Ophtalmo

INTRODUCTION: The goal of the study was to compare Perkins applanation tonometry and iCare rebound tonometry, evaluating their correlation and agreement in a diverse pediatric population under general anaesthesia (GA). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Children undergoing an eye examination under GA between November 2019 and March 2020 were included. Intraocular pressure (IOP) was measured successively using the Perkins applanation tonometer and the iCare IC200 rebound tonometer...

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OBJECTIVE: To report the outcomes of cataract surgery performed by non-physician cataract surgeons due to lack of ophthalmologists in remote areas of North Cameroon. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: The main centre of the non-governmental organisation Ophtalmo Sans Frontières in Lagdo. PARTICIPANTS AND INTERVENTIONS: Age-related cataract surgery performed between 28 November 2016 and 17 May 2017. MAIN OUTCOMES MEASURES: The main outcome measure was presenting visual acuity (PVA) 1-4 weeks after surgery, classified according to the WHO as good (PVA ≥6/18), borderline (PVA 6/60-6/18) and poor (PVA <6/60)...

PURPOSE: To develop a new corneal release system to deliver optimum amounts of mitomycin-C (MMC) during the perioperative period of photorefractive keratectomy (PRK). SETTING: Ophthalmos S/A, São Paulo, Brazil. DESIGN: Experimental study. METHODS: An in vitro experimental design was developed for studying a new MMC delivery system at a drug concentration of 0.02%. Whatman sterile filter paper disks with a diameter of 8...

The eyes diseases appear at any stage of Lyme borreliosis and clinical manifestations are polymorphic and non-specific. The study examined prevalence of B. burgdorferi s.l. infection in patients with different eyes diseases and evaluated diagnostic significance of antibodies to B. burgdorferi in clinical practice. The sampling included 57 patients with conjunctivitis, keratitis, uveitis, choreoretinitis, optical neuritis of unclear etiology. The blood serum of patients was analyzed to detect presence of IgM- and IgG-antibodies to B...

Nail patella-syndrome is a rare hereditary (autosomal dominant) disorder resulting from a heterogenous loss of function in the LMXB1 gene on chromosome 9q34. It is associated with multiple deformities. Patients have a characteristic tetrad of pathologic symptoms including fingernail dysplasia, hypoplastic or absence patella, radial head dislocation, iliac horns and in some cases nephropathy and ophtalmo-logical findings (glaucoma). In this study four affected members in one family are presented. All of the familly members presented absence or hypoplastic patella and fingernails dysplasia...

Oral manifestations of endocrine dysfunction often may be observed initially by the dentist. Objective manifestations, such as ophtalmos in hyperthyroidism, signs of hypersecretion of GH in acromegaly, are easily recognized. Dentists should have some knowledge of many other diseases in this category that occasionally come in our attention. The present article will discuss the effects of over and under-secretion of each endocrine gland separately, showing its influence on the development and maintenance of the health of the teeth and supporting structures...

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Five-day-old chickens decendants of hens vaccinated several times under conditions existing in the practice were ophtalmo-nasally inoculated with 10(5),5ELD50 velogenic viscerothropic Newcastle Disease virus NDV. Thirty two per cent of them were stricken by the disease and died, but the remaining 68% resisted the provocation and showed no clinical symptoms 80 days post inoculation. The virulogical investigation of the chickens resistant to inoculation proved they are spreading the virus for 45 days and remained virus-carriers for 54 days post inoculation...