Publications by authors named "Geulah Ben-David"
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- The study aimed to assess the effectiveness of subconjunctival tranexamic acid (TXA) in reducing bleeding, shortening surgery time, and enhancing recovery in pterygium surgery through a double-blind, randomized controlled trial involving 50 patients.
- Results showed no significant differences between the TXA group and the saline control group in terms of surgery duration, intraoperative bleeding, or postoperative visual acuity, with both groups faring similarly in all main outcome measures.
- Although the use of TXA was deemed safe with no adverse effects, the findings suggest that it does not provide substantial benefits in improving surgical outcomes for pterygium surgery, indicating a need for further research on alternative treatments or surgical techniques.
Purpose: To compare the reproducibility of two-dimensional (2D) peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness and three-dimensional (3D) neuroretinal rim measurements using spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SDOCT) in normal and glaucoma subjects.
Methods: One eye per subject for 27 normal and 40 glaucoma subjects underwent repeat SDOCT RNFL thickness scans and optic nerve volume scans on the same day. From the volume scan, custom software calculated five neuroretinal rim parameters: 3D minimum distance band (MDB) thickness, 3D MDB area, 3D rim volume, 2D rim area, and 2D rim thickness.
Neurological manifestations of novel coronavirus disease 3019 (COVID-19) remain unclear. We report the case of a 44-year-old febrile man who presented with double vision and headache 2 d after initial symptoms of fatigue, generalized muscle weakness, and loss of appetite. He was subsequently diagnosed with COVID-19 and transient abducens nerve paresis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFProptosis due to intraorbital space-occupying lesions in children.
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol
November 2020
Purpose: To report the 10-year experience of two tertiary medical centers with children presenting with proptosis due to an intraorbital space-occupying lesion.
Methods: Patients were identified by file review. Data were collected on demographics, findings on ophthalmologic and imaging evaluations, etiology, treatment, and outcome.
Unlabelled: PRéCIS:: The diagnostic capability of peripapillary retinal volume is similar to peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thickness for diagnosing glaucoma, but with fewer artifacts.
Purpose: To compare the diagnostic capability of 3-dimensional peripapillary retinal volume (RV) versus 2-dimensional peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness for open-angle glaucoma.
Patients And Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional analysis was conducted.
Rare Optic Neuropathy in a Jamaican Couple Linked to Cassava Root Consumption.
Neuroophthalmology
February 2020
We report central visual loss with selective papillomacular bundle damage in a Jamaican couple, husband and wife, with long-term cassava root consumption. The two cases presented independently with gradual central visual loss. Examination revealed bilateral temporal pallor of the optic nerve head and automated static perimetry demonstrated a central or caecocentral scotoma in each patient.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To compare the diagnostic capability of three-dimensional (3D) macular parameters against traditional two-dimensional (2D) retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness using spectral domain optical coherence tomography. To determine if manual correction and interpolation of B-scans improve the ability of 3D macular parameters to diagnose glaucoma.
Methods: A total of 101 open angle glaucoma patients (29 with early glaucoma) and 57 healthy subjects had peripapillary 2D RNFL thickness and 3D macular volume scans.
Purpose: To determine the diagnostic capability of peripapillary 3-dimensional (3D) retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) volume measurements from spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) volume scans for open-angle glaucoma (OAG).
Design: Assessment of diagnostic accuracy.
Methods: Setting: Academic clinical setting.
spermatid individualization is sensitive to temperature and fatty acid metabolism.
Spermatogenesis
February 2015
Fatty acids are precursors of potent lipid signaling molecules. They are stored in membrane phospholipids and released by phospholipase A (PLA). Lysophospholipid acyltransferases (ATs) oppose PLA by re-esterifying fatty acids into phospholipids, in a biochemical pathway known as the Lands Cycle.
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