NOTES ON ADRENALIN CHLORIDE SOLUTION IN OPHTHALMIC PRACTICE

Notes from ophthalmic practice in the eighteenth century.

Effect of benzalkonium chloride-free latanoprost ophthalmic solution on ocular surface in patients with glaucoma

INTRODUCTION Benzalkonium chloride (BAK), included as a preservative in many topical treatments for glaucoma, induces significant toxicity and alters tear breakup time (TBUT). BAK-containing latanoprost, an ester prodrug of prostaglandin F2α, can cause ocular adverse events (AEs) associated with BAK. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of BAK-free latanoprost. PA...

Ophthalmic Notes from Chapra

Cataract.?I enclose herewith a table (Table I) showing the total number of operations for senile cataract undertaken at the three in-door dispensaries in this district, with the number successful and percentage of successes taken from the records for the year 1891-1900. As regards this table there is little to say except that possibly more difficult cases were attempted at the Head-Quarter disp...

Ophthalmic Notes from Midnapur

1. Iridectomy.?I make it a rule to perform an iridectomy in nearly every case, and am of opinion that it is the safe course to pursue in moat cases ; for in the past 158 (cases) I have not had a single prolapse of the iris, and as our patients are mostly illitarate, it is not so absolutely essential to give them the slightly better vision gained by leaving the iris intact at the risk of prolaps...

Pitfalls in Ophthalmic Practice