Evaluation of the effect of combined intravitreal ranibizumab injection and sub-tenon steroid injection in the treatment of resistant diabetic macular edema.

abstract：PURPOSE:To present recurrent corneal erosion (RCE) caused by late suture exposure after blepharoplasty. METHODS:Four patients who have unilateral RCE were found to have previous blepharoplasty. The RCE was associated with late suture exposure. The clinical courses, characteristics, methods to identify the suture expos...

journal_title：International ophthalmology

authors： Ma IH,Kuo BI,Hou YC

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome (VKHS) is an inflammatory systemic autoimmune disease principally affecting pigmented tissues in the ocular, auditory, integumentary and central nervous systems. Patients are generally women in the fourth decade of life. The prognosis is correlated mainly with the time between...

journal_title：International ophthalmology

authors： Coutinho I,Pedrosa C,Santos C,Pina S,Lisboa M,Bernardo M,Prieto I

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the long-term safety and efficacy of Mycophenolate Mofetil (MMF) for the control of cystoid macular oedema (CMO) secondary to noninfectious uveitis (NU). METHODS:The medical records of 19 consecutive patients with inflammatory CMO treated with MMF were retrospectively reviewed. Patient demographics...

journal_title：International ophthalmology

authors： Neri P,Mariotti C,Cimino L,Mercanti L,Giovannini A

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:To study the observer-related variability of optic nerve head (ONH) measurements using confocal laser scanning tomography (HRT I) in a screening setting. METHODS:Six experienced glaucoma specialists independently evaluated 50 ONH topographies from 25 adults using HRT software ver. 2.01 in a masked fash...

journal_title：International ophthalmology

authors： Hermann MM,Garway-Heath DF,Jonescu-Cuypers CP,Burk RO,Jonas JB,Mardin CY,Funk J,Diestelhorst M

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We report on a 62-year-old healthy woman who suffered from bilateral predescemetic opacities, where the underlying disorder could not be identified. She had bilateral keratopathy with corneal edema, a diffuse predescemetic avascular haze and deszemetic folds. Because of high hyperopia (right +7.50/left +7....

journal_title：International ophthalmology

authors： Roters S,Severin M,Konen W,Szurman P,von Domarus D,Krieglstein GK

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) is characterized by the formation of cellular membranes on the detached retina and also in the vitreous. Glial cells can be found in epiretinal and subretinal membranes from eyes with PVR, proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR), idiopathic macular pucker, uveitis and othe...

journal_title：International ophthalmology

authors： Cai J,Wei R,Ma X,Zhu H,Li Y

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the potential benefit of intraocular pressure (IOP) reduction in normal-tension glaucoma (NTG) patients in South Korea. A retrospective, multi-center analysis of Korean NTG patients with 5-years follow-up, typical glaucomatous optic disc and/or visual field changes and no recorded IOP >21 mmHg. Progression...

journal_title：International ophthalmology

authors： Ma KT,Kim CY,Seong GJ,Lee SH,Park JW,Ha SJ,Cho BJ,Stewart JA,Kristoffersen MS,Nelson LA,Stewart WC

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Extemporaneously prepared miconazole eye drops (EPMD) are used by some eye care practitioners to manage keratomycosis in Ghana. This study therefore aimed to determine the efficacy and safety of EPMD using in vitro and in vivo experimental models. METHODS:The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of EPMD was ...

journal_title：International ophthalmology

authors： Gyanfosu L,Koffuor GA,Kyei S,Ababio-Danso B,Peprah-Donkor K,Nyansah WB,Asare F

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To gain an insight into the manufacturing and fitting of artificial eyes in children and potential improvements to the process. METHOD:An online qualitative survey was distributed to 39 ocularists/prosthetists in Europe and Canada. Participants were recruited through purposive sampling, specifically maximum va...

journal_title：International ophthalmology

authors： Chinnery H,Thompson SBN,Noroozi S,Dyer B,Rees K

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Optic disc drusen (ODD) are acellular deposits in the prelaminar optic nerve head. The most accredited theory is that they are secondary to abnormalities in axonal metabolism and degeneration, but the pathogenesis is not clear to date. CLINICAL MANIFESTATION:Although ODD are often considered a benign condit...

