Aug 20, 2020

To determine the impact of postoperative visual function on the vision-related quality of life (VRQoL) in patients after anatomically successful surgery for macula-off rhegmatogenous retinal detachmen...

Aug 20, 2020

When International Classification of Disease (ICD) version 9 (ICD-9) transitioned to ICD-10, there was a marked increase in the complexity of ICD codes with potential for improved specificity in clini...

Aug 20, 2020

Evaluating the anterior chamber angle (ACA) is important for the early diagnosis and treatment of primary angle-closure glaucoma. The assessment of ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM) images usually requir...

Aug 20, 2020

To evaluate the refractive status and ocular biometric parameters in subjects with angle-closure in Malaysia.This cross-sectional study was conducted on 171 primary angle closure patients (268 eyes). ...

Aug 20, 2020

Congenital blindness is associated with atypical morphology and functional connectivity within and from visual cortical regions; changes that are hypothesized to originate from a lifelong absence of v...

Aug 20, 2020

To describe the prevalence, demographics and clinical presentations of chalazion in patients presenting to a multi-tier ophthalmology network in India.This was a cross-sectional observational multi-ce...

Aug 17, 2020

We demonstrate a novel approach to reverse advanced stages of blindness using hydrogel-mediated delivery of retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE) and photoreceptors directly to the degenerated retina of ...

Aug 17, 2020

Eye injury is a leading cause of unilateral childhood blindness. The purpose of this research was to study the management and visual outcome of pediatric eye injuries necessitating hospitalization and...

Aug 17, 2020

The cornea is densely innervated, mainly by sensory nerves of the ophthalmic branch of the trigeminal ganglia (TG). These nerves  are important to maintain corneal homeostasis, and nerve damage can l...

Aug 17, 2020

This study sought to assess ocular surface disease changes following cataract surgery combined with trabecular micro-bypass stent(s) implantation (iStent or iStent inject).This prospective interventio...

Aug 17, 2020

The global prevalence of dry eye disease (DED) ranged from 5% to 50%, accompanied by the yearly increasing trend and younger onset. To date artificial tear serves as a mainstay therapy for DED managem...

Aug 17, 2020

The aim of this study is to describe the prevalence, severity and clinical profile of diabetic retinopathy (DR) among Omani diabetic patients attending a tertiary care hospital.This is a retrospective...

Aug 17, 2020

To develop and evaluate an artificial intelligence triage system with high sensitivity for detecting referable diabetic retinopathy and maculopathy, while maintaining high specificity for non-referabl...

Aug 17, 2020

AMPA-type glutamate receptors in the CNS are normally impermeable to Ca, but the aberrant expression of Ca-permeable AMPA receptors (CP-AMPARs) occurs in pathological conditions such as ischemia or ep...

Aug 17, 2020

To describe a case of severe endophthalmitis in a patient with a cystic, avascular filtering bleb who had been implanted with a Xen® Gel Stent 21 months previously.A 64-year-old woman with open-angl...

Aug 17, 2020

Studies examining the anterior chamber angle and angle closure disease often compare quantitative angle information obtained using anterior segment optical coherence tomography (ASOCT) with one of sev...

Aug 17, 2020

Since 2007, the ocular 4:1 multiplex PCR assay in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde includes Chlamydia trachomatis (ocular chlamydia (OC)) testing. OC can be identified following routine 'viral' ophthalmi...

Aug 13, 2020

The number of older adults in the United States living with multimorbidity—defined as the co-occurrence of at least 2 chronic conditions—has increased rapidly over the past few decades. “Visual ...

Aug 13, 2020

Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness in Germany and in the world. Due to the multifactorial genesis of the disease, there are multiple therapeutic approaches for preventing its prog...

Aug 13, 2020

Preservative-free fixed combination of 0.0015% Tafluprost and 0.5% Timolol (PF tafluprost/timolol FC) has demonstrated good antihypertensive effect and patient tolerance in randomized controlled clini...