Introduction: Terson's Syndrome, defined since 1900 as the association of vitreous or retinal hemorrhage with subarachnoid hemorrhage, has been extended to include all intraocular hemorrhages secondary to other causes acute intracranial hypertension. Observation: We report the ob...
Background: Cataract is the leading cause of reversible blindness in the world and its treatment is the most common surgery in ophthalmology. Compared to the non-diabetic populations, cataract occurs earlier and more frequently in patients suffering from diabetes mellitus necessi...
A patient with penetrating orbital trauma with complete transection of optic nerve is presented. MRI revealed extra-ocular intraconal foreign body with transection of optic nerve.
Adie syndrome is a relatively common neurological disorder of unknown etiology comprising unilateral or bilateral tonically dilated pupils with light-near dissociation and tendon are flexia . Adie syndrome is mostly idiopathic with no identifiable cause but may rarely be caused b...
Purpose: The aim of this study was the development of a critical code in order to combine statistics with a workable diagnostic system for open angle glaucoma that could predict improvement or deterioration of the tested visual field of a glaucoma suspect, most likely after the f...
Background: Micropulse cyclophotocoagulation (MPCPC) uses a pulsed application of laser energy to produce a more mild and predictable lowering of intraocular pressure (IOP) compared to traditional CPC with fewer adverse events. It is unclear if particular types of glaucoma are be...
Introduction: Obesity is the most serious public health problem. Obesity is one of the major modifiable risk factors for the increased intraocular pressure and glaucomatous progression. Hence the study was conducted with the aimed to correlate the body mass index with intraocular...
A variety of different types of automated perimeters are in use around the world, although all types follow the main characteristics of Humphrey (Carl Zeiss) or Octopus (Haag-Streit Diagnostics) perimeters. Purpose: To compare perimetric test duration using SITA Standard and SITA...
Purpose: This study was conducted in order to examine the behavior of contact lenses users, the type of contact lenses they use, their satisfaction with their contact lenses after evaluation by the users themselves, both in the quality of vision and in the comfort they offer. Mat...
Background: Myopia or near sightedness is a very common refractive error seen among children and adults. It is an eye disorder where the light focuses in front of the retina, causing distant objects to be blurred while the near objects appear normal. High myopia can be visually d...