated for cataract at the Department of...

Ophthalmic assessment in patients with Darier disease: Ophthalmic assessment in Darier disease.

Mar 22, 2021

To assess the prevalence of ophthalmic findings in patients with Darier disease, an autosomal dominant genetic skin disorder, in an effort to evaluate the need for eye examinations in the management o...

Evaluation of dry eye disease in children with blepharokeratoconjunctivitis.

Mar 22, 2021

To evaluate the symptoms and signs of dry eye disease (DED) in children diagnosed with blepharokeratoconjunctivitis (BKC).Prospective case-controlled study PARTICIPANTS: Consecutive patients with BKC ...

Randomized, crossover clinical efficacy trial in humans and mice on tear secretion promotion and lacrimal gland protection by molecular hydrogen.

Mar 22, 2021

The incidence of dry eye disease is increasing worldwide because of the aging population and increasing use of information technology. Dry eye disease manifests as tear-layer instability and inflammat...

Incidence and progression of diabetic retinopathy in a multi-ethnic US cohort: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.

Mar 22, 2021

To provide contemporary longitudinal data on the incidence and progression of diabetic retinopathy (DR) in a multi-ethnic population of whites, African Americans, Chinese and Hispanics in the United S...

Shortening the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study visual acuity test utilizing a novel computer software: reproducibility in control and patient eyes.

Mar 22, 2021

To describe and compare a method of computerized visual acuity (VA) testing software to the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) chart.Setting: Single tertiary institution.Prospective st...

Parapapillary deep-layer microvasculature dropout is only found near the retinal nerve fibre layer defect location in open-angle glaucoma.

Mar 22, 2021

We aimed to investigate the topographic correspondence between deep-layer microvasculature dropout (MvD) and retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) defects in eyes with open-angle glaucoma (OAG) using spect...

Circumferential (360°) trabeculotomy in primary congenital glaucoma: 19-245 months of follow-up.

Mar 22, 2021

To evaluate the long-term efficacy and safety of circumferential trabeculotomy (CT) in the treatment of primary congenital glaucoma (PCG).Retrospective, single-institutional case series of CT performe...

Outcomes of Subliminal Transscleral Cyclophotocoagulation treatment in glaucoma.

Mar 22, 2021

Subliminal transscleral cyclophotocoagulation (SL-TSCPC) is a new alternative therapy to reduce intraocular pressure (IOP) safely and effectively. However, there are few studies regarding SL-TSCPC by ...

Ophthalmic Technology Assessment: Multifocal and Accommodating Intraocular Lenses for the Treatment of Presbyopia A report by the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

Mar 22, 2021

To review the published literature assessing the efficacy and safety of presbyopia-correcting intraocular lenses (IOLs) for the treatment of presbyopia after cataract removal.Literature searches were ...

Updates on Genes and Genetic Mechanisms Implicated in Primary Angle-Closure Glaucoma.

Mar 18, 2021

Primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) is estimated to affect over 30 million people worldwide by 2040 and is highly prevalent in the Asian population. PACG is more severe and carries three times the h...

Structural aspects of rod opsin and their implication in genetic diseases.

Mar 18, 2021

Vision in dim-light conditions is triggered by photoactivation of rhodopsin, the visual pigment of rod photoreceptor cells. Rhodopsin is made of a protein, the G protein coupled receptor (GPCR) opsin,...

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