Publications by authors named "A Nava-Castaneda"

Background And Objectives: Endophthalmitis is a type of eye inflammation that affects all structures of the eye and is generally of infectious origin. In cases recalcitrant to intravitreal treatment or posterior vitrectomy, evisceration or enucleation are the preferable options. Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) bone cement has stood out as an implant in other areas of medicine due to its great stability and healing.

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Purpose: Pterygium is an ocular surface disease characterized by the invasion of fibrovascular tissue from the bulbar conjunctiva to the cornea and is associated with abnormal tear function caused by changes in tear composition and osmolarity. In this study, the effect of two different surgical techniques to remove primary pterygium: conjunctival autograft surgery (CAG) and amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT), on changes in MUC2 and MUC5AC tear mucins concentration were evaluated.

Methods: Forty-four patients (>18 years old) with primary unilateral pterygium (> 1.

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Background: Botulinum Toxin (BoNTA) is the most used nonsurgical aesthetic procedure to treat facial expression lines.

Aims: This study compared the efficacy of Prabotulinum toxin-A, a novel BoNTA that originates from Clostridium botulinum Hall-A, with onabotulinum toxin-A in treating facial expression lines using the Facial Wrinkle Scale (FWS) and FACE-Q questionnaires.

Methods: This was an experimental, comparative, longitudinal, open-label, and prospective study.

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Article Synopsis
  • - The study examined the link between Demodex mite infestation and the occurrence of primary and recurrent chalazia in patients.
  • - Out of 68 patients with chalazia, 63.2% showed Demodex infestation, with a stronger connection found in recurrent cases (50% infested) compared to primary cases (only 18.5% infested).
  • - The results highlighted a significant positive correlation (rθ=+0.665, P<.05) between recurrent chalazia and Demodex infestation, while no such correlation was found for primary chalazia.
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