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Ophthalmology General

Chronic social defeat stress causes retinal vascular dysfunction.

Nov 22, 2021

The roles of vascular dysfunction and chronic stress have been extensively discussed in the pathophysiology of glaucoma. Our aim was to test whether chronic stress causes retinal vascular dysfunction ...

«Do Not Do» recommendations for retinopathies: A mixed consensus study.

Nov 15, 2021

Among the main causes of blindness and severe vision loss are age-related macular degeneration, diabetic macular oedema, and retinal vein occlusion. The «Do Not Do» recommendations are strategies to...

Accuracy of Newer Generation IOL Power Calculation Formulas in Eyes With High Axial Myopia.

Nov 15, 2021

To compare the accuracy of the Barrett Universal II, Emmetropia Verifying Optical (EVO), Haigis, Kane, and SRK/T formulas for intraocular lens power calculation in patients with high axial myopia.In t...

Changes in refractive status of amblyopic patients with partially refractive esotropia.

Nov 15, 2021

To investigate the changes in refractive status of amblyopic patients with partially refractive esotropia (PAET).Amblyopic patients with PAET were enrolled. Non-amblyopic patients with full refractive...

Update on Pain Management After Advanced Surface Ablation.

Nov 15, 2021

To provide an update for postoperative pain control strategies to help ophthalmic surgeons establish a more effective management plan for patients who underwent advanced surface ablation surgeries.Goo...

Tear osmolarity, dry eye syndrome, blepharospasm and botulinum neurotoxin.

Nov 15, 2021

To assess the severity of dry eye disease in patients with blepharospasm (BEB) before (control) and after injection of botulinum neurotoxin A (BoNT/A).Cross-sectional study.Patients with clinically di...

Normative Data of Ocular Biometry, Optical Coherence Tomography, and Electrophysiology Conducted for Cynomolgus Macaque Monkeys.

Nov 15, 2021

To present normative data of optical coherence tomography (OCT) parameters, electrophysiological tests, and optical biometry conducted for cynomolgus monkeys.Multimodal examinations were performed for...

An Open-Source Deep Learning Network for Reconstruction of High-Resolution OCT Angiograms of Retinal Intermediate and Deep Capillary Plexuses.

Nov 15, 2021

We propose a deep learning-based image reconstruction algorithm to produce high-resolution optical coherence tomographic angiograms (OCTA) of the intermediate capillary plexus (ICP) and deep capillary...

Detecting Progression of Retinitis Pigmentosa Using the Binomial Pointwise Linear Regression Method.

Nov 15, 2021

A method of evaluating central visual field (VF) progression in eyes with retinitis pigmentosa (RP) has still to be established. We previously reported the potential merit of applying a binomial test ...

Peripheral corneal thickness and associated factors - results from the population-based German Gutenberg Health Study.

Nov 15, 2021

Changes in peripheral corneal thickness are described in various corneal diseases such as corneal ectasia. However, few data exist describing the increase in corneal thickness from central to peripher...

Initial clinical outcomes of two different phakic posterior chamber IOLs for the correction of myopia and myopic astigmatism.

Nov 08, 2021

The purpose of this study is to document clinical outcomes of 2 posterior chamber phakic intraocular lenses with a central hole, the implantable contact lens (IPCL V2.0) and the Visian implantable col...

Cisd2 plays an essential role in corneal epithelial regeneration.

Nov 08, 2021

Age-related changes affecting the ocular surface cause vision loss in the elderly. Cisd2 deficiency drives premature aging in mice as well as resulting in various ocular surface abnormalities. Here we...

Management of Post-LASIK Dry Eye with Intense Pulsed Light in Combination with 0.1% Sodium Hyaluronate and Heated Eye Mask.

Nov 08, 2021

Laser in situ keratomelieusis (LASIK) is one of the most frequently performed refractive treatments. Dry eye (DE) is common in patients after LASIK and can be bothersome postoperatively. Therapies suc...

Perceived barriers and enablers to the provision of diabetic retinopathy screening for young adults: a cross-sectional survey of healthcare professionals working in the UK National Diabetic Eye Screening Programme.

Nov 08, 2021

Diabetic retinopathy screening (DRS) attendance in young adults is consistently below recommended levels. The aim of this study was to conduct a survey of screening providers in the UK Diabetic Eye Sc...

The influence of alcohol intake in myopia development or progression: The SUN cohort study.

Nov 08, 2021

Myopia is a highly prevalent disorder, and one of the first causes of blindness. In turn, alcohol consumption has been shown to be a risk factor for many diseases and a main contributor to the global ...

A Magnified Adaptive Feature Pyramid Network for automatic microaneurysms detection.

Nov 08, 2021

Diabetic retinopathy (DR), as an important complication of diabetes, is the primary cause of blindness in adults. Automatic DR detection poses a challenge which is crucial for early DR screening. Curr...

Comparison of culture, confocal microscopy and PCR in routine hospital use for microbial keratitis diagnosis.

Nov 08, 2021

To evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of polymerase chain reaction (PCR), in vivo confocal microscopy (IVCM) and culture for microbial keratitis (MK) diagnosis.Retrospective review of PCR, IVCM ...

Flow profiles near receding three-phase contact lines: influence of surfactants.

Nov 01, 2021

The dynamics of wetting and dewetting is largely determined by the velocity field near the contact lines. For water drops it has been observed that adding surfactant decreases the dynamic receding con...

Electrically Induced Blink for the Prevention of Ocular Symptoms and Blurred Vision in Patients With Acute Facial Nerve Palsy.

Nov 01, 2021

: Facial nerve palsy causes blurred vision and ocular discomfort due to deficits in blinking and eye closure. The objective of this study was to determine whether eye-blinks could be elicited by elect...

Natural course of lid wiper epitheliopathy (LWE) in symptomatic contact lens wearers.

Nov 01, 2021

To establish the time course of lid wiper epitheliopathy (LWE) in established CL wearers after a single day (6-10 h) of daily disposable contact lens (CL) wear, the following day post-CL removal and ...