Clinical efficacy of Fluorometholone versus Loteprednol eye drops after photorefractive keratectomy: A triple-blinded randomized controlled trial.

Purpose: This study aimed to compare the anti-inflammatory efficacy and safety of 0.1% Fluorometholone (FML) versus (vs.) 0.

Concurrent presence of buccal mucosal and ophthalmologic lesions in Behcet's syndrome.

Background: Behcet's syndrome is a disease with different aspects in its clinical manifestations. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the simultaneous presence of oral mucosal and ophthalmologic lesions in patients with Behcet's syndrome.

Methods: From April 2012 to December 2014, 50 cases of Behcet's syndrome who referred to the Departments of Ophtalmology, Oral Diseases and Infectious Diseases of Babol University Medical Sciences were entered into the study.

Cohort Profile Update: The Amirkola Health and Ageing Project (AHAP).

The original cohort study of AHAP started in 2011 on 1616 elderly residents of Amirkola, northern part of Iran near the Caspian Sea. The main goal of this study was to comprehensively evaluate the health of the elderly in the region with the emphasis on chronic diseases such as osteoporosis. The first cohort profile was published in the International Journal of Epidemiology in 2014.

Prevalence of age-related macular degeneration among the elderly.

Background: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of visual impairment and blindness in elderly population in the developing countries. Previous epidemiological studies revealed various potential modifiable risk factors for this disease. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of AMD among elderly living in Babol, North of Iran.

Cohort profile: the Amirkola Health and Ageing Project (AHAP).

This is the first comprehensive cohort study of the health of older people ever conducted in Iran. The aim of this project is to investigate the health status of older people in Amirkola in the northern part of Iran, near the Caspian Sea. The Amirkola Health and Ageing Project (AHAP) is mainly concerned with geriatric medical problems, such as falling, bone fragility and fractures, cognitive impairment and dementia, poor mobility and functional dependence.

Incidence and risk factors of retinopathy of prematurity in Babol, North of Iran.

Purpose: To determine the incidence and risk factors for the development of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) among premature infants.

Methods: New born infants with gestational age < 37 weeks were studied from October 2004 to April 2008. Potential risk factors, like gestational age (GA), birth weight (BW), supplemental oxygen therapy, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), sepsis, blood transfusion, and phototherapy were assessed.

Endonasal laser-assisted microscopic dacryocystorhinostomy: surgical technique and follow-up results.

Purpose: Endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy is known as an increasingly attractive and effective approach for the surgical treatment of nasal duct obstruction with minimal complications and best cosmetic consequences. In a relatively large-scale case-series study over a 5-year period, we describe the surgical technique and 12-month follow-up results of microscopic laser dacryocystorhinostomy with particular regard to the effect of various pre-/postoperational factors (ie, patients' sex, age, symptoms chronicity, previous interventions, duration of silicone intubation) on the surgical outcome.

Materials And Methods: A total of 162 cases in 151 patients with chronic epiphora, mucocele, or recurrent episodes of dacryocystitis were included in the study.

Simple excision alone versus simple excision plus mitomycin C in the treatment of pterygium.

Background: Pterygium is a common ocular disorder throughout the world. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of simple excision alone with or without topical mitomycin in the treatment of pterygium.

Patients And Methods: This study was performed in two stages.