Publications by authors named "Hafez Ghasemi"
Purpose: To compare sutureless scleral tunnel phacotrabeculectomy with and without placement of anterior capsule remnant in the tunnel.
Methods: In this comparative interventional case series, 41 eyes of 40 patients having open-angle glaucoma (OAG) underwent sutureless scleral tunnel phacotrabeculectomy (Group A) and 28 eyes of 24 patients underwent the same procedure with placement of anterior capsule remnant in the tunnel (Group B). Baseline intraocular pressure (IOP) and IOP at 1 day, 1 month and 6 months after surgery were recorded.
Background: Visual impairment is one of a major public health problem among elderly people.
Object: Aim of this study was determining the prevalence of visual impairment in median and old peoples in Qazvin (Iran).
Method: In this cross sectional study, with a simple random sampling, 446 patients older than 5o years who were referred to outpatient ophthalmology clinics at Avecina hospital of Qazvin (a province of Iran) in 2010 were enrolled.