IMPORTANCE Birdshot chorioretinopathy (BCR) is a bilateral posterior uveitis that typically requires aggressive therapy to prevent loss of vision. Clinical signs of disease activity may be subtle and visual acuity is often preserved despite significant loss of visual function. Optical coherence tomography with enhanced depth imaging (OCT-EDI), a new technology that allows visualization of struc...

objective: to investigate about frequency of different subtypes of stroke in south of iran methods: this  is a retrospective, single-center study  conducted at namazi hospital, shiraz, south of iran. age, sex, length of hospitalization and  mortality  of  stroke patients were recorded by reviewing hospital medical records. results: 16 351 patients (53.6% male, 46.4%female) were recruited.  isch...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the intermediate surgical results of Ahmed glaucoma valve (AGV) implantation in patients less than 7 years of age, with advanced primary congenital glaucoma who have failed previous surgeries. PATIENTS AND METHODS Consecutive patients with advanced primary congenital glaucoma that failed previous operations and had undergone subsequent AGV imp...

PURPOSE To compare outcomes between patients undergoing trabeculectomy with an Ex-PRESS mini glaucoma device using mitomycin-C (MMC) to those undergoing the same procedure using a subconjunctival collagen matrix implant (Ologen). MATERIALS AND METHODS All patients underwent a trabeculectomy using an Ex-PRESS shunt. A total of 49 eyes of 37 patients received Ologen, and 50 eyes of 48 patients ...

PURPOSE To investigate the immediate and long-term outcomes of Ahmed glaucoma valve (AGV) implantation with silicone tube ligation and removable external stents. METHODS This retrospective non-comparative study investigated the outcomes of AGV implantation with silicone tube ligation and removable external stents in 95 eyes (90 patients) with at least 12 months of postoperative follow-up. Qua...

case presentation our patient was a 32-year-old primigravid woman presented with abdominal and flank pain. her gestational age was 30 weeks. during admission in aria hospital, she had a significant hemoglobin level drop and developed signs of acute abdomen. conclusions laparotomy was performed and fundal uterine vessels rupture was seen and ligated. a 30-week-male fetus was born by cesarean sec...