Clinical characteristics and quality of life in women with COPD: an observational study.

Background: The impact of COPD on patient's quality of life is well established, but gender differences have received little attention.

Methods: To describe factors associated with the health-related quality of life by gender: A cross-sectional observational study (NCT01007734) was conducted in COPD patients followed by pulmonologists. The first patient included had to be a woman.

Ocular surface assessment in soft contact lens wearers; the contribution of tear osmolarity among other tests.

Purpose: To determine whether tear osmolarity contributes to the assessment of the ocular surface in soft contact lens (CL) wearers.

Methods: Prospective, case-control series in 44 CL wearers (28 tolerant and 16 intolerant) and 34 healthy subjects. Every patient underwent a thorough ophthalmic examination with a tear osmolarity test (TearLab System), conjunctival impression cytology and meibomian lipid sampling.

Macular hole surgery and cataract extraction: combined vs consecutive surgery.

Purpose: To compare the functional and the anatomic outcomes of a combined surgery and consecutive surgery for macular hole and cataract extraction.

Design: Multicenter, retrospective, comparative case series.

Patients: One hundred twenty patients (120 eyes) with an idiopathic macular hole and cataract were operated on in 1 or 2 sessions in 2 academic centers, Dijon University Hospital and Nancy University Hospital.