Aims: The purpose of our research is to evaluate corneal thickness, pre-operative and post-operatively after FemtoLasik surgery, using “Pentacam® AXL” and Ultrasound device. To evaluate the correlation of the two devices and their interchangeability. Sample and Study Design: Our...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2020/v13i330169
Aim: To compare the recurrence rate of conjunctival rhinosporidiosis mass excision, with and without cauterization of base. Study Design: Prospective randomized clinical trial. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Ophthalmology, CIMS, Bilaspur (C.G), India. (Feb 2018-Dec 20...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2020/v13i330168
Aims: To compare the anterior chamber angle values recorded by Pentacam and AS-OCT SD “Spectralis” (Heidelberg Engineering) and present the correlation between the two devices. Sample and Study Design: A total of 50 patients were examined at the Private Ophthalmology Clinic O.M.M...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2020/v13i330167
Aim: To evaluate the visual outcome after manual small incision cataract surgery (MSICS) as a treatment of phacolytic glaucoma. Methods: The study included 43 patients with phacolytic glaucoma treated by manual small incision cataract surgery with intraocular lens implantation. P...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2020/v13i230166
Aims: To determine factors associated and management of functional failure after Dacryocystorhinostomy among patients attending the eye department at KCMC hospital Moshi Kilimanjaro, from January 2007 to July 2018. Study Design: A retrospective cross-section hospital-based study....
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Research Article10.9734/or/2020/v13i230165
Introduction: Diabetic retinopathy is one of the rigorous microvascular complications of diabetes mellitus is the significant cause of visual impairment and consequently blindness affecting about 36% of the diabetic population. Diabetic macular edema (DME) and proliferative diabe...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2020/v13i230164
Aims: To compare results of OrbscanIIz and Pentacam and Ultrasound pachymetry at different stages of keratoconus on corneal thickness. Sample and Study Design: 94 keratoconic patients participated in the study, of which 52 were men and 42 women. Keratoconus patients were measured...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2020/v13i230163
Introduction: Globally, ocular morbidities have worsened the rate of visual impairments. It was estimated that about 285 million people are visually impaired, 39 million are blind, and 246 million have low vision. The process of beer production can lead to various eye morbidities...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2020/v13i230161
Aims: To compare results of Orbscan IIz and Pentacam at different stages of keratoconus on Kmean and Astigmatism. Sample and Study Design: 94 keratoconus patients were included in the study, of which 52 were men and 42 women. Keratoconus patients were screened with Orbscan IIz an...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2020/v13i130160
Purpose: Glaucoma, the most prevalent cause of irreversible blindness across the world, is progressive optic nerve degeneration and affection (neuropathy) caused by a mixture of both genetic and environmental factors [1]. The extracellular matrix (ECM) structure of the trabecular...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2020/v13i130159
The damage to the visual field is the main outcome of glaucoma. Basically, there are two different approaches to establish the rate of the functional loss in this clinical condition: event-based analysis and trend-based analysis. The event-based analysis, that relies on the occur...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2020/v13i130158
Purpose: To study the effect of anti-tubercular drugs on retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness using optical coherence tomography. Methods: The study was done in thirty patients newly diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis which were given anti-tubercular treatment (isoniazid...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2020/v13i130157
Aim: This study compared the effect of yellow filters and corrective lenses on the academic performance of primary school children with abnormal contrast sensitivity. Study Design: The study employed quantitative study design involving the measurement of variables. Place and Dura...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2020/v13i130156
Purpose: To determine the efficacy of intracameral moxifloxacin at the end of cataract surgery. Methods: Retrospective record based study. Study was based on a consecutive case series of patients who had cataract surgery during 2009 through 2019 in the Department of Ophthalmology...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2020/v12i430155
Aim: To describe a case of glaucoma which showed increase in optical coherence tomography (OCT) angiographic vessel densities after intraocular pressure reduction suggesting reperfusion of optic nerve. Presentation of Case: A 55 year old female with primary open angle glaucoma wa...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2020/v12i430154