Sir Ratan Tata Fellowship Training in Cataract Surgery

Radiological Appearances of the Heart and Lungs in Cases of Hypertensive Heart Failure *Working with the aid of a medical research grant from the trustees of the late Sir Ratan Tata.

The NeuroVascular Coalition: birth, death, and endovascular stroke training.

Endovascular Stroke Training The paper “Performance and Training Standards for Endovascular Ischemic Stroke Treatment” and the accompanying editorial both make the claim that this training standard was approved by the NeuroVascular Coalition. As Founder, first Co-Chair, creator of the name and the abbreviation (NVC), and owner of the Web address (www.neurovascularcoalition.org), I would like to...

Multisite prospective investigation of psychological outcomes following cataract surgery in Vietnam

BACKGROUND Cataract surgery is a low-cost and effective intervention. There is increasing evidence to suggest that cataract surgery is associated with improvements in mobility, overall functioning and reductions in psychological distress. Within low-income and middle-income countries, cataract surgery has also been documented to lead to reductions in psychological distress; however, differences...

Declining field of pediatric ophthalmology.

Most of us who have been pediatric ophthalmologists for many years cannot help but notice the significant trends that have occurred in the number of residents choosing this field to practice. In 1994, 42 of 43 fellowship positions were filled. In 1997, only two fellowship positions were not filled. However, by 1999, the match rate slipped to the current level with 11 of 38 fellowships remaining...

Investigation of visual acuity and residual refractive error after cataract surgery in patients with senile cataract by phacoemulsification

Background and Aim: Vision improvement and reduction of refractive errors are considered as important goals of cataract surgery. The purpose of this study was to evaluate residual refractive errors after cataract surgery in the patients with senile cataract in Shahid Rahimi Hospital in Khorramabad City between 2017 and 2018. Material and Methods: This cross-sectional study included 178 patients...