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Ophthalmology General

Continuous wave milipulse yellow laser treatment for perifoveal exudative vascular anomalous complex-like lesion: A case report.

Oct 26, 2020

Perifoveal exudative vascular anomalous complex (PEVAC) is an underdiagnosed macular entity. A striking feature of this entity is the unresponsiveness to anti-VEGF treatment. Continuous wave milipulse...

The easy way of evaluating exocrine pancreatic insufficiency in type 2 diabetes : listen to the patients' complaints and look in their eyes!

Oct 26, 2020

The objective of this study is to determine the prevalence of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) in diabetic patients, and to investigate whether there is a relationship between EPI and diabetes ...

Impact and Characterization Of Delayed Panretinal Photocoagulation In Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy.

Oct 26, 2020

The American Academy of Ophthalmology recommends that patients diagnosed with proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) be considered for panretinal photocoagulation (PRP) treatment within 1 month of d...

One-year outcomes of stand-alone ab externo SIBS microshunt implantation in refractory glaucoma.

Oct 26, 2020

Determine the efficacy of stand-alone implantation of the ab externo SIBS or poly(styrene-block-isobutylene-block-styrene) microshunt with mitomycin C in glaucomatous eyes, refractory to previous subc...

Association between corneal refractive surgery and the prevalence of glaucoma: Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2010-2012.

Oct 26, 2020

To determine the relationship between corneal refractive surgery and the prevalence of glaucoma in the Korean population.Data were obtained from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Sur...

Prevalence and associated factors of cataract and cataract-related blindness in the Russian Ural Eye and Medical Study.

Oct 26, 2020

To assess the prevalence of cataract and cataract surgery in a population from Russia, we conducted the population-based Ural Eye and Medical Study with 5899 participants (80.5% out of 7328 eligible i...

Genetic analysis of primary open-angle glaucoma-related risk alleles in a Korean population

Oct 23, 2020

The study was done to validate six previously known primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG)-related loci in a Korean population. rs1900004 in ATOH7 (OR=1.29, p=0.0024); rs1063192 (OR=0.69, p=0.0006), rs21...

Long-term outcome of transcanalicular microdrill dacryoplasty

Oct 23, 2020

Dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) remains the gold standard therapy for nasolacrimal duct obstruction (NLDO), but is invasive and does not maintain the physiology of the lacrimal pathway. With transcanalicu...

Travel burden and clinical presentation of retinoblastoma

Oct 23, 2020

The study was done to investigate the travel burden and its impact on clinical presentation in a large sample of patients with retinoblastoma from Africa and Europe. 518 treatment-naïve patients wit...

Intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor injections and intravitreal Ozurdex injections

Oct 23, 2020

This study was done to assess the effectiveness, burden and safety of two categories of treatment for CRVO: intravitreal injections of anti-VEGF and dexamethasone (Ozurdex). A retrospective analysis ...

Adjuvant use of laser in eyes with macular retinoblastoma treated with primary intravenous chemotherapy

Oct 23, 2020

The study was done to test the hypothesis that adjacent use of lasers with systemic chemotherapy for treatment of retinoblastoma may reduce recurrence rates while also causing local side effects. Info...

Quantification of vascular and neuronal changes in the peripapillary retinal area secondary to diabetic retinopathy

Oct 23, 2020

The study was done to investigate and quantify peripapillary vascular and neuronal changes secondary to diabetic retinopathy, using spectral-domain OCT and OCTA. 51 eyes of 51 patients affected by NP...

Minor salivary gland transplantation for severe dry eye disease due to cicatrising conjunctivitis: multicentre long-term outcomes of a modified technique

Oct 23, 2020

The study was done to report the clinical outcomes of autologous minor salivary gland transplantation (MSGT) for the treatment of severe dry eye disease caused by cicatrising conjunctivitis. This was...

Lifetime visual outcomes of patients undergoing trabeculectomy

Oct 23, 2020

This study quantifies end of life vision in terms of VA and visual field status. A prospective service evaluation of patients undergoing trabeculectomy who died prior to the study evaluation point. ...

Impact of intraocular lens characteristics on intraocular lens dislocation after cataract surgery

Oct 23, 2020

The study was done to assess the IOL, characteristics on IOL dislocations after cataract surgery. Patients who underwent cataract surgery were included and medical records were reviewed. Cox proporti...

Relationship between peripapillary vessel density and visual field in glaucoma: a broken-stick model

Oct 23, 2020

The study was done to determine the tipping point at which peripapillary vessel density (pVD), measured using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A), is associated with detectable visual fie...

Keratitis occurring in patients treated with miltefosine for post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis

Oct 23, 2020

The study was done to describe the characteristic clinical features and management of keratitis in the patients receiving miltefosine for post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL). The medical recor...

Defining glaucomatous optic neuropathy using objective criteria from structural and functional testing

Oct 23, 2020

The study was done to identify objective criteria from OCT and perimetry that denote a useful, specific definition of GON in eyes with open-angle glaucoma for comparisons among glaucoma research studi...

Referenced scans improve the repeatability of optical coherence tomography angiography measurements in normal and glaucoma eyes

Oct 23, 2020

The study was done to establish a comparison of repeatability of peripapillary perfusion density and flux index measurements on referenced and non-referenced optical microangiography (OMAG) scans in n...

Impact of a Chromatic Aberration-Correcting Intraocular Lens on Automated Refraction

Oct 23, 2020

The study was done to compare ray-tracing aberrometry, Hartmann-Shack wavefront analysis, automated refraction, and manifest refraction in patients with echelette diffractive intraocular lenses (IOLs)...