Corneal Epithelial Thickness Mapping: A Major Review.

The corneal epithelium (CE) is the outermost layer of the cornea with constant turnover, relative stability, remarkable plasticity, and compensatory properties to mask alterations in the underlying stroma. The advent of quantitative imaging modalities capable of producing epithelial thickness mapping (ETM) has made it possible to characterize better the different patterns of epithelial remodeling. In this comprehensive synthesis, we reviewed all available data on ETM with different methods, including very high-frequency ultrasound (VHF-US) and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) in normal individuals, corneal or systemic diseases, and corneal surgical scenarios.

Impact of first eye cataract surgery on falls among patients of advanced age: a comparative study.

Objective: To compare the incidence of falls between patients with visually significant cataracts in both eyes and those who have undergone first-eye cataract surgery.

Methods: This retrospective case-control study involved patients with a history of cataracts in both eyes who had undergone first-eye cataract surgery within the past 9 to 12 months (pseudophakic group). The control group comprised patients with cataracts in both eyes (cataract group).

Social Dynamics of Advice-Seeking: A Network Analysis of Two Residency Programs.

Residents interact with their peers and supervisors to ask for advice in response to complicated situations occurring during patient care. To provide a deeper understanding of workplace learning, this study explores the structure and dynamics of advice-seeking networks in two residency programs. We conducted a survey-based social network study.

Urgent Subconjunctival Needle Decompression for Orbital Compartment Emphysema Caused by Compressed Air Injury.

Orbital compartment syndrome is a critical ophthalmic emergency that needs urgent diagnosis and treatment to prevent permanent vision loss caused by optic nerve compression or retinal ischemia. In this article, we present a child with orbital compartment syndrome caused by orbital emphysema as a result of a rare type of ocular trauma and introduce a simple technique to decompress the pressure. The patient was a 4-year-old boy who experienced a compressed air blast to his left eye.

Accuracy of early rapid ultrasound in shock (RUSH) examination performed by emergency physician for diagnosis of shock etiology in critically ill patients.

Background: Rapid Ultrasound in Shock (RUSH) is a recently reported emergency ultrasound protocol designed to help clinicians better recognize distinctive shock etiologies in a short time. We tried to evaluate the accuracy of early RUSH protocol performed by emergency physicians to predict the shock type in critically ill patients.

Materials And Methods: Our prospective study was approved by the ethics committee of trauma research center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Science, Iran.

Effect of Four Horizontal Rectus Muscle Tenotomy and Replacement (TAR) Alone and in Combination with Recessions for Strabismus, on Visual Function and Eye Movements in Patients with Infantile Nystagmus Syndrome (INS) Without Abnormal Head Posture (AHP).

Purpose: To evaluate and compare the effect of four horizontal rectus muscle Tenotomy And Replacement (TAR) alone and in combination with recessions for strabismus, on visual function and eye movement records in patients with INS without AHP, and to compare these results.

Methods: This was a prospective interventional case series of 14 patients with INS with no AHP or eccentric null point. Patients underwent 4 horizontal eye muscle tenotomy and replacement (TAR) alone or 2 muscle TAR in combination with conventional bilateral horizontal muscle recession according to the presence and type of strabismus.

Retinitis Pigmentosa Associated with Vasoproliferative Tumors and Coats-like Fundus.

Purpose: To report two cases of retinitis pigmentosa (RP) associated with vasoproliferative tumors (VPTs) and Coats-like fundus.

Case Reports: Two patients with RP presented with recent loss of vision due to combined VPTs and Coats-like retinal vascular alterations. One patient had two VPTs with adjacent capillary nonperfusion, telangiectasia and aneurysmal vascular changes in one eye.

Association between co-authorship network and scientific productivity and impact indicators in academic medical research centers: a case study in Iran.

Background: We aimed to examine the co-authorship networks in three successful Iranian academic research centers, in order to find the association between the scientific productivity and impact indicators with network features in a case study.

Methods: We searched for English articles of the three research centers. We drew co-authorship maps of each center and calculated social network measures.

Transition from congress abstract to full publication for clinical trials presented at laser meetings.

The present study aims to identify (1) what proportion of abstracts of clinical trials presented at The American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery (ASLMS) annual meetings are published as full reports, (2) time to publication, and (3) factors that may predict the publication of research in peer-reviewed journals. Two investigators independently hand-searched all abstracts of the ASLMS meetings to identify all reports of clinical trials. Details of sample size, the country of origin, topic of research, type of presentation, type of laser, direction of outcome, and statistical significance were recorded for each abstract.