Dec 20, 2021

Infectious keratitis is a significant cause of corneal blindness worldwide. Although less prevalent in the developed world, cases of fungal keratitis account for almost half of all keratitis cases, oc...

Dec 20, 2021

The Homburg cross-stitch marker, according to Suffo, was developed in 2017 in the Department of Ophthalmology at Saarland University Medical Center. With this instrument, a surgeon can precisely defin...

Dec 13, 2021

In this study, the effects of long-term pregabalin use on the choroid and retinal nerve fiber layer were investigated in the fibromyalgia disease.The patient group consisted of 41 fibromyalgia patient...

Dec 13, 2021

To outline the current impact of Canadian ophthalmology and vision science research as measured by novel research metrics.Cross-sectional survey.All Canadian ophthalmologists (n = 687) and vision scie...

Nov 29, 2021

The mosquito-borne Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a prioritised disease that has been listed by the World Health Organization for urgent research and development of counteraction. Rift Valley fever virus ...

Nov 29, 2021

To determine the 12-year incidence of and trends in rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) requiring surgery in Korea.This was a nationwide, population-based, retrospective study. We identified 53,17...

Nov 29, 2021

To investigate whether there are differences inmacular vascular density (VD) between patients with high-myopia (HM) and those with non-high myopia (NHM) using Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography ...

Nov 29, 2021

Dry eye syndrome (DES) is a common ophthalmological disease that decreases tear secretion and causes dryness, photophobia, pain, severe corneal rupture, and even blindness. Ocular and lacrimal gland i...

Nov 29, 2021

Congenital aniridia is a multisystemic genetic disease due to a mutation in PAX6 gene which severely affects the development and functionality of the human eyes. In patients affected by the mutation, ...

Nov 29, 2021

To identify barriers and enablers of diabetic eye screening (DES) attendance amongst young adults with diabetes living in the UK.Semi-structured qualitative interviews with adults aged 18-34 years wit...

Nov 29, 2021

This review proposes an overall vision of the protective and therapeutic role of melatonin in breast cancer: from the specific cases of blind women and their reduction of breast cancer incidence to al...

Nov 29, 2021

To analyze the effects of PRESERFLO on corneal endothelial cell density (ECD).Forty-six eyes that underwent PRESERFLO implantation were followed up for 12 months. Specular microscopy was performed pr...

Nov 22, 2021

Vision loss from diseases of the outer retina, such as Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD), are among the leading causes of irreversible blindness in the world today. The goal of retinal prosthetic...

Nov 22, 2021

Peripheral refraction and accommodation are intrinsic factors that were once hypothesized to trigger myopia but are now controversial. Previously, home nearwork environment (i.e., extrinsic factor) wa...

Nov 22, 2021

To evaluate the accuracy of the measurements of corneal power obtained by ray tracing with a combined Scheimpflug camera-Placido disk corneal topographer (Sirius) in eyes after small incision lenticul...

Nov 22, 2021

As reported previously, tear film surface quality (TFSQ) should be considered in contact lens (CL) fitting. This study followed noninvasive keratograph tear film break-up time (NIKBUT) in CL wearers f...

Nov 22, 2021

We have demonstrated that deletion of fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 gene (Fgfr2) leads to Meibomian gland (MG) atrophy in an inducible conditional knockout mouse model, referred as Fgfr2. Herein...

Nov 22, 2021

This study interrogated the transcriptional features and immune cellular landscape of the retinae of rats subjected to oxygen-induced retinopathy (OIR).Bulk RNA sequencing was performed with retinal R...

Nov 22, 2021

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the leading cause of vision impairment in working age adults. In addition to hyperglycemia, retinal inflammation is an important driving factor for DR development. Althoug...

Nov 22, 2021

To evaluate the correlation between macular integrity assessment (MAIA) and standard automated perimetry (SAP) in detecting macular function damage in glaucoma and to explore the relationship between ...