journal_title：International ophthalmology

authors： Allegrini D,Pagano L,Ferrara M,Borgia A,Sorrentino T,Montesano G,Angi M,Romano MR

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We constructed a contact lens with an integrated pressure-sensing device. It is housed in a container with three force-sensing elements, each 120 degrees apart, enabling measurement of the appositional force, i.e., the force with which the instrument is held against the eye. In part 1 of the study, the lens' precision...

journal_title：International ophthalmology

authors： Dekker PW,Robert YC,Kanngiesser H,Pirani P,Entenmann B

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diplopia is a very disturbing condition that has been reported as a complication of several surgical procedures. The following review aims to identify the ocular and nonocular surgical techniques more often associated with this undesirable result. Diplopia is reported as an adverse outcome of some neurosurgical proced...

journal_title：International ophthalmology

authors： González-Martín-Moro J,González-López JJ,Sales-Sanz M,Sales-Sanz A,González-Martín-Moro J,Gómez-Sanz F,González-Manrique M,Pilo-de-la-Fuente B,García-Leal R

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report a large, consecutive series of endophthalmitis of all causes managed at a tertiary referral retina center. METHODS:Retrospective chart review of all cases diagnosed with endophthalmitis that received reatment and follow-up between January 2000 and January 2005. RESULTS:A total of 67 patients were di...

journal_title：International ophthalmology

authors： Karacal H,Kymes SM,Apte RS

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report a case of retinal pigment epithelial tear following intravitreal ranibizumab injection for subfoveal choroidal neovascularization. METHODS:Retrospective single case review. RESULTS:A 78-year-old Caucasian female was treated with intravitreal ranibizumab for occult subfoveal choroidal neovascularizat...

journal_title：International ophthalmology

authors： Apte RS

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared uveitis patients who attended a general eye clinic (n = 183) with those who attended the ophthalmology department of a university hospital (n = 550) to examine factors that affect the clinical statistics of uveitis outpatients. We observed that diabetic iritis and herpetic iritis were significantly more fr...

journal_title：International ophthalmology

authors： Sakai JI,Usui Y,Sakai M,Yokoi H,Goto H

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate fixation stability using two different fixation targets with the Nidek MP1 microperimeter. Twenty-nine healthy subjects with a mean age of 26.53 ± 7.35 years and visual acuity ≥0.0 logMAR were enrolled in this study. Fifty-eight eyes of 29 patients without ophthalmic and/or system...

journal_title：International ophthalmology

authors： Cesareo M,Manca D,Ciuffoletti E,De Giovanni V,Ricci F,Nucci C,Cerulli L

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Early predictors of diabetic complications may aid in the prevention and/or management of these complications. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to determine the predictive value of retinopathy for the presence of other diabetic complications. METHODS:The population studied comprised 648 patients with ...

journal_title：International ophthalmology

authors： El-Asrar AM,Al-Rubeaan KA,Al-Amro SA,Moharram OA,Kangave D

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare stage of visual field loss (VFL) and age at diagnosis between patients with different types of glaucoma with regard to glaucoma screening and driving ability. METHODS:In a cross-sectional study of 1988 consecutive patients with different types of glaucoma VFL at diagnosis and age at diagnosis were a...

journal_title：International ophthalmology

authors： Gramer G,Gramer E

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Our purpose is to describe a safe and easy technique for the removal of the BrightOcular cosmetic iris implants. Our technique involves cutting the implant into five parts rather than removal as a whole with less intraocular manipulation and no rotation of the implant. METHODS:We have used this technique in tw...

journal_title：International ophthalmology

authors： Shalash A,El Bahrawy M

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term use of topical drugs can induce changes in the conjunctiva and ocular surface. To determine the conjunctival changes resulting from topical glaucoma medication, patients with glaucoma were selected and classified into seven groups, according to the medication received: 24 eyes were treated with betaxolol, 20...

