Aims: To describe the ophthalmological lesions observed during chronic inflammatory rheumatism to help improve the management of visual function. Study Design: This was a prospective study. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out at the University Hospital Centre o...
Aims: To determine the epidemiological and clinical aspects of ametropia and their impact on low vision. Study Design: Retrospective. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Ophthalmology, University and Hospital Center of Brazzaville Congo between January 2014 and December 20...
Background: Glaucoma is an important public health problem. Number one causes of irreversible blindness and second causes of blindness worldwide. Glaucoma progresses slowly with few or no noticeable symptoms in the early stage thus many patients present in advanced stage at firs...
Background: A successful therapy requires drug access to the target site. This is particularly complicated if the target is located in a well-protected location. Furthermore, if a chronic disease must be treated, the desirable system should be able to control drug release, mainta...
Aims: To derive analytic formulas for the overall efficacy of corneal collagen crosslinking (CXL) based on coupled kinetic equations including both non-oxygen-mediated (NOM) and oxygen-mediated (OM) type-II mechanisms. Study Design: modeling the kinetics of CXL. Place and Durati...
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a multifactorial disease which causes blindness among people with Diabetes worldwide. It has complex pathophysiology linked to various genetic variations. TCF7L2 (Transcription factor 7 like 2) is among the most important candidate genes which play a...
Purpose: To analyze and describe the quantitative data of a specially designed well-structured questionnaire to survey the Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS) among the medical students in Sohag University, Egypt. Design: A prospective descriptive non-comparative cross-sectional study...
Purpose: To compare the short term effects of preserved prednisolone acetate to preserved nepafenac eye drops on punctum size. Methods: The punctum size (inner diameter, outer diameter and height) as well as tear meniscus (height & area) were evaluated using AS-OCT in 50 eyes...
Purpose: To evaluate the impact that the pupil size and the crystalline lens opacification have on optical coherence tomography (OCT) accuracy and the necessity of pupil dilation for the examination of the nerve retinal fibber layer and the macula. Methods: One hundred fifty six...
Aim: To analyse different parameters responsible for occurrence of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in neonatal care unit of a tertiary care hospital and to study the associated risk factors. Materials and Methods: A prospective analytical study was carried out at NICU of KIMS Ho...
Aims: To investigate visuoperceptive abnormalities in adult dyslexics with the TETRA Analyzer™, and to compare the results with those obtained with normal adult readers. Study Design: Epidemiological study. Place and Duration of Study: Service of Neuro-Ophthalmology, University o...
Cornea is a transparent structure present at the center of eye, which acts as a protective barrier against harmful objects and plays an important role in vision. Corneal disorders are major cause of concern as they have fatal ocular consequences. These disorders may be due to any...
Primary angle closure is an acute medical emergency. There are various predisposing factors in primary angle closure glaucoma such as age > 60 years, female gender, Eastern and Indian Asian race, positive family history, hypermetropia, eyes with short axial length and thicker...
Background: Several investigators tried to modify the technique of 20-gauge vitrectomy to preserve the conjunctiva aiming to decrease surgical trauma and time. Aim: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of 20-gauge trans-conjunctival vitrectomy for various surgical indications. Set...