Publications by authors named "Adi Einan Lifshitz"
Purpose: To evaluate the accuracy of several intraocular lens (IOL) formulas for patients with endothelial dystrophy (ED) without edema treated with cataract surgery alone.
Setting: One academic, tertiary referral center.
Design: Comparative retrospective cohort study.
Purpose: To compare the outcomes of anterior chamber intraocular lens (AC-IOL) implantation versus the four-flanged scleral fixation technique in eyes with loss of capsular support during routine cataract surgery.
Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study of all patients in whom an IOL was implanted either during or after short-term aphakia due to loss of capsular and sulcus support in a routine cataract surgery with at least 6 months of follow-up time between 2015 and 2023 in a tertiary medical center in Israel. Two different IOL implantation techniques were compared: the implantation of an angle-supported ACIOL and four-flanged scleral fixation.
Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate the visual and refractive outcomes in patients with pseudoexfoliation (PXF) undergoing routine cataract surgery and to compare the accuracy of intraocular lens (IOL) power calculation formulae.
Methods: Retrospective case-series study from Shamir medical center, a public hospital, Israel. Medical records of patients who underwent routine cataract surgery between January 2019 and August 2021 were investigated.
Purpose: Previous research highlights the adverse effects of visual impairment (VI) on academic achievement in children, yet its impact on cognitive performance among adolescents and young adults remains under-studied. Therefore, this investigation aimed to analyse this association in a nationwide sample of Israeli adolescents.
Methods: A retrospective population-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 1,410,616 Israeli-born adolescents aged 16-19 years, who were assessed before mandatory military service between 1993 and 2017.
Purpose: To measure and compare the inter-examiner reproducibility of manifest refraction in patients with keratoconus.
Design: Prospective, inter-examiner reliability analysis comparing cases and controls.
Methods: Patients with keratoconus (KC) and healthy subjects had undergone manifest refraction by the same 2 skilled optometrists; each was masked to the refraction of the other, on the same day.
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to assess the diagnostic accuracy of ChatGPT in the field of ophthalmology.
Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study conducted in one academic tertiary medical center. We reviewed data of patients admitted to the ophthalmology department from 06/2022 to 01/2023.
Purpose: The aim of the study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of quantum molecular resonance in the treatment of dry eye disease.
Methods: This study was a double-blind randomized control trial in 1 academic medical center, for 2 years. Participants received treatment or a placebo with the Rexon-Eye device, once per week for 4 weeks.
Importance: Evaluating risk factors for keratoconus, often associated with recurrent eye rubbing, could generate hypotheses to be tested in future interventional trials.
Objective: To assess the risk for keratoconus associated with psychiatric comorbidities in adolescents and adults.
Design, Setting, And Participants: This population-based cross-sectional study included medical records of Israeli adolescents and adults in military service from January 2011 through December 2021.
Purpose: To evaluate the correlation between keratoconus and systemic manifestations of tissue hyperlaxity in the general population.
Methods: In this population based cross-sectional study 940,763 medical records of Israeli adolescents and young adults in military service were reviewed. Demographic and medical data were extracted.
Purpose: To investigate the influence of post-operative eye patching on corneal thickness, endothelial cells' loss and visual acuity in patients diagnosed Fuchs' endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD).
Setting: Public healthcare centre, Shamir Medical Centre, Israel.
Methods: This randomized controlled trial included patients with FECD undergoing routine cataract surgery in a public medical centre.
Purpose: The application of myopia definition varies considerably within the literature. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between different myopia and high myopia definitions and resultant prevalence estimates.
Methods: A population-based cross-sectional study of 1,588,508 Israeli adolescents assessed for medical fitness before mandatory military service at the age of 17 years between 1993 through 2015.
Microsporidia is a phylum of intracellular parasites that secrete spores and stay in water sources. These parasites can cause infection in humans by invading the digestive system, the urinary system, the muscular system and the eye. Recently, the Israeli Ministry of Health announced that dozens of people in Israel were suspected of being infected with microsporidial keratitis after bathing in the waters of the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To assess the refractive prediction error of four intraocular lens (IOL) calculation formulas in eyes that have undergone scleral fixation using the four-flanged technique.