journal_title：International ophthalmology

authors： Turaçli E,Budak K,Kaur A,Mizrak B,Ekinci C

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several different sets of criteria have been proposed to establish the diagnosis of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease (VKH). Various investigators have used the criteria proposed by Sugiura, those proposed by by the American Uveitis Society as well as the revised diagnostic criteria proposed by the First VKH International ...

journal_title：International ophthalmology

authors： Rao NA,Sukavatcharin S,Tsai JH

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe the incidence of, and risk factors associated with, diabetic retinopathy in diabetic persons assessed at a Saudi diabetes centre. METHODS:Five hundred and two patients with diabetes mellitus assessed by our service were studied. There were 174 patients (34.7%) with insulin-dependent diabetes mellit...

journal_title：International ophthalmology

authors： El-Asrar AM,Al-Rubeaan KA,Al-Amro SA,Kangave D,Moharram OA

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the influence of strong fixation preference on clinical and surgical outcomes, in non-amblyopic patients with basic-type intermittent exotropia (IXT). MATERIALS AND METHODS:The records of patients were retrospectively investigated. Non-amblyopic patients with the diagnosis of basic-type IXT were en...

journal_title：International ophthalmology

authors： Cakir B,Aksoy NÖ,Bursalı Ö,Özmen S,Çelik E

更新日期：2020-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:To describe the efficacy of intravitreal chemotherapy (IViC) preceded by intra-arterial chemotherapy (IAC) for the treatment of advanced stage retinoblastoma. This non-comparative interventional case series retrospectively reviewed the medical records of six patients who presented within months of each other with unil...

journal_title：International ophthalmology

authors： De Francesco S,Galluzzi P,Bracco S,Menicacci F,Motolese E,Hadjistilianou T

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To explore the protective effect of probucol on human retinal Müller cells cultured in high glucose. METHODS:Primary Müller cells from human retinas were cultured in complete DMEM. Third-generation Müller cells were identified using glutamine synthetase (GS) antibody and randomly divided into three groups: nor...

journal_title：International ophthalmology

authors： Zhou X,Ai S,Chen Z,Li C

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A young patient is described who presented with sudden visual loss in the left eye quickly followed by proliferative retinopathy with retinal detachment and thrombotic glaucoma. He developed similar initial symptoms in the right eye but has now made a complete recovery in that eye on systemic steroids, oral acyclovir,...

journal_title：International ophthalmology

authors： Woon HW,Graham EM

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main visual field indices of Flammer and the analogous ones of Heijl have been compared based on a population of 113 glaucomatous visual fields. It is shown that for the population studied, the differences between the two sets of indices are negligible for Octopus G1 program results and that they may thus be used ...

journal_title：International ophthalmology

authors： Funkhouser AT,Fankhauser F

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate efficacy and safety of same site re-operation in eyes with failed trabeculectomy. A retrospective, noncomparative, interventional case series. We reviewed the medical records of 35 eyes of 35 patients who underwent same-site re-operation for failed trabeculectomy. The surgery involved a fornix-based perito...

journal_title：International ophthalmology

authors： Eslami Y,Samarai V,Mohammadi M,Fakhraie G,Zarei R,Eslami S,Moghimi S

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the effect of metronidazole ophthalmic solutions on corneal neovascularization (CNV) in a rat model. METHODS:A chemical burn was created in the right central cornea of 40 rats. Animals were randomized and distributed into four study groups (n = 10 rats per group) designated Met_0.1%, Met_0.5%, sham...

journal_title：International ophthalmology

authors： Claros-Chacaltana FDY,Aldrovani M,Kobashigawa KK,Padua IRM,Valdetaro GP,de Barros Sobrinho AAF,Abreu TGM,Laus JL

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Management of retinoblastoma (Rb), the most common intraocular malignant tumor in childhood, is tailored to each individual case and based on the overall situation. We present a case of bilateral Rbs in a 4-month-old girl, referred to our center for bilateral leukocoria. In the right eye, the optic disc was partially ...

journal_title：International ophthalmology

authors： Pichi F,Lembo A,De Luca M,Hadjistilianou T,Nucci P

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00