Jul 19, 2021

With the increasing prevalence of diabetes in developing and developed countries, the socio-economic burden of diabetic retinopathy (DR), the leading complication of diabetes, is growing. Diabetic ret...

Jul 19, 2021

Multiple modifiable risk factors for late complications in patients with diabetic kidney disease (DKD), including hyperglycemia, hypertension and dyslipidemia, increase the risk of a poor outcome. DKD...

Jul 19, 2021

Globally, 2.2 billion people live with some form of vision impairment and/or eye disease. To date, most systematic reviews examining associations have focused on a single eye disease and there is no s...

Jul 19, 2021

A history of gout, arthritis due to hyperuricemia, has been associated with decreased risk for neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease. We performed a population-based case-control stud...

Jul 19, 2021

Research often attempts to identify risk factors associated with prevalent disease or that change the probability of developing disease. These factors may also help in predicting which individuals may...

Jul 19, 2021

To compare the rate of postoperative endophthalmitis following immediately sequential bilateral cataract surgery (ISBCS) vs delayed sequential bilateral cataract surgery (DSBCS) using the American Aca...

Jul 19, 2021

In this systematic review, we provide an overview of the current state of intraoperative optical coherence tomography (iOCT). As iOCT technology is increasingly utilized, its current clinical applicat...

Jul 12, 2021

To clarify the incidence and genetic risk of neonatal-thromboembolism, we conducted a nationwide study exploring the impact of thrombophilia on neonatal-thromboembolism in Japan.A questionnaire survey...

Jul 12, 2021

Adenosine, an endogenous purine nucleoside, is a well-known actor of the immune system and the inflammatory response both in physiologic and pathologic conditions. By acting upon particular, G-protein...

Jul 12, 2021

The purpose of this study was to detect the presence of retinitis pigmentosa (RP) based on color fundus photographs using a deep learning model. A total of 1670 color fundus photographs from the Taiwa...

Jul 12, 2021

To investigate the association between smartphone use and axial length and refractive error in teenagers using the Myopia app.Cross-sectional population-based study.A total of 525 teenagers aged 12 to...

Jul 12, 2021

To review the contribution of in vivo confocal microscopy (IVCM) to the understanding of corneal wound healing following refractive surgery, and its role in the diagnosis and management of complicatio...

Jul 12, 2021

This study aimed to analyze the common causes of epiphora in Korean patients and their response to subsequent management.We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of 180 patients who visited Kim...

Jul 12, 2021

To evaluate dry eye tests and Meibomian gland functions in female androgenetic alopecia patients.Twenty left eyes of 20 female androgenetic alopecia patients (Group 1) and 20 left eyes of 20 healthy f...

Jul 12, 2021

DRAKO (NCT02850263) is a 24-month, prospective, non-interventional, multi-centre cohort study which enroled patients diagnosed with centre-involving diabetic macular oedema (DMO). The study aims to ev...

Jul 12, 2021

Choroidal vascular structures are likely to be affected in diabetic patients. The aim of this study was to conduct a meta-analysis of choroidal vascular structures in diabetic eyes with no diabetic re...

Jul 12, 2021

Glaucoma is among the leading causes of blindness worldwide that is characterized by irreversible damage to the retinal ganglion cell axons in the lamina cribrosa (LC) region of the optic nerve head (...

Jul 12, 2021

This study aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of Ahmed glaucoma valve (AGV) implantation in eyes with pediatric keratoplasty and glaucoma.Retrospective, non-comparative, interventional case serie...

Jul 12, 2021

Interest in teleophthalmology has been growing, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. The advent of fifth-generation (5G) wireless systems has the potential to revolutionize teleophthalmology, but ...

Jul 12, 2021

To determine preferences in the use of local anaesthesia (LA) versus general anaesthesia (GA) for penetrating keratoplasty (PK), and to examine the safety of LA for PK.A retrospective analysis of PKs ...