OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of prophylactic administration of nepafenac 0.1% in maintaining mydriasis and in preventing postoperative macular edema following cataract surgery. METHODS This was a prospective, randomized, single-masked comparative study in 60 patients undergoing phacoemulsification cataract surgery. Patients were randomized to either the nepafenac or the control gro...

  A 29- year old female with bone pain and history of precocious puberty was referred for bone scintigraphy. On physical examination café au lait macular spots were noted on her neck, buttocks and left leg. Bone scan showed multiple areas of intense increased activity which was in favour of polyostotic fibrous dysplasia. Considering the presence of polyostotic fibrous...

purpose:  to determine whether angiotensin ii levels in aqueous humor is related to diabetes mellitus and to evaluate the effect of captopril. methods: in a case-control study, aqueous humor samples were obtained during cataract surgery from 58 eyes of 58 patients, of which 37 were diabetic. from these latter subjects, 16 had taken captopril (captopril group) and 21 had not taken any angiotensi...

An automated method is reported for segmenting 3D fluid and fluid-associated abnormalities in the retina, so-called Symptomatic Exudate-Associated Derangements (SEAD), from 3D OCT retinal images of subjects suffering from exudative age-related macular degeneration. In the first stage of a two-stage approach, retinal layers are segmented, candidate SEAD regions identified, and the retinal OCT im...

The most common macular condition is called Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD). It a neurodegenerative disease that leads to loss of central vision since the affected areas are main retina and choroid eye.

purpose: to report a case of butterfly-shaped macular dystrophy. patient and findings: a 34-year-old woman presented with metamorphopsia in both eyes from 2 years ago. visual acuity was 9/10 in right eye and 10/10 in left eye. there was no pathologic finding on slit lamp biomicroscopy and funduscopy other than mild macular retinal pigment epithelium mottling. visual fields and electroretinogram...

purpose: to compare the results of intravitreal bevacizumb (ivb) injection alone or in combination with intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide (ivt) versus macular laser photocoagulation (mpc) as primary treatment of diabetic macular edema (dme). methods: in this randomized clinical trial, 150 eyes of 129 patients with clinical dme and no previous treatment were enrolled. the eyes were randomly a...

Background: Retinal vein occlusions are one of the most common form of retinal vascular disorders and could lead to vision loss due to macular edema, macular ischemia and sequelae from neovascularization. Anti-venous endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) treatment is the choice strategy of treatment for patients with macular edema secondary to central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO). There is an ...

background: diabetes is a common metabolic disorder leading to the development of many complications, among which diabetic retinopathy and macular edema are the most significant. these complications can contribute to blindness if not diagnosed or treated properly, and several studies have been conducted to evaluate the methods for the prevention or slowing down their progression. therefore, ser...