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Ophthalmology General

Corneal Sensitivity and Patient-Reported Dry Eye Symptoms in a Prospective Randomized Contralateral-Eye Trial Comparing LASIK and SMILE.

May 23, 2022

To prospectively compare corneal sensation and patient-reported symptoms of dry eye in individuals undergoing laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) and small incision lenticule extraction (SMI...

Interventions for the management of computer vision syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

May 23, 2022

To evaluate the efficacy and safety of interventions for treating eye strain related to computer use relative to placebo or no treatment.Computer use is pervasive and often associated with eye strain,...

Prediction of visual field defects from macular optical coherence tomography in glaucoma using cluster analysis.

May 23, 2022

To assess the accuracy of cluster analysis-based models in predicting visual field (VF) defects from macular ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer (GCIPL) measurements in glaucomatous and healthy cohort...

Gaze tracker parameters have little association with visual field metrics of intrasession frontloaded SITA-Faster 24-2 visual field results.

May 23, 2022

To determine the usefulness of Humphrey Field Analyser (HFA) SITA-Faster 24-2 gaze tracker outputs on interpreting intra-visit visual field (VF) result pairs.Analysis of 1380 right-left eye pairs and ...

Surgical outcome of epicanthus and telecanthus correction by C-U medial canthoplasty with lateral canthoplasty in treatment of Blepharophimosis syndrome.

May 23, 2022

To evaluate the surgical outcome of epicanthus and telecanthus correction by C-U medial canthoplasty with lateral canthoplasty in Blepharophimosis Syndrome.This was a retrospective single arm interven...

Correlation between ultrawide-field fluorescence contrast results and white blood cell indexes in diabetic retinopathy.

May 23, 2022

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is one of the most common microvascular complications of diabetes. DR involves a state of systemic inflammation, and chronic inflammation can promote microvascular and macrov...

Perceptual Scale for Transparency: Geometrical & Color Cues

May 19, 2022

Transparent objects are those that allow light to flow through them, and researchers normally anticipate the light to match the color of the item. When the object is put on a colored surface, the ligh...

Incidence of Sympathetic Ophthalmia (SO) after Inciting Events

May 18, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to investigate the occurrence of sympathetic ophthalmia (SO) following triggering events (eye trauma or intraocular surgery). Between 2012 and 2019, patients had trigge...

Noninfectious Uveitis (NIU) & Coronavirus Disease Outcomes

May 18, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to determine if noninfectious uveitis (NIU) increased the risk of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection, hospitalization, and mortality. Enrollees who had three...

Efficacy & Safety of 8 Atropine Concentrations for Myopia Control in Children

May 18, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to compare the effectiveness and safety of various atropine concentrations for myopia management. Atropine is recognized to be an effective medication for delaying the ...

Low-Concentration Atropine for Myopia Progression (LAMP): Continued Vs. Washout Treatment

May 18, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to compare the efficacy of continuing and discontinuing therapy for 0.05, 0.025, and 0.015% atropine throughout the third year. To assess the effectiveness of ongoing t...

PDS With Ranibizumab for Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration

May 18, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to assess the safety and effectiveness of the Port Delivery System with ranibizumab (PDS) in the treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD). Patie...

High-Density Lipoprotein 3 Cholesterol & Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma (POAG)

May 18, 2022

For a study, researchers expected that the effect of blood lipid-related metabolites on primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) would vary depending on the lipoprotein particles and lipid sub-fractions stu...

Glaucoma, Blood Pressure & its Medications in a Nationwide EHR Database

May 18, 2022

Using the All of Us Research Program database, researchers sought to assess the relationship between blood pressure (BP), BP medicines, and glaucoma. A retrospective, longitudinal cohort research that...

Ocular Biometric Risk Factors for PAC Disease

May 18, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to determine the baseline ocular biometric risk variables for progression from the primary angle-closure suspect (PACS) to primary angle closure (PAC) or acute angle cl...

Coronavirus Pandemic: Ocular Hypotensive Medication in Open-Angle Glaucoma Patients

May 18, 2022

According to emerging research, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is interfering with health behaviors such as medication adherence. For a study, researchers sought to determine if the ...

Endophthalmitis Rates in Patients Having Cataract Surgery

May 18, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to ascertain the national incidence and risk factors for developing endophthalmitis following cataract surgery in the United States. Medicare participants over the age ...

Acute Angle Closure Attacks Are Uncommon in Primary Angle-Closure Suspects: The Zhongshan Angle Closure Prevention Trial.

May 16, 2022

Angle-closure glaucoma is a major cause of blindness worldwide that carries an excess risk of severe, bilateral visual impairment. A common concern among clinicians is precipitating acute angle closur...

The impact of low vision on social function: The potential importance of lost visual social cues.

May 16, 2022

Visual cues usually play a vital role in social interaction. As well as being the primary cue for identifying other people, visual cues also provide crucial non-verbal social information via both faci...

Whole exome sequencing of known eye genes reveals genetic causes for high myopia.

May 16, 2022

High myopia (refractive error ≤ -6 diopters (D)) is a heterogeneous condition, and without clear accompanying features it can be difficult to pinpoint a genetic cause. This observational study a...