Jan 11, 2021

Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD) are autoimmune neurological diseases of the central nervous system, which are characterized by the presence of serum anti-aquaporin-4 autoantibodies (AQ...

Jan 11, 2021

To evaluate the effects of manuka honey eye-drops in the treatment of meibomian gland dysfunction.This is an assessor-masked (single-blind), randomised controlled trial comparing conventional treatmen...

Jan 11, 2021

Sleep is an important determinant of health and quality of life. This study aimed to clarify the association between dry eye and sleep quality using a large population-based cohort.71,761 participants...

Jan 11, 2021

To investigate the efficacy of intravitreal bevacizumab injections (IVBs) for vitreous haemorrhage (VH) in proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) with prior complete panretinal photocoagulation (PRP...

Jan 11, 2021

One-in-four ophthalmology trials are single-armed, which poses challenges to their interpretation. We demonstrate how real-world cohorts used as external/synthetic control arms can contextualise such ...

Jan 11, 2021

This study aimed at creating a zebrafish screening model for diabetic retinopathy, and evaluated the effects of aflibercept, which is being used to treated diabetic retinopathy. A morphological change...

Jan 11, 2021

To identify the causes of failure of the different surgical corneal graft techniques: penetrating keratoplasty (PK), deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK), Descemet stripping automated endothelia...

Jan 11, 2021

Diabetic macular oedema (DMO), a complication of diabetes, causes vision loss and blindness. Corticosteroids are usually used as a second-line treatment. The aim of this study was to analyse the cost-...

Jan 11, 2021

To assess the clinical relevance of myocilin (MYOC) gene variants as risk factors for glaucoma in literature and to estimate their prevalence in different populations.We reviewed the literature for pu...

Jan 11, 2021

Different surgical methods have been suggested for the correction of intermittent exotropia. Unilateral lateral rectus recession has been described as a surgical alternative for small and moderate-ang...

Jan 11, 2021

Many ophthalmology appointments have been converted to telemedicine assessments. The use of a printed vision chart for ophthalmology telemedicine appointments that can be used by people who are exclud...

Jan 11, 2021

The Arclight is a novel, low-cost, solar-powered direct ophthalmoscope developed for low resource settings as an alternative to more expensive, conventional devices. The Brückner reflex test (BRT) is...

Jan 07, 2021

Research indicates that women are 34% less likely than men to receive surgical intervention for repair of a rhegmatogenous retinal detachments (RRDs) in the United States. We speculate there are both ...

Jan 07, 2021

To develop an age-dependent model to estimate the positions of the ocular and lenticular principal planes (pps) for use in ocular and axial power calculations.Ocular power of the eye (P ) and axial po...

Jan 07, 2021

A man with 360° bilateral peripheral thinning, peripheral vascularization, and lipid deposition diagnosed with Terrien marginal degeneration, underwent a 360° peripheral annular lamellar sclerokerat...

Jan 07, 2021

Infantile nystagmus is an infrequent condition that represents a diagnostic challenge for the pediatri cian. Albinism is one of its main causes, being difficult to suspect in the absence of evident cu...

Jan 07, 2021

To evaluate the density and distribution of conjunctival goblet cells in mice without clinical evidence of ocular surface diseases.Immediately after euthanasia of C57BL/6 wild-type mice, the eyes incl...

Jan 07, 2021

To assess the six-month therapeutic profiles of lipid and non-lipid-based artificial tear supplements in managing dry eye disease (DED).Ninety-nine participants fulfilling the TFOS DEWS II diagnostic ...

Jan 07, 2021

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is one of the most prevalent genetic diseases in human and it is caused by damage to the blood vessels in the eye retina. If it is undetected and untreated at right time, it ...

Jan 07, 2021

The therapeutic effects of carotenoids as dietary supplements to control or even treat some specific diseases including diabetic retinopathy, cardiovascular diseases, bacterial infections, as well as ...