Optical coherence tomography angiography findings in patients with Alport syndrome.

Purpose: To describe the findings on optical coherence tomography angiography associated with Alport syndrome.

Methods: Descriptive study from a referral ophthalmology service (Hospital Evangélico de Vila Velha, Brazil). Patients diagnosed with Alport syndrome were included.

Effect of preoperative use of topical prednisolone acetate, ketorolac tromethamine, nepafenac and placebo, on the maintenance of intraoperative mydriasis during cataract surgery: a randomized trial.

Purpose: To compare the effects of preoperative use of topical anti-inflammatory prednisolone acetate, ketorolac tromethamine, nepafenac and placebo, on the maintenance of intraoperative mydriasis during cataract surgery.

Design: Randomized clinical trial.

Materials And Methods: This single-center, masked, randomized clinical study comprised 140 patients scheduled for cataract surgery.

Growth of the lower spleen pole remaining after subtotal splenectomy in rats.

Purpose: To determine whether the lower pole of the spleen grows after subtotal splenectomy following ligature of major spleen blood vessels.

Methods: Thirty-nine Wistar rats (328.8 +/- 27.