Aims: To resolve the controversial issues of UV-light-initiated corneal collagen cross-linking (CXL) by theoretical formulas and measured clinical outcomes. Study Design: Analysis and measured data of CXL. Place and Duration of Study: New Vision Inc, Taipei, between June 2021 an...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2021/v15i130204
Purpose: To derive and provide analytic formulas for an accommodative gain of presbyopia eyes. via sclera ablation and/or thermal shrinkage such that the lens is reshaped and/or its position is shifted. New mechanisms are also proposed. Study Design: To increase the accommodation...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2021/v15i130203
The implications of the use of psychoactive substances, that are usually abused on the retina are yet to be adequately explored. The retina is neural in nature. Most investigations on psychoactive agents have only studied their effects on the brain and behaviour. The mechanisms e...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2021/v15i130202
Background: The aim of this study is to provide a wide screening test in elementary school students in Greece in order to trace undiagnosed visual deficiencies, which can affect the visual performance and efficiency. Methods: Examination procedures were approved by the Ministry o...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2021/v14i430201
Purpose: To update and review the technology and principles of laser presbyopia reversal (LAPR) via sclera ablation and thermal shrinkage using infrared and UV lasers. Recent clinical data and new methods are also summarized. Study Design: LAPR using laser sclera ablation for inc...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2021/v14i430199
Purpose: To update and derive formulas for the efficacy and kinetics of corneal collagen crosslinking (CXL) including both type-I and oxygen-mediated type-II mechanisms, the role of oxygen, the initiator regeneration, safety dose, minimum corneal thickness and demarcation line de...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2021/v14i430200
Aims: To determine the perception and acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination among patients in a tertiary eye hospital. Study Design: A cross-sectional hospital-based study. Place and Duration of Study: Guinness Eye Centre Onitsha, South-East Nigeria between 1st to 29th June 2021 Met...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2021/v14i430198
Aims: The aim is to use of OCTA to describe the retinal structural damages observed in DME and the relationship between the edema and the capillary non perfusion and to quantify VD and the FAZ area. Study Design: prospective, cross sectional, observational study Place and Duratio...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2021/v14i430197
Introduction: Autoimmune disorders are often associated with Uveitis. Anti-Phospholipid syndrome(APS) is characterized by increased hypercoagulability and divergent ocular features. Case Presentation: A 45-year-old male patient presented with complaints of headache for 2 days. Th...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2021/v14i330196
Aim: Early detection and management of stress-related Central Serous Retinopathy caused due to COVID-19. Background: CSR has been associated with stress and is usually self-resolving. COVID-19 is known to induce psychological stress and its effects are many, one of them may be CS...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2021/v14i330195
Background and aim: Among all sites of injury, eyelid laceration seems to be neglected in terms of sufficient epidemiological investigations. With a thorough understanding of the causes of eye lid lacerations, it is possible to develop a better preventive strategy and hence impro...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2021/v14i330194
Purpose: The aim of the study was to compare the subfoveal choroidal thickness (SFCT) with the use of Spectral-Domain OCT in eyes with AMD of different stages. Methods: The participants comprised of 30 age-matched normal eyes as controls (Group 1), 19 with early-AMD eyes (Group 2...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2021/v14i330193
Aim: To assess prevalence of dry eye disease (DED) and its severity in patients of Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and Primary Sjogren’s syndrome in a tertiary care hospital in Gujarat. Methods: It is a Prospective cross-sectional study of 94 patients diagnosed with SLE and Sj...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2021/v14i330192
Aim: The aim of this study was to assess some biochemical parameters in the vitreous humor of Rabbits exposed to sodium cyanide. Study Design: This study is an interventional study. Place and Duration of Study: This study was carried out at Animal House, Applied and Environmental...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2021/v14i230191
Purpose: The commonest type of glaucoma called chronic open angle glaucoma is a silent disease and patients are usually diagnosed late in the disease. Public awareness programs must be actively done to enable a reduction of late detection of the disease and level of awareness mus...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2021/v14i230190