Ophthalmoplegia associated with AIDS.

abstract：:Eye cancer-related glaucomas occur through a variety of mechanisms. They can be challenging to diagnose and are often refractory to treatment. The literature reveals the variety of ways eye cancers cause glaucoma. Mechanisms include direct invasion, infiltration, or seeding of the aqueous outflow structures as well as...

journal_title：Survey of ophthalmology

authors： Radcliffe NM,Finger PT

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:India, the second most populous country in the world, is home to 23.5% of the world's blind population. In 1976 India became the first country in the world to start a national program for control of blindness. All surveys in the country have shown that cataract is the most common cause of blindness and all prevention ...

journal_title：Survey of ophthalmology

authors： Thomas R,Paul P,Rao GN,Muliyil JP,Mathai A

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review summarizes recent short-term clinical studies evaluating the ocular hypotensive efficacy of different dose-regimens of latanoprost. When tested in ocular hypertensive and glaucoma patients concomitantly treated with timolol, 0.006% latanoprost given only in the evening, was found to be more effective than ...

journal_title：Survey of ophthalmology

authors： Diestelhorst M,Krieglstein GK,Lusky M,Nagasubramanian S

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in our understanding of the anatomy and physiology of accommodation have contributed to current concepts of the possible constituent factors in presbyopia, largely supplanting the long-held belief that presbyopia is due to sclerosis of the crystalline lens. In this review, the author examines epidemiol...

journal_title：Survey of ophthalmology

authors： Weale R

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic sclerosing inflammation of the orbit is a distinct form of orbital inflammatory disease characterized by slow and relentless involvement of orbital structures. It is this insidious and relentless course that makes distinction from neoplastic lesions clinically difficult. We report the case of a patient with...

journal_title：Survey of ophthalmology

authors： Thorne JE,Volpe NJ,Wulc AE,Galetta SL

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endophthalmitis is a serious complication of cataract surgery that occurs in thousands of patients each year. To decrease the incidence of postoperative endophthalmitis, many surgeons inject intracameral antibiotics (cefuroxime, moxifloxacin, and vancomycin) routinely at the end of surgery. A large number of recently ...

journal_title：Survey of ophthalmology

authors： Grzybowski A,Brona P,Zeman L,Stewart MW

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A common detection and classification system is needed for epidemiologic studies of age-related maculopathy (ARM). Such a grading scheme for ARM is described in this paper. ARM is defined as a degenerative disorder in persons > or = 50 years of age characterized on grading of color fundus transparencies by the presenc...

journal_title：Survey of ophthalmology

authors： Bird AC,Bressler NM,Bressler SB,Chisholm IH,Coscas G,Davis MD,de Jong PT,Klaver CC,Klein BE,Klein R

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lasers have become an indispensable tool in management of many ocular disorders. This review describes the principles of lasers and the effects various laser modalities and wavelength modalities can produce on ocular structure. Guidelines are provided for appropriate selection of various wavelengths and prevention of ...

journal_title：Survey of ophthalmology

authors： Peyman GA,Raichand M,Zeimer RC

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drugs across many pharmacologic classes induce corneal epithelial changes. Many of these drugs have cationic amphiphilic structures, with a hydrophobic ring and hydrophilic cationic amine side chain that allow them to cross cell membranes. These drugs lead to intracellular phospholipid accumulation, often manifested i...

journal_title：Survey of ophthalmology

authors： Raizman MB,Hamrah P,Holland EJ,Kim T,Mah FS,Rapuano CJ,Ulrich RG

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Through the efforts of Dr. Townley Paton, eye banks were founded in New York in the early 1940s. Since that time there has been steady growth in both the supply of and demand for donor material. A number of factors have contributed to the success of eye banks in the U.S.A., including improvements in eye banking techni...

journal_title：Survey of ophthalmology

authors： Farge EJ

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on their mechanism of action, the most frequently used ocular hypertensive agents, the beta-blockers, cannot be assumed to reduce IOP during sleep. The need for drugs that reduce IOP around-the-clock is underscored, however, by the fact that inadequate nocturnal ocular perfusion pressure is considered to be one ...

journal_title：Survey of ophthalmology

authors： Mishima HK,Kiuchi Y,Takamatsu M,Rácz P,Bito LZ

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcorneal drug transport is normally limited by the intrinsic permeation characteristics of the corneal epithelium. However, liposomes, i.e., phospholipid vesicles composed of phospholipid membranes, have recently attracted attention as carriers of topically applied agents. The present study therefore describes a q...

journal_title：Survey of ophthalmology

authors： Pleyer U,Grammer J,Kosmidis P,Ruckert DG

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is important to equip future ophthalmic surgeons with appropriate surgical skills without compromising patient care. The ExPRESS implant surgery is very similar to trabeculectomy surgery in both efficacy and technique, but is less traumatic and may be prone to less postoperative hypotony and require less postoperat...

journal_title：Survey of ophthalmology

authors： Freidl KB,Moster MR

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ocular posterior segment manifestations of AIDS may be divided into four categories: retinal vasculopathy, unusual malignancies, neuro-ophthalmologic abnormalities, and opportunistic infections. Microvasculopathy is the most common manifestation. Opportunistic infections, particularly cytomegalovirus retinitis and...

journal_title：Survey of ophthalmology

authors： Vrabec TR

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A ten-day ophthalmology clerkship for third-year medical students is described. The curriculum, detailed in a day-by-day syllabus, sets specific student goals, evaluates attainment of the goals by a pre-post test, utilizes a student-oriented study guide keyed to major textbrooks as core material with slide-tape and vi...

