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Ophthalmology General

Managing Patient Expectations in Dry Eye Disease

Sep 18, 2020

When managing dry eye disease (DED), ensuring realistic patient expectations is critical to optimizing adherence to treatment and improving patient satisfaction. Clinicians are urged to educate patien...

Individualizing Care in Dry Eye Disease

Sep 18, 2020

To optimize care for dry eye disease (DED), clinicians are recommended to take a stepwise approach based on each patient’s pathophysiology and disease severity. Efforts are needed to identify and tr...

Clinical Characteristics of Neuronal Intranuclear Inclusion Disease-Related Retinopathy With CGG Repeat Expansions in the NOTCH2NLC Gene.

Sep 17, 2020

To report the ocular characteristics of neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease (NIID)-related retinopathy with expansion of the CGG repeats in the NOTCH2NLC gene.Seven patients from six families (age...

Status of oxidative stress markers, advanced glycation index, and polyol pathway in age-related cataract subjects with and without diabetes.

Sep 17, 2020

One of the major public health issues is the rising prevalence of cataracts, a primary reason for preventable blindness. The causes for the development of age-related cataracts and accelerated catarac...

Prevalence of dry eye disease in the elderly: A protocol of systematic review and meta-analysis.

Sep 17, 2020

Dry eye disease (DED) is one of the most prevalent ocular diseases which remains widely underestimated. New lifestyles driven by information technology and the rapid ageing process have brought DED a ...

Latest evidences on meibomian gland dysfunction diagnosis and management.

Sep 17, 2020

Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) can be considered the leading cause of dry eye disease (DED) and one of the most common ophthalmic disorders found in clinical practice. The growing body of literatur...

Ocular surface microbiota in patients with aqueous tear-deficient dry eye.

Sep 17, 2020

An altered ocular surface microbiota may contribute to the pathophysiology of dry eye disease. The aim of the study was to explore potential differences in microbiota diversity and composition in aque...

An objective method of diagnosing hydroxychloroquine maculopathy.

Sep 17, 2020

Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) maculopathy is irreversible; primary prevention is done by regular monitoring. Guidelines of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists identify definite toxicity as having abnorma...

Quality assessment of a screening algorithm for diabetic retinopathy: prolongation of screening intervals with minimal effect of HbA and arterial hypertension on the length of intervals.

Sep 17, 2020

At Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen (SDCC), diabetic retinopathy (DR) screening intervals are based on quantification of retinal lesions. Screening intervals are, for the milder forms of DR, prolonged...

Infectious and sterile endophthalmitis in eyes with glaucoma drainage device from two large ophthalmic institutions.

Sep 17, 2020

To describe predisposing factors, presentation, management, and outcome of glaucoma drainage implant (GDI)-associated endophthalmitis DESIGN: Retrospective chart review SUBJECTS: Eyes that developed G...

Predictors of Intraocular Pressure Lowering after Phacoemulsification and iStent® Implantation.

Sep 17, 2020

To explore the demographic and clinical variables associated with intraocular pressure lowering after cataract extraction alone (CE) or in combination with iStent placement (CE-IS).Retrospective data ...

LONGITUDINAL RETINAL CHANGES INDUCED BY HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE IN EYES WITHOUT RETINAL TOXICITY.

Sep 17, 2020

This study aimed to evaluate the longitudinal changes in retinal layers thickness in patients treated with hydroxychloroquine and no signs of retinal toxicity.Longitudinal retrospective study of patie...

Surgical Curriculum for Presbyopia-Correcting Intraocular Lenses: Resident Experiences and Surgical Outcomes.

Sep 17, 2020

To describe a stepwise surgical curriculum that was implemented to teach novice surgeons about currently available advanced technology intraocular lenses (ATIOLs) for correction of presbyopia and to r...

Making the Case for Pneumatic Retinopexy in Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment Repair

Sep 16, 2020

Although rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) repair techniques have been shown to have high anatomic reattachment rates, discrepancy often exists between the anatomic definition of success and pat...

Ocular Histopathological Findings in Semi-Domesticated Eurasian Tundra Reindeer () with Infectious Keratoconjunctivitis after Experimental Inoculation with Cervid Herpesvirus 2.

Sep 14, 2020

Infectious keratoconjunctivitis (IKC) is a common transmissible ocular disease in semi-domesticated Eurasian tundra reindeer (). In large outbreaks, IKC may affect tens of animals in a herd, with the ...

Novel Insights into Beta 2 Adrenergic Receptor Function in the rd10 Model of Retinitis Pigmentosa.

Sep 14, 2020

: In retinitis pigmentosa (RP), inherited rod death is followed by cone loss and blindness. Why cones die is still a matter of consideration. Here, we investigate the pathogenic role of the sympatheti...

LiQD Cornea: Pro-regeneration collagen mimetics as patches and alternatives to corneal transplantation.

Sep 14, 2020

Transplantation with donor corneas is the mainstay for treating corneal blindness, but a severe worldwide shortage necessitates the development of other treatment options. Corneal perforation from inf...

CHARGE syndrome without colobomas: Ophthalmic findings.

Sep 14, 2020

To report ophthalmic findings of patients without colobomas, and with a clinical and molecular diagnosis of CHARGE Syndrome. Retrospective study of ophthalmic findings in 67 CHARGE patients-clinically...

2D fourier transform for global analysis and classification of meibomian gland images.

Sep 14, 2020

In recent years, significant progress has been made in the Meibography technique resulting from the use of advanced image analysis methods allowing a quantitative description of the Meibomian gland st...

Effects of the re-esterified triglyceride (rTG) form of omega-3 supplements on dry eye following cataract surgery.

Sep 14, 2020

To evaluate the clinical outcomes of the systemic re-esterified triglyceride (rTG) form of omega-3 fatty acids in patients with dry eye symptoms after cataract surgery.This prospective comparative coh...

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