Efficacy of spectacle lenses specifically designed for myopia control: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Purpose: To investigate the efficacy of spectacle lenses designed to control myopia progression in individuals under 18 years old, focusing on changes in spherical equivalent refraction (SER), axial length (AL) and relative peripheral refraction (RPR).

Methods: A systematic review was conducted according to Prisma guidelines. Databases searched included PubMed, Embase, and Scopus, covering studies from the last six years without language restrictions.

Prevalence of visual impairment and estimation of refractive errors among school children in Kakamega, Kenya.

Aim: To investigate the prevalence of visual impairment (VI) and provide an estimation of uncorrected refractive errors in school-aged children, conducted by optometry students as a community service.

Methods: The study was cross-sectional. Totally 3343 participants were included in the study.

Visual Performance of Two Designs of Myopia Management Soft Contact Lenses Compared with a Monofocal One in Young Adults.

Purpose: To compare the visual performance of two distinct types of soft contact lenses (CL) aimed at slowing down myopia progression with the performance of a monofocal soft CL.

Methods: In a prospective double-masked, crossover trial, 18 myopic adults (aged 18-30 years old) were fitted in a randomized order with three types of disposable CL: MiSight (dual-focus), Mylo (extended depth of focus -EDOF-), and Clariti (single distance vision). Measurements were taken after wearing the CL for five days with five days off in between at two different optometry centers.

Efficacy, safety and visual outcomes of cataract surgeries performed during blindness prevention programs in different locations in Kenya.

Purpose: To determine the visual outcomes achieved in terms of efficacy and safety during high-volume cataract surgery programs in different locations in Kenya.

Methods: Eight hundred eighty-one eyes of 849 patients underwent extracapsular cataract extraction with intraocular lens implantation in a retrospective, observational, consecutive cohort study on patients who underwent cataract surgery in five programs that a Spanish non-governmental organization conducted between 2013 and 2019 for the prevention of blindness in different geographical areas of Kenya: Thika, Athi River, Kissi, Bagavathi, and Nakuru. The programs were carried out by Spanish and Kenyan surgeons working together.

Cataract surgery in surgical camps: outcomes in a rural area of Cameroon.

Aim: To assess the complications and visual outcomes of cataract surgery during an outreach eye camp in Cameroon in which two foreign ophthalmologists operate alongside a local one.

Materials And Methods: This is a retrospective and comparative cohort study. The patients were consecutively assigned to three groups depending on the ophthalmologist who performed the cataract surgeries.

Prevalence of visual impairment and refractive errors in an urban area of Mexico.

Aim: To determine the distribution of refractive errors in a school-age population in Quintana Roo (Mexico) in the framework of an international cooperation campaign for the prevention of blindness.

Methods: A sample of 2647 school-age children (ranging from 5 to 14 years old) with a mean age of 9.1±1.

Refractive error study in young subjects: results from a rural area in Paraguay.

Aim: To evaluate the distribution of refractive error in young subjects in a rural area of Paraguay in the context of an international cooperation campaign for the prevention of blindness.

Methods: A sample of 1466 young subjects (ranging from 3 to 22 years old), with a mean age of 11.21±3.

Safety and Efficacy of the Transition from Extracapsular Cataract Extraction to Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery in Prevention of Blindness Campaigns.

Purpose: To compare the safety and the visual outcomes of two experienced cataract surgeons who converted from extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE) to manual small incision cataract surgery (MSICS) during a campaign for the prevention of blindness.

Methods: Two surgeons used the ECCE technique (ECCE group) during a campaign in Burkina Faso on 93 consecutive cataract patients with a corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA) <20/80 in the best eye. Both surgeons used MSICS for the first time on 98 consecutive cases in another campaign in Kenya after theoretical instructional courses.

Efficacy and safety of mass cataract surgery campaign in a developing country.

Purpose: To determine the visual outcomes achieved in terms of efficacy and safety during a mass eye surgery campaign in a low-income developing country.

Methods: Three hundred fifteen eyes of 305 patients underwent extracapsular cataract extraction with intraocular lens implantation in a prospective, analytical, experimental, and nonrandomized study on patients who underwent cataract surgery during the campaign that two Spanish nongovernmental organizations conducted in December 2008 in a district hospital in Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso).

Results: Mean age was 61.

Corneal erosion and Kindler syndrome.

Purpose: To describe a very common corneal pathology in a patient with Kindler syndrome.

Case Report: We report the case of a 21-year-old woman, who presented to the Ophthalmology Department as an emergency presentation because of ocular pain in the left eye that radiated to other areas of the face and neck. After an exhaustive clinical interview, it was determined that the patient had a rare disease (Kindler syndrome).

Pseudomonas keratitis 4 years after laser in situ keratomileusis.

Purpose: To report a patient who presented an infectious keratitis 4 years after laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) without any other predisposing risk factor than the LASIK procedure itself.

Case Report: We report a 32-year-old man operated by LASIK in January 2006 who presented with infectious keratitis in the OD in April 2010. Clinical examination showed a corneal abscess at 10-o'clock position in the interface and fibrin and Tyndall 4+ in the anterior chamber.