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Ophthalmology General

Incidence and Survival of Patients With Conjunctival Melanoma

Aug 07, 2020

Conjunctival malignant melanoma (CMM) is a pigmented lesion on the ocular surface. Although uncommon, the condition can invade local tissues of the eye and can spread systemically through lymphatic dr...

Association of Dietary and Supplementary Calcium Intake with Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Aug 07, 2020

Recent studies have established the role of dietary and supplementary calcium and age-related macular degeneration (AMD). However, the results are mixed. The objective of this research is to evaluate ...

Accuracy of Eye-Based vs. Quadrant-Based Diagnosis of Plus Disease in Retinopathy of Prematurity

Aug 07, 2020

The existence of the plus disease in retinopathy in prematurity is one of the most crucial elements in identifying the treatment-requiring disease. But the procedure of diagnosis of the plus disease i...

Association between Cilioretinal Arteries and Advanced Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Aug 06, 2020

Recent studies have suggested that cilioretinal arteries (CRAs) provide protection against developing age-related macular degeneration. The objective of this research is to characterize the associatio...

Identification of Human-Derived Attractants to Sensu Stricto in the Madi-Mid North Onchocerciasis Focus of Uganda.

Aug 06, 2020

Human landing collections (HLCs) have been the standard method for the collection of blackflies that serve as vectors for , the causative agent of onchocerciasis or river blindness. However, HLCs are ...

State-of-the-Art Techniques in Optic Cup and Disc Localization for Glaucoma Diagnosis: Research Results and Issues.

Aug 06, 2020

Glaucoma is a heterogeneous group of diseases that are characterized by loss of retinal ganglion cells, which damages the optic nerve head (ONH) and visual field. If glaucoma, the most frequent cause ...

Comparison of the effects of trospium and solifenacin on intraocular pressure and tear secretion in patients with overactive bladder.

Aug 06, 2020

Comparison of the effects of trospium and solifenacin used for the treatment of overactive bladder (OAB) on intraocular pressure (IOP) and tear secretion.This study was planned as a prospective study ...

Changes of the tear film lipid layer thickness after cataract surgery in patients with diabetes mellitus.

Aug 06, 2020

To evaluate changes in the tear film lipid layer thickness (LLT) in cataract patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) after cataract surgery.We recruited consecutive cataract patients and recorded data re...

Chrysin Inhibits High Glucose-Induced Migration on Chorioretinal Endothelial Cells via VEGF and VEGFR Down-Regulation.

Aug 06, 2020

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic inflammatory disease, which causes multiple complications. Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is among these complications and is a dominant cause of vision loss for diabeti...

Regulation of blood-retinal barrier cell-junctions in diabetic retinopathy.

Aug 06, 2020

Loss of the blood-retinal barrier (BRB) integrity and subsequent damage to the neurovascular unit in the retina are the underlying reasons for diabetic retinopathy (DR). Damage to BRB eventually leads...

Vision impairment and depression among older adults in low- and middle-income countries.

Aug 06, 2020

To investigate the association between visual impairment (VI) and depression in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and the mediating role of disability and social participation.The World Health ...

Prevalence of Charles Bonnet syndrome in patients with glaucoma: a systematic review with meta-analyses.

Aug 06, 2020

Glaucoma is a widespread sight-threatening condition often only recognized when very pronounced. It is initially characterized by peripheral visual field losses, while advanced stages also affect the ...

Time to Presentation after Symptom Onset in Endophthalmitis: Clinical Features and Visual Outcomes.

Aug 06, 2020

To investigate the impact of time from symptom onset to presentation on the clinical course and outcomes of eyes with endophthalmitis.Retrospective longitudinal cohort study.One hundred and thirty-thr...

Assessment of Systems and Services for Management of Diabetes and Diabetic Retinopathy in Cameroon.

Aug 03, 2020

To evaluate systems and services for management of diabetes and diabetic retinopathy.The National Program for Blindness Control conducted a nationwide descriptive study from 1 February to 31 October 2...

Novel mutation identified in Leber congenital amaurosis - a case report.

Aug 03, 2020

Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) is the earliest onset and the most severe form of all inherited retinal degenerative disorders, characterized by blindness, or severe visual impairment from birth, and...

High density lipoproteins are a potential therapeutic target for age-related macular degeneration.

Aug 03, 2020

Strong evidence suggests that dysregulated lipid metabolism involving dysfunction of the retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE) underlies the pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the le...

Gender Specific Differences in Signs and Symptoms of Dry Eye Disease.

Aug 03, 2020

Dry Eye Disease (DED) is a multifactorial disease of the ocular surface characterized by loss of homeostasis of the tear film. Epidemiological studies suggest it occurs more frequently in women than m...

NLRP12- and NLRC4-mediated corneal epithelial pyroptosis is driven by GSDMD cleavage accompanied by IL-33 processing in dry eye.

Aug 03, 2020

Dry eye disease (DED) is a common and multifactor-induced autoimmune ocular surface disease. Environmental factors, such as desiccating stress (DS) and hyperosmolarity, affect the corneal epithelium t...

Efficacy and retention of silicone punctal plugs for treatment of dry eye in patients with and without ocular graft-versus-host-disease.

Aug 03, 2020

To examine the retention rates and efficacy of silicone punctal plugs for the treatment of dry eye disease (DED) in patients with ocular graft-versus-host-disease (oGVHD) in comparison to dry eye dise...

Aspirin in a diabetic retinopathy setting: Insights from NO BLIND study.

Aug 03, 2020

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the most common microvascular complication of diabetes. Diabetic macroangiopathies, particularly cardiovascular (CV) diseases, seem closely related to diabetes microvascul...

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