[Positive corneoscleral rim culture in penetrating keratoplasty at the Porto Alegre Clinical Hospital].

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate and compare corneal hysteresis (CH) and corneal resistance factor (CRF) in healthy eyes with a central corneal thickness (CCT) < 505 µm with CH and CRF in gender-, age-, and CCT-matched keratoconus cases, and to estimate the sensitivity and specificity of these parameters for discriminating between ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Fontes BM,Ambrósio R Jr,Velarde GC,Nosé W

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate corneal endothelium alterations after applying mitomycin C to the sclera using transmission and scanning electron microscopy, correlating alterations with time, concentration, and evaluation methods. METHODS:The corneal endothelium of both eyes of 32 albino rabbits was evaluated and distributed int...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Silva MR,Gregório EA

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the in vitro susceptibility of conjunctival and corneal coagulase negative Staphylococcus (CoNS) to methicillin, fluoroquinolones and aminoglycosides. METHODS:A total of 707 conjunctival and corneal CoNS disk diffusion test results were retrospectively analyzed, from January 2000 through December 200...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Azevedo Gayoso Mde F,Oliveira AD,d'Azevedo PA,Yu MC,Höfling-Lima AL,Francisco W

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Non-penetrating deep sclerectomy (NPDS) has emerged as a viable option in the surgical management of open-angle glaucoma. Our aim is to assess the cost-effectiveness of NPDS and to compare it to maximum medical treatment in a 5-year follow-up. METHODS:A decision analysis model was built. Surgical (NPDS) arm of...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Guedes RA,Guedes VM,Chaoubah A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease (VKH), a well-established multiorgan disorder affecting pigmented structures, is an autoimmune disorder of melanocyte proteins in genetically susceptible individuals. Several clinical and experimental data point to the importance of the effector role of CD4+ T cells and Th1 cytokines, the ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Damico FM,Bezerra FT,Silva GC,Gasparin F,Yamamoto JH

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 43-year-old male with a history of eosinophilic angiocentric fibrosis presented with headache and double vision since 48 h. Idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis was diagnosed based on nuclear magnetic resonance and comprehensive systemic study findings. Eosinophilic angiocentric fibrosis and idiopathic hypertroph...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Suárez AR,Capote AC,Barrientos YF,Soto ML,Moreno SG,Martín FG

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report a 16-year long-term follow-up of a patient with acute multifocal hemorrhagic retinal vasculitis (Blumenkranz syndrome). A 21-year old male was seen in 1994 with acute multifocal hemorrhagic retinal vasculitis (Blumenkranz syndrome), first in the left eye, and later in the right eye. He was treated wit...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Amaro MH,Roller AB,Motta CT,Motta MM

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Permanent visual loss can be caused by improper use of immunosuppressive therapy in cases of uveitis without differential diagnosis of syphilitic uveitis. We present four cases of syphilitic uveitis that were incorrectly diagnosed as being secondary to rheumatic diseases and were subsequently treated with immunosuppre...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Afonso VC,Nascimento H,Belfort RM,Sato EI,Muccioli C,Belfort R Jr

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To analyze the benefits after cataract surgery in professional activities. METHODS:A prospective, randomized study was conducted at the Clinical Hospital of the University of São Paulo. The patients had cataract surgery by phacoemulsification (PHACO) and by extracapsular extraction (EECP). RESULTS:The sample ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Kara-Junior N,Santhiago MR,Parede TR,Espindola RF,Mazurek MG,Germano R,Kara-Jose N

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of intraocular lenses was a great advance in visual recovery after cataract surgery. Although usually with good biocompatibility, some alterations in the intraocular lens material may occur after implantation. Polymethylmethacrylate was the first intraocular lens material to be used on a large scale and assume...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Maia OO Jr,Nakashima AF,Barbosa EP,Primiano Júnior HP,Nakashima Y

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluated the retinal nerve fiber layer in chloroquine patients with optical coherence tomography (OCT). METHODS:Nerve fibers layer thickness was measured by a proprietary OCT Stratus through the fast retinal nerve fiber layer protocol in ninety-four eyes of 48 patients exposed to chloroquine for at least o...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Arana LA,Arana J,Hasimoto AR,Schirr G,Arana E,Beckhauser AP,Araújo F,Skare T

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon is an immunomodulating cytokine used to treat patients with different diseases, such as hepatitis C chronic infection. Pegylated interferon is a new type of interferon, developed to increase the half-life of the drug. Many side effects have been related to its use, including ocular toxicity and retinopathy....

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Avila MP,Freitas AM,Isaac DL,Bastos AL,Pena RV

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To report a case of ocular toxicity due to chloroquine. The best visual acuity was measured in both eyes with the Snellen chart. Slit-lamp examination of anterior segment, refraction, dilated fundus examination, fluorescein angiography and retinography was done in a 53-year-old patient, female, with rheumatoid arthrit...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Inada ET,Watanabe KP,Tanaka SG,Sakakisbara LA

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the measurement of the palpebral fissure done either manually and by computer analysis of image of individuals without lid alterations. METHODS:One hundred two palpebral fissures from 51 normal subjects have been analyzed. The patients' age ranged from 17 to 84 years, with 25 (49%) males and 26 (51%...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Nunes TP,Oliveira TF,Matayoshi S

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate vascular density in super-ficial and deep capillary plexuses of the retina, measured using optical coherence tomography angiography in patients with branch retinal vein occlusion. Affected eyes were compared with the contralateral eye of the same patient and both were compared with normal eyes. MET...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Moura BCFS,Lira RPC,Arantes TEFE,Paiva IB,Bravo Filho VTF

