*1* Post Graduate, Department of Ophthalmology, Rajah Muthiah medical college and hospital, Annamalainagar, Chidambaram. 2 Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Rajah Muthiah medical college and hospital, Annamalainagar, Chidambaram. 3 Professor and Head of the Department Department of Ophthalmology, Rajah Muthiah medical college and hospital, Annamalainagar, Chidambaram. 4 Associate Professo...

purpose : to evaluate the incidence and risk factors of severe visual impairment and retinopathy of prematurity (rop)-related blindness in a tertiary eye hospital in iran methods : in a cross-sectional study, clinical data of premature infants screened for rop in farabi eye hospital during 2003-2007 were reviewed. characteristics of advanced stages of rop (stage 4 or 5) were determined and comp...

introduction: cataract is a common disease across the world and the most common cause of vision loss and blindness. several factors contribute to the disease, the most important of which is aging. other contributors include sex, smoking, sunlight, place of residence, family, job, and systemic disease. this study was aimed to enquire into the epidemiology of cataract cases referred to noor ophth...

A 5-year-old girl presented to the ophthalmology clinic of Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, with a complaint of swelling of the left upper eyelid (Figure 1). The girl’s mother, who accompanied her, claimed that the girl had fallen on the ground a few hours previously. The child had a sudden onset of the lid swelling following the fall, associated with pain around the eyeball. ...

purpose : to determine the prevalence of ptosis and its correlation with vision-related variables in tehran population methods : through a stratified cluster random sampling, 160 clusters were selected proportional to the population of each municipal district of the city. all consented participants were transferred to the clinic and underwent thorough eye examination. here we report the prevale...

1 Professor of Neuroanatomy, Institute of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia 2 Clinical Assistant, Clinic of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia 3 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Art History, Department of Fine Art, Megatrend University, Belgrade, Serbia 4 Associate Professor, Institute of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine,...

We described the clinical, surgical details and results (motor and sensory) of the retrieving procedure of traumatically avulsed muscles in three patients with no previous history of strabismus or diplopia seen in the Department of Ophthalmology, State University of Campinas, Brazil. The slipped muscle portion was reinserted at the original insertion and under the remaining stump, which was sut...

Cryogens have been used to freeze living tissue for the purpose of treating benign and malignant lesions. Within the last century, ophthalmologists have found cryotherapy to be useful in treating a variety of ocular pathologies. Here, we review the history of cryotherapy, its introduction to the field of ophthalmology, its proposed mechanism of action, and its current applications in treating s...