Background: Ocular trauma is one of the most common causes of hospitalization in patients with ocular injuries. It imposes many direct and indirect physical and psychological costs on the patient and the community.
Materials And Methods: The present descriptive cross-sectional and retrospective study includes all patients with ocular trauma who underwent surgery in the referral center's ophthalmic operating room for 10 years.
Introduction And Objective: Corneal collagen cross-linking (CXL) with riboflavin and ultraviolet-A (UVA) is a new technique of mechanical stability of the cornea and prevention of keratoconus progression. The present study aimed at the evaluation of the changes in the corneal volume (CV), volume, and the angle of anterior chamber in keratoconus patients using the Pentacam after CXL.
Methods: This prospective study was performed on 48 eyes of 24 patients (including 12 men, 17-33 years old) with progressive keratoconus undergoing CXL treatment at collagen cross-linking Imam Khomeini Hospital in Ahvaz in 2019.
Aim: To investigate the effect of capsular tension ring (CTR) implantation on predicted refractive error after cataract surgery in patients with pseudoexfoliation (PEX) syndrome.
Methods: This double-blind randomized clinical trial was conducted on 60 patients with PEX syndrome referring to Imam Khomeini Hospital affiliated to Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran, for undergoing cataract surgery. The study population was divided into two groups, namely CTR group (=30) and non-CTR group (control group; =30).
Med Hypothesis Discov Innov Ophthalmol
January 2020
The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of propranolol, timolol and bevacizumab with betamethasone to prevent corneal neovascularization (CNV) in rabbits. This study was performed on 28 male rabbits. CNV was induced by three 7-0 silk sutures 2 mm long and 1 mm distal to the limbus.
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January 2019
The aim of this study was to compare epithelial thickness map obtained by Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography (SD-OCT) of eyes with myopic astigmatism but without keratoconus, subclinical and early keratoconus. Sixty-three eyes were divided into three groups; myopic astigmatism without keratoconus, subclinical and early keratoconus. Corneal epithelial thickness map was obtained by SD-OCT for all patients and compared between the 3 groups.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To evaluate the change in macular thickness after open globe injury (OGI) in patients with clear media and without retinal damage using optical coherence tomography (OCT).
Methods: In this longitudinal observational pilot study, 17 patients with clear media and without retinal damage who underwent repair of OGI for corneal, corneoscleral, or scleral laceration were studied. In addition to routine follow-up, all patients were examined at the first and third postoperative months and best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), slit-lamp examination, applanation tonometry, dilated fundus examinations, and macular OCT scans were documented.
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January 2017
We aimed to compare the effect of accelerated and conventional corneal collagen cross-linking (CXL) on visual, refractive, and topographic parameters in patients with progressive keratoconus. Between December 2014 and February 2016, at Imam Khomeini Hospital, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Iran, we compared 37 eyes of 21 patients treated by conventional CXL (CCXL; 3 mW/cm2 in 30 minutes) with 34 eyes of 18 patients treated by accelerated CXL (ACXL; 18 mW/cm2 in 5 minutes) based on generalizing estimation equation analysis in terms of corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA), uncorrected distance visual acuity (UDVA), corneal endothelial cell indices, and topographic parameters before and at 3, 6 and 12 months after the operation. The mean UDVA and spherical equivalent changes were similar in the two groups, but an improvement in CDVA was only observed in the CCXL group (P = 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To evaluate the effect of silicone oil (SO) on the corneal endothelium in SO filled phakic and pseudophakic vitrectomizied eyes.
Methods: This prospective comparative consecutive case-control study evaluated the corneal endothelial characteristics of 64 SO filled vitrectomizied eyes (case group) as compared to 46 vitrectomizied eyes without SO injection (control group). Endothelial cell densities (ECD), coefficient of variation (CV), and percentage of hexagonal cells (hexagonality) at the corneal center were evaluated preoperatively, 1 month and 6 months after surgery using noncontact specular microscopy and were compared between the two groups.
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May 2014
This study evaluated the effect of acetazolamide on thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO). Patients with a VISA classification index equal to or more than four were enrolled in the study and were randomly assigned into two groups. In both groups, treatment was initiated using prednisolone.
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