Impact of age-related macular degeneration on diabetic retinopathy: An electronic health record based big data analysis from a tertiary eye centre in South India.

Purpose: To determine whether the presence of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) decreases the risk of diabetic retinopathy.

Methods: This was a retrospective, case-cohort study performed in patients with a systemic diagnosis of diabetes at a tertiary health care center from May 2011 to April 2020. A total of 43,153 patients (1,024 AMD patients and 42,129 non-AMD patients) were included in the analysis.

The L V Prasad Eye Institute: A comprehensive case study of excellent and equitable eye care.

Global healthcare delivery systems are facing ever-increasing challenges on multiple fronts. The need to study and define successful models of care delivery systems has become increasingly important. The L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) has a distinctive eye care delivery system offering rich lessons at many operational levels.

Hydrogel tissue adhesive for sealing corneal incisions.

The purpose of the study was to assess the efficacy of a newly developed hydrogel tissue adhesive for sealing corneal incisions in ex vivo rabbit eyes. Simple through-and-through central linear corneal incisions measuring 1-5 mm were created in enucleated rabbit eyes. As controls, the leaking pressures were measured immediately after the incisions had been made.