Publications by authors named "Ofri Berar"
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates the risk factors for needing a second surgery in patients with congenital ptosis, highlighting the added morbidity associated with reoperation.
- Conducted retrospectively, the research looked at patients who had their first ptosis correction surgery at Sheba Medical Center from 2012 to 2021, noting demographic and surgical details.
- Results indicate that younger males have a significantly higher risk for reoperation, and that older age seems to provide some protection against needing a second procedure.
Obesity is a worldwide epidemic, with numbers on the rise in the world. Obesity is strongly correlated with increased morbidity and mortality. One of the major factors affecting this increase is comorbid diseases such as diabetes mellitus (DM), which is strongly associated with and dependent on the degree of obesity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Ocular toxoplasmosis is a common cause of ocular inflammation worldwide. The aim of this study is to characterize the clinical outcomes and lesion evolution of patients with ocular toxoplasmosis and to compare the primary and reactivation subgroups.
Methods: A retrospective population-based cohort study at one uveitis-specialized tertiary referral center.