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Effect of partial posterior vitreous detachment on spectral-domain optical coherence tomography retinal nerve fiber layer thickness measurements

Dec 02, 2020

The study was done to assess the effect of partial posterior vitreous detachment (pPVD) on spectral-domain OCT peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thickness (RNFL) measurements. Spectral-domain O...

Imaging Methods for Differentiating Pediatric Papilledema from Pseudopapilledema

Nov 30, 2020

Papilledema is an urgent ophthalmologic finding, as it indicates increased intracranial pressure, which may be caused by serious neurologic conditions like a brain tumor or meningitis. However, in chi...

Optical coherence tomography angiography in glaucoma: analysis of the vessel density-visual field sensitivity relationship.

Nov 30, 2020

Glaucoma, a well-defined group of progressive optic neuropathies is one of the leading causes of irreversible blindness worldwide. In order to stop or slow down the progression of glaucomatous vision ...

Prevalence, care-seeking practices and impact of self-reported vision impairment in Southwest Cameroon: a community-based study.

Nov 30, 2020

To establish the prevalence of self-reported vision impairment (VI) in Southwest Cameroon and describe associated care-seeking practices, functional limitations and economic hardships.A three-stage cl...

A novel c.980C>G variant in results in identifiable gyrate atrophy phenotype associated with retinal detachment in a young female.

Nov 30, 2020

: Gyrate atrophy of the choroid and retina (GA) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by nyctalopia, myopia, sharply demarcated expanding peripheral chorioretinal atrophic lesions, earl...

Characteristics of corneal high-order aberrations in adolescents with mild to moderate myopia.

Nov 30, 2020

This study investigated the characteristics of corneal higher-order aberrations (HOAs) of the anterior surface, posterior surface, and total cornea in adolescents with mild to moderate myopia.A total ...

The Impact of Image Registration for Ablation Orientation on Clinical Outcomes After Wavefront-Optimized Refractive Surgery in Eyes with Myopia and Astigmatism.

Nov 30, 2020

To compare the clinical outcomes from laser refractive surgery performed with the same laser with and without incorporating iris registration technology to compensate for ocular cyclotorsion.Single-si...

Relationship between eyelid margin irregularity and meibomian gland dropout.

Nov 30, 2020

To examine the relationship between lid margin abnormalities and meibomian gland loss in infrared meibography.This study was a retrospective chart review of 170 patients with dry eye disease. A correl...

Sex and age differences in symptoms and signs of dry eye disease in a Norwegian cohort of patients.

Nov 30, 2020

To investigate sex and age differences in symptoms and signs in a Norwegian clinic-based cohort of patients with dry eye disease (DED).Visitors at the Norwegian Dry Eye Clinic were examined using Ocul...

Reduced Tearing With Stable Quality of Life After Vidian Neurectomy: A Prospective Controlled Trial.

Nov 30, 2020

Although vidian neurectomy (VN) is associated with decreased lacrimation, its impact on dry eye quality-of-life is not well-defined. Endoscopic endonasal transpterygoid approaches (EETA) may require v...

Gambogic acid ameliorates high glucose- and palmitic acid-induced inflammatory response in ARPE-19 cells via activating Nrf2 signaling pathway: ex vivo.

Nov 30, 2020

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a serious microvascular complication of diabetes. Gambogic acid has been reported to have anti-inflammatory effect. However, the effect of GA on inflammatory response of A...

Protective effect of metformin on rat diabetic retinopathy involves suppression of toll-like receptor 4/nuclear factor-k B expression and glutamate excitotoxicity.

Nov 30, 2020

Microvascular complications of diabetes mellitus are progressively significant reasons for mortality. Metformin (MET) is considered as the first-line therapy for type 2 diabetes patients, and may be e...

Sustained suppression of VEGF for treatment of retinal/choroidal vascular diseases.

Nov 30, 2020

Neovascular age-related macular degeneration (NVAMD) is the most prevalent choroidal vascular disease, and diabetic retinopathy (DR) and retinal vein occlusion (RVO) are the most prevalent retinal vas...

Optic nerve head vessel density in different stages of pseudoexfoliation disease.

Nov 30, 2020

To evaluate the superficial vascular density of the optic nerve head in different stages of pseudoexfoliation disease using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA).In this cross-sectional stud...

Morphometric analysis of the lens in human aniridia and mouse Small eye.

Nov 30, 2020

Congenital aniridia is caused by heterozygous mutations in the PAX6 gene. In this disease, congenital iris and foveal hypoplasia is associated with juvenile onset cataract, glaucoma, and corneal kerat...

Stem cell-based therapeutic strategies for corneal epithelium regeneration.

Nov 30, 2020

Any significant loss of vision or blindness caused by corneal damages is referred to as corneal blindness. Corneal blindness is the fourth most common cause of blindness worldwide, representing more t...

Efficacy of Visual Retraining in the Hemianopic Field After Stroke: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial.

Nov 30, 2020

To evaluate the efficacy of motion discrimination training as a potential therapy for stroke-induced hemianopic visual field defects.Clinical Trial SUBJECTS: Forty-eight subjects with stroke-induced h...

Marijuana and Glaucoma: A Social Media Content Analysis.

Nov 30, 2020

This study analyzes the content quality and characteristics of the most popular and highly ranked search results on the internet related to glaucoma and medical cannabis (MC).Internet-based cross-sect...

Dry Eye Syndrome and Sicca Complex are Commonly Found in Patients with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome.

Nov 30, 2020

Patients with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) present to outpatient dysautonomia clinics endorsing a wide range of symptoms. Dry eyes and mouth, or sicca complex are frequently report...

Impact of corneal refractive surgery on the precorneal tear film.

Nov 26, 2020

Corneal refractive surgeries are one of the commonly performed procedures for correction of refractive errors. Tear film abnormality is the most common postoperative complication of corneal refractive...

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