The efficacy of scleral grafts for eyelid lengthening in patients with thyroid related upper and/or lower lid retraction was evaluated in 62 consecutive patients with Graves' ophthalmopathy who underwent lid surgery in the last 3.5 years. Seventy-eight upper and 30 lower lids were lengthened by scleral interposition. A good or acceptable result was achieved in 50% of all operated upper lids aft...

The purpose of this study is to summarize the latest reports on management rhegmatogenous retinal detachment and suggest guidelines for choosing a surgical method in patients with detachment. Most detachments led full vision loss affected eye prior period scleral buckling (SB). Scleral was developed 1950s, allowing surgeons treat surgically. gave questionnaire 109 from 18 different countries li...

PURPOSE Intramuscular innervation of horizontal rectus extraocular muscle (EOMs) is segregated into superior and inferior (transverse) compartments, whereas all EOMs are also divided into global (GL) and orbital (OL) layers with scleral and pulley insertions, respectively. Mechanical independence between both types of compartments has been demonstrated during passive tensile loading. We examine...

In the past I5 years various types of scleral contact lenses have been developed for the treatment of pathological conditions of the cornea and conjunctiva. Our previous investigations found the hydrophilic corneo-scleral lens very effective in the treatment of various inflammatory and degenerative corneal changes (Krejci, I970, 1971). In our present study the Czech hydrophilic corneo-scleral c...

PURPOSE To examine whether the scleral cross sectional area and estimated scleral volume are associated with a longer axial length in human eyes. METHODS Histologic anterior-posterior sections running through the pupil and the optic nerve head were examined. Using a light microscope, we measured the thickness of the sclera at the limbus, ora serrata, equator, midpoint between equator and post...

Purpose MicroRNA (miRNAs) have been previously implicated in scleral remodeling in normal eye growth. They have the potential to be therapeutic targets for prevention/retardation of exaggerated eye growth in myopia by modulating scleral matrix remodeling. To explore this potential, genome-wide miRNA and messenger RNA (mRNA) scleral profiles in myopic and control eyes from mice were studied. M...

The posterior sclera likely plays an important role in the development of glaucoma, and accurate characterization of its mechanical properties is needed to understand its impact on the more delicate optic nerve head--the primary site of damage in the disease. The posterior scleral shells from both eyes of one rhesus monkey were individually mounted on a custom-built pressurization apparatus. In...