Methods: This was a retrospective cohort analysis of patients who underwent scleral fixation using the four-flanged technique at the Shamir Medical Center between 2020 and 2021. Refractive prediction errors for four IOL prediction formulas (Barrett Universal II, Holladay 1, SRK/T, and Kane) were obtained by subtracting the predicted spherical equivalent from the postoperative spherical equivalent.
Objective: To evaluate the accuracy of the ABCD Progression Display and the ABCD grading system in a population of adult patients with keratoconus.
Methods: A retrospective cohort analysis of all adult patients with keratoconus followed at the Shamir Medical Center between 2012 and 2017. A recommendation by the cornea specialist to undergo corneal crosslinking (CXL) was used as a surrogate of ectasia progression.
Objectives: To assess the effect of hypotensive drugs on light absorbance, discoloration, opacification and precipitate formation of IOLs.
Methods: In this laboratory study, four types of IOLs (two hydrophilic-acrylic-L1 and L2, and two hydrophobic-acrylic-B1 and B2) were soaked in solutions containing Timolol-maleate 0.5%, Dorzolamide 2%, Brimonidine-tartrate 0.
Purpose: To examine the effects of treatment with a thermomechanical skin device to the eyelid area on the clinical signs and symptoms of patients who suffer from dry eye disease (DED) secondary to meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD).
Methods: Forty patients aged 45 years or older with DED due to MGD were recruited. Both eyes (n = 80) of each patient received three treatments with the Tixel device (Novoxel®, Israel), with each treatment separated by a 2-week period.
Purpose: Standard corneal collagen cross-linking (S-CXL) is an effective treatment to arrest Keratoconus (KC) progression in children. Less is known on the long-term efficacy of accelerated CXL (A-CXL) in paediatric populations.
Methods: A historical cohort analysis of paediatric patients (≤18 years) with KC who underwent S-CXL and A-CXL at two tertiary referral centres in Israel between 2010-2017.
Application of Nd:YAG laser to the anterior vitreous in malignant glaucoma - a systemic review and meta-analysis.
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol
September 2022
Purpose: The study aims to review the efficacy, safety, and technique of Nd:YAG laser vitreolysis for the management of malignant glaucoma (MG).
Methods: We performed a search of electronic databases for all published studies which included technical specifications of Nd:YAG laser application for MG. Individual patient data was extracted and evaluated in a weighted pooled analysis.
Myopia and Early-Onset Type 2 Diabetes: A Nationwide Cohort Study.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab
January 2022
Context: A correlation between myopia and insulin resistance has been suggested.
Objective: We investigated the association between myopia in adolescence and type 2 diabetes (T2D) incidence in young adulthood.
Methods: This population-based, retrospective, cohort study comprised 1 329 705 adolescents (579 543 women, 43.
Purpose: To evaluate the ABCD grading system in pediatric keratoconus.
Methods: A retrospective cohort analysis of all children with keratoconus followed up at the Shamir medical center between 2010 and 2017. A recommendation by the treating physician to undergo corneal crosslinking (CXL) was used as an estimate for clinically significant disease progression.
A modification of intraocular lens (IOL) implantation, using the 4-flanged IOL fixation technique, through a 2.4 mm corneal incision using a standard cartridge and injector, is presented. An IOL with 4 eyelets is used, through which a 6-0 polypropylene suture is threaded on one side and then loaded into a provided cartridge and inserted to the anterior chamber through a 2.
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- Keratoglobus is a rare eye condition causing corneal thinning and bulging, leading to vision loss and potential corneal perforation, but its genetic causes are not yet known.
- The study analyzed 3 families with keratoglobus to identify its genetic basis, involving advanced sequencing techniques and mouse models.
- Results revealed that mutations in the TMEM45A gene are associated with the disorder, with significant gene expression differences observed in affected corneas compared to healthy tissue.
Objective: To evaluate the incidence of consecutive exotropia following bilateral medial rectus muscle recession surgery (BMR) for esotropia using non-absorbable compared with absorbable sutures in children undergoing strabismus surgery.
Methods: A retrospective cohort study of all children with esotropia who underwent BMR by a single surgeon in a tertiary public hospital. As of February 2018, only non-absorbable sutures were used.