PURPOSE Investigate the prevalence and vision-related outcomes of cataract surgery in an area of high cataract surgical rate. METHODS Cluster sampling was used in randomly selecting individuals > or = 50 years of age in 2007. Participants were queried regarding year and place of previous cataract surgery. Cataract surgical procedures and evidence of surgical complications were recorded. The p...

purpose: to evaluate the visual and anatomical outcomes of pars plana vitrectomy and indocyanine green (icg) assisted internal limiting membrane (ilm) peeling in fresh central retinal vein occlusion (crvo) with primary low vision. methods: in a prospective interventional case series, 15 eyes of 15 patients with fresh crvo (less than 3 months’ duration) and presenting best-corrected visual acuit...

purpose : to determine the prevalence of the uncorrected refractive errors in bojnourd students methods : in a cross-sectional study, the samples were selected proportionate to the population of the schools using stratified randomized cluster sampling. the target population was the primary and junior high school students of the city of bojnourd. visual acuity (va) (snellen chart) and cycloplegi...

PURPOSE To present the results of secondary surgical treatment of five patients with massive suprachoroidal hemorrhage (MSCH), which occurred intraoperatively, postoperatively, or following ocular trauma. METHODS Five patients presenting with MSCH were included in this study during or after phacoemulsification surgery (1 patient), glaucoma surgery (1 patient), combined glaucoma and phacoemuls...

PURPOSE To describe the relationship of visual acuity impairment and eye disease on vision-related quality of life, as measured by the 25-item National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI-VFQ-25), in a cross-sectional, population-based study of older Hispanic persons living in Arizona. METHODS A random sample of block groups with Hispanic residents in Nogales and Tucson, Arizona,...

We describe a method capable of quantitatively measuring the visual acuity of small, eccentrically-located areas of the visual field, even within the macular area. Fixation errors are minimized by presenting stimuli briefly and in random order. The method is more sensitive than Bjerrum screen campimetry in detecting hemianopic and quadrantic losses.

PURPOSE Controversy exists regarding the use of intravitreal dexamethasone (IVD) as an anti-inflammatory adjunct to intravitreal antibiotics in patients with acute endophthalmitis following cataract surgery. The purpose of this project was to evaluate our experience regarding the effect of adjunctive IVD use on visual outcomes in such patients. DESIGN Retrospective, comparative case series. ...