purpose: to evaluate the anatomical and functional outcomes of surgical treantment in severely traumatized eyes with no light perception (nlp) vision. methods: in this prospective interventional case series, 18 eyes of 18 patients with severe trauma and nlp vision and rapd of 3-4+ admitted in nikookari hospital, tabriz-iran during 2002-2005 underwent deep vitrectomy and other appropriate proced...

purpose: to report visual outcomes of pars plana vitrectomy in severely traumatized eyes with no light perception (nlp) and flat electroretinography (erg) methods: we performed a prospective interventional study on 22 severely traumatized eyes with nlp, 4+ relative afferent pupillary defect (rapd) and flat erg. results: one year after pars plana virectomy, 15 patients (68.18%) had nlp, six pati...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the anatomical and functional outcomes of surgical intervention in severely traumatized eyes with no light perception (NLP). METHODS In this prospective interventional case series, 18 eyes of 18 patients with severe ocular trauma whose vision was documented as NLP and with relative afferent pupillary defect of 3 to 4+ underwent deep vitrectomy...

purpose: to evaluate the results of keratoprosthesis (kps) at labbafinejad medical center. method: in this case-series 29 eyes of 27 patients who underwent kps between 1995-2002 were evaluated for results and complications. results: patients included 22 male and five female subjects. diagnoses included chemical burn (17 cases), stevens-johnson syndrome (three cases), ocular cicatricial pemphigo...

AIM To ascertain utility values associated with varying degrees of legal blindness. METHODS A cross sectional study on three group of patients. There were: (1) 15 patients with complete absence of vision (no light perception) in at least one eye who were asked to assume a scenario of no light perception in the second eye as well, (2) 17 patients with light perception to counting fingers in th...

In a sample of young people in Northern Ireland (N = 819), we examine the relationships between the quality of experience with police officers and police legitimacy. We examine potential pathways through which experiences may either support or undermine the legitimacy of the police, and thus cooperation and compliance with them. We find evidence that perceptions of the police as having goals th...