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report the retrospective experience of a reference center in the diagnosis and treatment of orbital eosinophilic granuloma. METHODS:A review of the files in the Opththalmic Pathology Laboratory, of the Hospital Universitário Professor Edgard Santos, Universidade Federal da Bahia, between 1974 and 2004, was ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Marback EF,Guimarães RD,Nader M,Moitinho LM,Marback RL

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To culture quiescent human keratocytes and evaluate the effects of ultraviolet light and riboflavin on human corneal keratocytes in vitro. METHODS:Keratocytes were obtained from remaining corneoscleral ring donor corneas previously used in corneal transplant surgeries and cultured in DMEM/F12 with 2% FBS until...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Covre JL,Cristovam PC,Loureiro RR,Hazarbassanov RM,Campos M,Sato ÉH,Gomes JÁ

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate refractional astigmatism prevalence and its relationship with grating acuity in a cohort of non-verbal children. METHODS:482 normal children, aged from 2 to 36 months, were submitted to ophthalmological examination. Fourteen subjects were excluded due to ocular disease and the sample remained with ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Lipener C,Munoz Ede H,Moreira JB,Berezovsky A,Salomão SR,Ventura DF

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the effectiveness of mitomycin C (MMC) in preventing recurrence of pterygium following conjunctival autograft transplantation (CAT). Ki-67 antigen to evaluate epithelial cell proliferation and fibroblast nuclear kariometry were used to assist treatment evaluation. METHODS:Twenty-nine patients with ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Almeida Junior GC,Frederico FB,Watanabe KP,Garcia TV,Iquejiri AY,Cury PM,Taboga SR,Azoubel R

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Report on the development of pseudohypopyon immediately after intravitreal injection of triamcinolone acetonide (TAAC). Two phakic patients presenting with a transient pseudohypopyon after having been treated with intravitreal triamcinolone. One had a clinically significant macular edema with cystoid component (CSME w...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Campos VE,Maia A,Muccioli C,Belfort R Jr

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the efficacy of prostaglandin antagonists on blood-retinal barrier breakdown induced by anterior segment intraocular simulated surgery. METHODS:Rats were randomly assigned to a negative control group, model group, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs prophylactic treatment group, nonsteroidal anti-...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Xie M,Huang L,Xu G

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nature has always provided an unlimited source of biologically-active compounds. Since the beginning of mankind, humans have sought resources in fauna and flora to treat eye diseases. However, it was only after the Industrial Revolution that extracts of plants and substances of animal origin could be used safely, as h...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Pinheiro GKLO,Araújo Filho I,Araújo Neto I,Rêgo ACM,Azevedo EP,Pinheiro FI,Lima Filho AAS

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the feasibility of the combined use of bevacizumab (Avastin®) and combined with infliximab (Remicade®) in the treatment of naive choroidal neovascularization due to age-related macular degeneration eyes. METHODS:Intravitreal injections of bevacizumab combined with infliximab in 6 neovascular age-re...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Freitas LG,Isaac DL,Tannure WT,Gabriel LA,Reis RG,Rassi AR,Freitas CA,Ávila MP

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case in which a patient with intraorbital Langerhans' cell granuloma, with anatomical and functional skills compromised by intraorbital hypertension, which was treated with urgency orbitotomy by cranial approach. Male, two years-old, presented conjuntival proptosis, red eye, complete ophthalmoplegy, exoph...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Valentim Neto JG,Schaurich CG

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Evaluate contact lenses fitting after intracorneal ring implantation for keratoconus, its visual acuity and comfort. METHODS:Retrospective study of patients undergoing contact lenses fitting, after intracorneal ring for keratoconus. The criterion for contact lens fitting was unsatisfactory visual acuity with s...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Moreira LB,Bardal RA,Crisigiovanni LR

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To analyze the clinical outcomes of the ocular surface in patients with vitamin D deficiency after oral replacement. METHODS:A total of 40 patients with vitamin D deficiency were enrolled in the study. The patients received 50,000 units of oral vitamin D weekly over a period of 8 weeks. After 8 weeks, 1,500-2,...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Karaca EE,Kemer ÖE,Özek D,Berker D,Imga NN

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma (UPS) is an extremely rare tumor that occurs in the head and neck region. Here, we report a unique case of a primary undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma in the orbital region. A 35-year-old woman presented with a progressive proptosis and periocular edema for 1 year. She had no pr...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Cruz NFSD,Matsuno CA,Cruz SFSD,Miranda AP,Vital Filho J

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To report a case of gyrate atrophy of the choroid and retina associated with retinal detachment. Hyperornithinemia confirmed the diagnosis of gyrate atrophy. Pars plana vitrectomy with silicone oil infusion was performed with good anatomical results, despite the persistence of low visual acuity. Retinal detachment is ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Berbel RF,Rauen PI,Pallone RF,Casella AM

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of keratomycosis caused by Arthographis kalrae after excimer laser keratomileusis. A 38-year-old female developed stromal keratitis eight weeks after refractive surgery. She developed severe corneal stromal infiltration and mild anterior segment inflammation, which could not be treated with topical ...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Fernández-Barrientos Y,Ramos-Suárez A,Fernández-Sánchez F,Tirado-Carmona A

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the advantages and the complications of the use of hard palate graft in the reconstruction of the inferior eyelids with large basocelular carcinoma. METHODS:Review of specialized articles and report of the technique used in the Oculoplastic Department of the "Hospital Santa Casa de Porto Alegre"...

journal_title：Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

authors： Burmann TG,Marcon I,Rizzato T,Scheid K

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00