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...
Corneal neovascularization (NV) is characterized by the invasion of new blood vessels into the cornea from the limbus. It is caused by a disruption of the balance between angiogenic and antiangiogenic factors that preserves corneal transparency. Corneal vessels management has ben...
Foster Kennedy Syndrome is unilateral optic disc swelling with contralateral optic atrophy, usually due to a frontal lobe tumour compressing the optic nerve on one side and resulting in papilloedema contralaterally. The etiological and topographical diagnosis uses brain imaging....
The aim of the study was to determine the pattern of eye diseases in patients that attended the eye clinic of a teaching hospital in Osogbo, South-Western Nigeria between March 2018 and February 2019. Methodology: A retrospective cross-sectional study of 2420 consecutive new pati...
Recently, there have been several new developments in automated perimetry that have contributed to enhanced diagnosis and management of glaucoma. This paper will briefly review the classical algorithms of automated perimetry and also the latest advances in automated perimetry str...
Ocular chemical injuries are true ophthalmic emergencies that require immediate and intensive intervention to minimize severe complications and profound visual loss [1]. They mostly affect young active men; causes include domestic accidents, workplace-related injuries and assault...
Dry eyes are becoming a part of people’s lives more and more frequently. Usage of eye cosmetics is known to cause disturbances in the stability of tear film and cause dry eye symptoms we conducted a prospective study on a sample of 100 women whose age ranged from 18 to 35 years i...
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a major problem in Maghreb. Diagnosis difficult and often at a late stage, this tumor has benefited from the technical progress of radiotherapy. In the stages of complications it can be revealed by ophthalmological manifestations including oculomotorpa...
Chemical eye injury is a true ocular emergency that requires a prompt decision and immediate management by using an irrigating solution to the eye. The development of a new solution, such as amphoteric agents are now used in comparison to conventional agents. This type of solutio...
Purpose: To describe a case of macular edema, secondary to thrombosis, reduced during the oral treatment with lurbinectedin. Methods: Patient affected by central macular edema to the right eye, due to central venous thrombosis, in chemotherapy for a small cell lung cancer with lu...
Lymphoma is a malignant neoplasm originating from monoclonal B-lymphocytes, T lymphocytes or from natural killer (NK) cells; Lymphoma of the eyelid is defined as lymphoma infiltrating the preseptal tissues, meaning lymphoma infiltrating the skin, subcutaneous tissue and the orbic...