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Ophthalmology General

Prevalence of symptomatic dry eye in breast cancer patients undergoing systemic adjuvant treatment: A cross-sectional study.

Aug 27, 2020

To investigate the prevalence of symptomatic dry eye (SDE) on women undergoing systemic adjuvant therapy for breast cancer and its association with treatment settings.Woman undergoing breast cancer sy...

A comparative evaluation of segmental analysis of macular layers in patients with early glaucoma, ocular hypertension, and healthy eyes.

Aug 27, 2020

To compare macular layer thicknesses between early glaucoma, ocular hypertension, and healthy eyes and to evaluate the accuracy of spectralis optical coherence tomography (OCT) segmentation software i...

Optogenetic Stimulation of Cholinergic Amacrine Cells Improves Capillary Blood Flow in Diabetic Retinopathy.

Aug 27, 2020

Disruption in blood supply to active retinal circuits is the earliest hallmark of diabetic retinopathy (DR) and has been primarily attributed to vascular deficiency. However, accumulating evidence sup...

Inflammatory cells proliferate in the choroid and retina without choroidal thickness change in early Type 1 diabetes.

Aug 27, 2020

Increasing evidence points to inflammation as a key factor in the pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy (DR). Choroidal inflammatory changes in diabetes have been reported and in vivo choroidal thickne...

Cost-Related Medication Non-Adherence in a Nationally Representative U.S. Population with Self-Reported Glaucoma.

Aug 27, 2020

To determine the rates of cost-related non-adherence to medications among U.S. adults with glaucoma and to determine if participants with glaucoma have more cost-related medication non-adherence than ...

iStent inject®: A Comprehensive Survey of the Literature.

Aug 27, 2020

Micro-incisional glaucoma surgeries (MIGS) are novel surgical procedures for treatment of glaucoma. They aim to safely and effectively reduce intraocular pressure (IOP) with minimal trauma to the eye ...

Artificial Iris Exchange.

Aug 27, 2020

To describe the indications, motivations, and outcomes of artificial iris exchange.Stein Eye Institute.Consecutive case series.Review of medical records of patients implanted with an artificial iris d...

Plasma fibroblast skin tightening treatment resulting in bilateral chemical eye injury secondary to EMLA cream: a case report.

Aug 27, 2020

Plasma fibroblast skin tightening treatment is a relatively novel and growing minimally invasive aesthetic skin procedure. The treatment claims to rejuvenate skin by improving facial lines, wrinkles a...

In Vitro Effect of Pitavastatin and Its Synergistic Activity with Isavuconazole against .

Aug 24, 2020

keratitis (AK) can occur in healthy individuals wearing contact lenses and it is a painful, blinding infection of the cornea caused by a free-living ameba . Current treatment for AK relies on a combi...

Oxidative Stress Markers and the Retinopathy of Prematurity.

Aug 24, 2020

Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a leading cause of potentially preventable blindness in low birth weight preterm infants. Several perinatal and postnatal factors contribute to the incomplete matur...

Risks and Benefits of Surgical Excision of Orbital Cavernous Venous Malformations (So-Called Cavernous Hemangioma): Factors Influencing the Outcome.

Aug 24, 2020

To assess risks and benefits associated with surgical excision of orbital cavernous venous malformation and analyze factors influencing the outcome.Design: cohort study.164 consecutive patients underg...

Novel Approaches for Imaging-Based Diagnosis of Ocular Surface Disease.

Aug 24, 2020

Imaging has become indispensable in the diagnosis and management of diseases in the posterior part of the eye. In recent years, imaging techniques for the anterior segment are also gaining importance ...

Nivolumab-Induced Ulcerative Keratitis-A Case Report.

Aug 24, 2020

To describe a case of nivolumab-induced ulcerative keratitis rapidly recovering on topical steroid treatment and to determine changes in cytokine levels in the tear fluid caused by nivolumab.We report...

Safety of KPI-121 Ophthalmic Suspension 0.25% in Patients With Dry Eye Disease: A Pooled Analysis of 4 Multicenter, Randomized, Vehicle-Controlled Studies.

Aug 24, 2020

The safety of KPI-121 0.25%, an ophthalmic nanoparticle suspension of loteprednol etabonate, was evaluated in subjects with dry eye disease (DED) in one phase 2 and three phase 3 randomized trials of ...

Oxidative Stress and Vascular Dysfunction in the Retina: Therapeutic Strategies.

Aug 24, 2020

Many retinal diseases, such as diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, and age-related macular (AMD) degeneration, are associated with elevated reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels. ROS are important intracel...

Improving Timely Annual Ocular Examinations for Patients With Diabetes Mellitus in a Primary Care Office.

Aug 24, 2020

A common complication of diabetes mellitus (DM) is diabetic retinopathy (DR).An audit in a primary care office found that fewer than 50% of patients with DM received an annual ocular examination. The ...

One-year results of two-site trabeculotomy in paediatric glaucoma following cataract surgery.

Aug 24, 2020

The management of glaucoma following cataract surgery (GFCS) in children is challenging. This study looks at the results of two-site trabeculotomy in paediatric aphakic/pseudophakic glaucoma, 1-year p...

Surgery of glaucoma in modern corneal graft procedures.

Aug 24, 2020

Glaucoma is a common cause of vision loss in corneal transplant cases and is considered a major risk factor for graft failure. Glaucoma may present before corneal transplant surgery or increased intra...

Laminar and Prelaminar Tissue Characteristics of Glaucomatous Eyes using Enhanced Depth Imaging Optical Coherence Tomography.

Aug 24, 2020

To investigate characteristics of the lamina cribrosa (LC) and prelaminar tissue (PLT) in eyes of patients with primary open angle glaucoma (POAG), primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG) and pseudoexfo...

Associations between retinal microvasculature/microstructure and renal function in type 2 diabetes patients with early chronic kidney disease.

Aug 24, 2020

To explore the associations between the microvascular/microstructural changes in the retina measured by optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) and renal function in type 2 diabetes patients w...