purpose : the objective of this study was to evaluate the outcome of acrysof toric intraocular lenses (iols) implantation in cataract surgery for the correction of regular corneal astigmatism. methods : twenty eyes of 16 patients with cataract and regular corneal astigmatism of 1.00-4.00 diopter (d) underwent surgery. depending on the amount of corneal astigmatism, an acrysof toric iol of type ...

purpose : to investigate long-term ocular manifestations of ocular behcet’s disease (bd), and the causes for blindness methods : in august 2008, at shariati hospital of tehran (behcet unit) all files of the ocular bd patients from 1976 to 2008 who were legally blind (visual acuity=20/200 or less) at least in one eye at the last visit and had at least three years of follow-up were reviewed and t...

Background:The main goal of physiotherapy for patients with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACL-R) is to improve postural control and retain knee function. Therefore, clinicians need to use evaluative tools that assess postural changes during physiotherapy. To maximize the clinical utility of the results of these tools, the extracted measures should have appropriate psychometric prop...

purpose : to evaluate the intraocular pressure (iop) rising effect of anterior versus posterior subtenon injection of triamcinolone in eyes with retinal vein occlusion methods : this prospective nonrandomized study was performed on 57 eyes of 57 patients with macular edema due to retinal vein occlusion. 26 eyes received posterior subtenon injection of 40 mg triamcinolone acetonide [pstt] and 31...

Abstract Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of phacoemulsification and the implantation of intraocular lenses (IOL) combined with trabeculectomy supplemented by releasable sutures and antimetabolite agents. Methods:Phacotrabeculectomy was performed in 36 eyes of 30 patients who hadmedically uncontrolle...