Aug 12, 2021

To evaluate the effect of a 9-week treatment deferral due to healthcare restrictions caused by Austria's first governmental lockdown associated with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on...

Aug 12, 2021

Retinal neovascularization is a severe pathological process leading to irreversible blindness. This study aims to identify the altered metabolites and their related pathways that are involved in retin...

Aug 12, 2021

Higher preoperative myopic astigmatism is associated with a higher probability of retreatment due to patient dissatisfaction as a result of residual cylindrical error. Nonetheless, retreatment is safe...

Aug 12, 2021

To examine the long-term refractive changes after stabilization of surgically induced changes (SICs) subsequent to cataract surgery.Private hospital.Case-control study.Manifest refraction of 300 eyes ...

Aug 12, 2021

To assess the repeatability and comparability of the Galilei G4 versus the Cassini topographer in post-refractive eyes and in normal eyes, including older patients representative of an initial catarac...

Aug 12, 2021

This study was conducted to determine the effect of tobacco waterpipe smoking on the ocular surface. The findings could be useful in understanding ocular surface changes and associated symptoms in wat...

Aug 12, 2021

Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) can provide valuable insights on the impact of a disease or treatment on a patient's health-related quality of life. In ophthalmology, particularly in dry eye...

Aug 12, 2021

To investigate the efficacy and safety of a vectored thermal pulsation system (Lipiflow®) in the treatment of dry eye disease resulting from meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD).We searched for randomiz...

Aug 12, 2021

To populate a proposed cost-effectiveness analysis of glaucoma screening in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).A complete search was conducted on PubMed, Medline and African Journals Online (AJOL) to obtain rel...

Aug 12, 2021

To demonstrate the feasibility of a deep learning-based vascular segmentation tool for UWFA and evaluate its ability to automatically identify quality-optimized phase-specific images.Cumulative retina...

Aug 12, 2021

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) affects 10-24% of patients with diabetes mellitus type 1 or 2 in the primary care (PC) sector. As early detection is crucial for treatment, deep learning screening methods in...

Aug 12, 2021

Antiproliferative therapies are crucially important for improving the success rate of the glaucoma filtration surgeries. In this study, we investigated the potential efficacy of Forkhead Domain Inhibi...

Aug 12, 2021

To determine if in vivo strain response of the Optic Nerve Head (ONH) to IOP elevation visualized using Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) video imaging and quantified using novel virtual extensometer...

Aug 12, 2021

To report our experience with ruthenium-brachytherapy of peripheral capillary haemangioblastomas in patients with von Hippel-Lindau disease.Retrospective case series.A total of 53 haemangioblastomas, ...

Aug 12, 2021

Direct ophthalmoscopy is an important investigative technology not only for ophthalmologists, but also for general practitioners and other specialists. The purpose of this study was to develop a simpl...

Aug 09, 2021

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) represents the leading cause of irreversible blindness in elderly people, mostly after the age of 65. The progressive deterioration of visual function in patient...

Aug 09, 2021

Glaucoma is a prevalent neurodegenerative disease that is characterized by progressive visual field loss. It is the leading cause of irreversible blindness in the world. The main risk factor for glauc...

Aug 09, 2021

To study the association of myopia progression with the morphological changes of optic disc and β-peripapillary atrophy (β-PPA) in 8-11 years old primary school students.This study was a prospectiv...

Aug 09, 2021

Refractive surgery is recognized as an effective method for myopia treatment, but it can induce night vision disturbances such as glare. We present an eye modeling method for the optical quality asses...

Aug 09, 2021

Integrins belong to a group of cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) which is a large group of membrane-bound proteins. They are responsible for cell attachment to the extracellular matrix (ECM) and signal t...