journal_title：Survey of ophthalmology

authors： Waring GO 3rd,Harris R,Walters RF,Berris C

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical syndrome of divergence paralysis has been described since the mid 19th century. Speculation still surrounds the possible existence of an anatomical center for divergence function. Our report explores this possibility and describes the magnetic resonance images of a patient with a unilateral 6th nerve pals...

journal_title：Survey of ophthalmology

authors： Stern RM,Tomsak RL

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A macular hole is a full-thickness defect of retinal tissue involving the anatomic fovea, thereby affecting central visual acuity. Macular holes have been associated with myriad ocular conditions and originally were described in the setting of trauma. The pathogenesis of idiopathic, age-related macular holes remains u...

journal_title：Survey of ophthalmology

authors： Ho AC,Guyer DR,Fine SL

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 37-year-old woman experienced painless, progressive vision loss to no light perception in the left eye over the course of 3 days. The right eye was unaffected. On examination, the only other abnormal finding was a +4 left afferent pupillary defect. She was initially diagnosed with retrobulbar optic neuritis and admi...

journal_title：Survey of ophthalmology

authors： Craenen G,Brown SM,Freedman KA,Windisch TR,Corona J

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrophysiological research on acquired retinal disorders, both common and rare, is reviewed. Age is a major factor influencing electroretinogram (ERG) and electro-oculogram (EOG) findings. Bipolar or Müller cell death in the aging retina could account for much of the amplitude decline that is observed with age. In ...

journal_title：Survey of ophthalmology

authors： Scholl HP,Zrenner E

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this review is to present the recent evidence linking the family of ubiquitous proteases called calpains (EC 3.4.22.17) to neuropathologies of the retina. The hypothesis being tested in such studies is that over-activation of calpains by elevated intracellular calcium contributes to retinal cell death p...

journal_title：Survey of ophthalmology

authors： Azuma M,Shearer TR

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are numerous unresolved issues and controversies regarding the management of open-globe injuries involving the posterior segment. These areas include, but are not limited to, the following issues. Although vitrectomy has been shown to improve visual outcomes and allow retention of the eye in many cases, the exte...

journal_title：Survey of ophthalmology

authors： Mittra RA,Mieler WF

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 55-year-old woman presented with an eight-year history of progressive gait dysfunction and a 2-3 week history of horizontal diplopia. Examination of the patient revealed acute papilledema, intermittent esotropia, and upper and lower motor neuron findings in her lower extremities. CT scan of the head showed communica...

journal_title：Survey of ophthalmology

authors： Breen LA

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress is one of the main mechanisms of lens opacification, and certain nutritional antioxidants are suspected to have a protective effect. To examine the role of these nutritional antioxidants on cataract prevention, we searched major databases and reviewed current evidence regarding the protective effect o...

journal_title：Survey of ophthalmology

authors： Sideri O,Tsaousis KT,Li HJ,Viskadouraki M,Tsinopoulos IT

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Jules Gonin's former student presents a personal and historical biography of the Swiss ophthalmologist, who, between 1902 and 1921, explored and illustrated the many unknown aspects of retinal detachment, defined its pathogenesis, and developed the method of reattachment by ignipuncture and thermocautery. ...

journal_title：Survey of ophthalmology

authors： Rumpf J

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Technologic improvements in cataract surgery have not only improved visual outcomes, but also have minimized intraoperative and postoperative pain. We review the mechanisms, risk factors, and management of intraoperative and postoperative pain. Summaries of less common sources of physiologic pain have been included to...

journal_title：Survey of ophthalmology

authors： Assam JH,Bernhisel A,Lin A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a form of inherited night blindness. Over decades, various dubious treatment strategies that lacked sufficient theoretically sound underpinnings were explored. Initially they were enthusiastically promoted and subsequently discredited. It is apparent that many were predicated on the errone...

journal_title：Survey of ophthalmology

authors： Fishman GA

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary angle-closure glaucoma is a major cause of blindness worldwide. It is a disease of ocular anatomy that is related to pupillary-block and angle-crowding mechanisms of filtration angle closure. Eyes at increased risk for primary angle-closure are small with decreased axial length, anterior chamber depth, and fil...

journal_title：Survey of ophthalmology

authors： Tarongoy P,Ho CL,Walton DS

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 55-year-old man with a history of mantle cell lymphoma reported acute blurred vision in the right eye. Although initially diagnosed with acute retrobulbar optic neuritis, 3 weeks later retinal infiltrates and vitritis developed, but vitrectomy resulted negative for vitreoretinal lymphoma. Further investigation revea...

journal_title：Survey of ophthalmology

authors： De Simone L,Pellegrini F,Cirone D,Cimino L,Falardeau J

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing pressure for medical care reimbursement to be linked to outcomes. New medications approved for glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration (AMD), and dry eye disease may offer improved outcomes, but they have higher acquisition costs. This article reviews published pharmacoeconomic studies assessing...

journal_title：Survey of ophthalmology

authors： Hirsch JD,Morello C,Singh R,Robbins SL

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 56-year-old woman presented with a unilateral ptosis induced by a nonembedded soft contact lens of approximately 2 years' duration. The unilateral ptosis most likely resulted form localized inflammation and the physical presence of the soft contact lens. The patient's symptoms resolved completely after double lid ev...

journal_title：Survey of ophthalmology

authors： Patel NP,Savino PJ,Weinberg DA

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00