AIM To ascertain utility values and associated quality of life with different severity and duration of glaucoma among Indian patients. METHODS Utility values of 105 consecutive patients with primary glaucoma of at least 12 months' duration were evaluated in a cross sectional study. Utility values were ascertained in five groups using both the time-trade off and standard gamble methods: group ...

purpose: to assess the efficacy of polyhexamethylene biguanide (phmb) in treating acanthamoeba keratitis (ak) and also to identify related factors affecting final visual outcome in ak patients treated with phmb methods: in these interventional case series study, 27 eyes of 25 patients with ak received phmb 0.02% and divided into two groups according to the final visual acuity (va) va equal to o...

PURPOSE To compare the visual acuity and contrast sensitivity in eyes with the AcrySof ReSTOR multifocal intraocular lens (IOL) (Alcon) and eyes with the monofocal AcrySof SA60AT IOL. SETTING Policlinico Umberto I, Department of Ophthalmology, Rome, and private clinical practice, Rome, Italy. METHODS One hundred eyes had phacoemulsification cataract extraction and implantation of a ReSTOR m...

Comparative analysis of functional results of contact lens correction and penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) in keratoconus are presented. To assess resolution ability we considered visual acuity and contrast sensitivity. 117 patients (219 eyes) with stage I-IV keratoconus, wearing rigid gas-permeable contact lenses (RPCL), and 60 patients (64 eyes) after PKP were examined. In 69% patients after PK...

Choroidal osteoma is a benign tumor of the choroid. Herein, we report a rare case of decalcified choroidal osteoma found in the retina. A 27-year-old woman presented with visual loss. Her best-corrected visual acuity was 20/50 OS. Ophthalmoscopy of the left eye revealed a yellow-white calcified region accompanied by a decalcified region of four disc diameters in size. After 6 years, spectral-do...

PURPOSE To study the long-term visual and refractive outcomes and evaluate patient satisfaction after bilateral implantation of trifocal intraocular lenses (IOLs). SETTING Nethradhama Superspeciality Eye Hospital, Bangalore. DESIGN Prospective, nonrandomized study. METHODS Eligible patients undergoing bilateral phacoemulsification with trifocal IOL implantation were included. Follow-up ex...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the short-term visual and anatomical outcomes and safety of intravitreal bevacizumab in subfoveal idiopathic choroidal neovascularization. METHODS Thirty-two eyes of 32 patients with idiopathic choroidal neovascularization received intravitreal bevacizumab (1.25 mg/0.05 mL) in this prospective, noncomparative, interventional case series. Injection was repeated if optica...

purpose: to determine the prevalence of refractive errors and rate of need for spectacles in students of region one in mashhad, 2006. methods: by randomized cluster sampling, 2510 students were selected and underwent eye exami-nations including refraction (cycloplegic, manifest), visual acuity, cover test and determination of the spectacle prescription as well as best corrected visual acuity. e...

PURPOSE We compared the efficacy of intravitreal ranibizumab and bevacizumab for treating neovascular age-related macular degeneration using an on-demand regimen. METHODS A total of 186 wet age-related macular degeneration eyes of 186 treatment-naïve patients were compared retrospectively (67 eyes treated with ranibizumab with 91 treated with bevacizumab). At baseline, mean age, best correcte...

Materials & Methods: Retrospective review of patients who underwent DALK for progressive keratoconus from 2010 to 2013 was done. Patients who completed 2 years of follow up were included. Slit lamp findings, corneal topography and central corneal thickness were analysed.122 eyes of 71 patients were analysed. Uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) and best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) were analysed ...