Feb 18, 2020

Contrast rapid sequence angiography with fluorescein or indocyanine green (ICG) is a diagnostic procedure commonly used in ophthalmology. Adverse reactions to fluorescein and ICG are rare and may be c...

Feb 17, 2020

Knowing the pattern and presentation of the diseases is critical for management strategies. To inform eye-care policy we quantified the pattern of vitreo-retinal (VR) diseases presenting at the nation...

Feb 17, 2020

The aim of the present study was to compare the effects of the preoperative doses of betamethasone acetate 0.1% and placebo on controlling dry eye after cataract surgery.This randomized triple-blind c...

Feb 17, 2020

Dry eyes may be caused by impairment in the tear production or excessive tear evaporation and are associated with photophobia, red eyes, vision impairment, local pain and pruritus. It has been describ...

Feb 17, 2020

To investigate gut dysbiosis in patients with Sjögren's syndrome (SS) or dry eye syndrome (DES) compared to normal subjects and to evaluate the association of dysbiosis with dry eye severity.10 subje...

Feb 17, 2020

To investigate the eyelid temperature (Temp) and tissue blood flow (TBF) changes in healthy eyes using wheat hot pack (WHP) and pottery hot pack (PHP).A randomized, double-blind, within-subject crosso...

Feb 17, 2020

To evaluate the long-term safety and efficacy of the intravitreal dexamethasone implant in the treatment of diabetic macular edema (DME) as initial therapy.A hospital-based prospective, non-comparativ...

Feb 17, 2020

To evaluate age-related changes in macular vessels and their perfusion densities using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA).A total of 108 eyes of 54 healthy subjects between the age group ...

Feb 17, 2020

For spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) studies of neurodegeneration, it is important to understand how segmentation algorithms differ in retinal layer thickness measurements, segmen...

Feb 17, 2020

The aim of this paper is to observe the change of aqueous humor levels of placenta growth factor (PlGF) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) patien...

Feb 17, 2020

The molecular mechanisms whereby placental growth factor (PlGF) mediates its effects in nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (DR) are unknown. To better understand the role of PlGF in DR, we used tan...

Feb 17, 2020

To assess the quality and accuracy of glaucoma referrals from ophthalmologist.Retrospective review of patients chart with referral letter to a tertiary glaucoma center between January and December 201...

Feb 17, 2020

Ischemic optic neuropathies are among the leading causes of severe visual acuity loss in people over 50 years of age. They constitute a set of various entities that are clinically, etiologically and t...

Feb 17, 2020

Environmental contamination by Toxocara spp eggs can be verified by parasitological techniques, which are mostly laborious, have low sensitivity, and may require repeated tests to establish the contam...

Feb 17, 2020

Fungal keratitis is a corneal disease with a high blindness rate caused by pathogenic fungal infections. The pathogenesis of fungal keratitis and the immune response after fungal infection are still u...

Feb 17, 2020

To investigate the center-periphery distribution of ON and OFF retinal responses in complete congenital stationary night blindness (cCSNB).Photopic full-field flash ERGs (photopic ffERGs) and OPs (pho...

Feb 13, 2020

Stickler syndrome is the most common genetic cause of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) in children, and has a high risk of blindness. Type I (STL1) is the most common subtype, caused by COL2A1 ...

Feb 13, 2020

The World Report on Vision suggests that universal eye health coverage (UEHC) can be achieved through an integrated people-centered eye care (IPCEC) delivery. This study provides an estimation of capa...

Feb 13, 2020

The review article focuses on free radicals and oxidative stress involved in ophthalmological diseases such as retinopathy, cataract, glaucoma, etc. Oxidative stress is considered as a key factor invo...

Feb 13, 2020

In the absence of vision, spatial representation may be altered. When asked to compare the relative distances between three sounds (i.e., auditory spatial bisection task), blind individuals demonstrat...