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Burden of blindness and visual impairment associated with corneal opacities in India
Purpose To obtain national-level data on current burden of blindness and visual impairment (VI) due to corneal opacities (CO) and their epidemiological determinants in India. Methods A cross-sectional ...
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Risk factors for visual loss after excision of orbital cavernous venous malformations: a systematic review
Background Orbital cavernous venous malformations (OCVMs) are the most common primary orbital mass lesion and presenting symptoms are usually secondary to a mass effect. Surgical excision presents ...
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Neuropathic corneal pain following refractive surgery: risk factors, clinical manifestations, imaging and proteomic characteristics
1 National University of Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore Background/aims To identify the risk factors for neuropathic corneal pain (NCP) following corneal refractive surgery and ...
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Insights from 1096 clinical cases: pioneering a universal grading system for vernal keratoconjunctivitis management
Aim To analyse the clinical and demographic profiles of patients with vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) and propose a grading for VKC based on corneal status and symptom periodicity rather than ...
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New grading classification for paediatric atopic keratoconjunctivitis
Why are disease activity grading classifications helpful? And is allergic eye disease an example of a disorder for which this is the case? Chandrasekar and colleagues propose a grading system for the ...
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A randomised clinical trial comparing 2% econazole and 5% natamycin for the treatment of fungal keratitis
Aim: To compare 2% econazole and 5% natamycin in the management of fungal keratitis. Methods: A randomised clinical trial was performed using 2% econazole or 5% natamycin as the two treatment arms on ...
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Effects of glaucoma medications on the cardiorespiratory and intraocular pressure status of newly diagnosed glaucoma patients
AIMS To evaluate the short term cardiovascular, respiratory, and intraocular pressure (IOP) effects of four glaucoma medications in newly diagnosed glaucoma patients. METHODS 141 newly diagnosed ...
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Defocus Incorporated Soft Contact (DISC) lens slows myopia progression in Hong Kong Chinese schoolchildren: a 2-year randomised clinical trial
Aims To determine if ‘Defocus Incorporated Soft Contact’ (DISC) lens wear slows childhood myopia progression. Methods A 2-year double-blind randomised controlled trial was carried out in 221 children ...
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Trajectories of choriocapillaris perfusion in healthy individuals and patients with diabetes mellitus: a prospective cohort study
Purpose To evaluate the longitudinal rate of choriocapillaris flow deficits (CFD) in healthy participants and patients with diabetes mellitus. Methods This prospective cohort study included healthy ...
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Association between long-term statin use and cataract surgery: a nationwide study on 505 105 cataract surgery patients
Aims To assess the association between statin use and cataract surgery according to different statin treatment durations in patients with different cardiovascular risk profiles. Methods and results We ...
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Profile of patients presenting for cataract surgery in the UK: national data collection
AIMS/METHODS A national data collection exercise was carried out in more than 100 hospital eye service units within the UK to provide clinical and administrative information on patients undergoing ...