We report the case of an 85-year-old patient who developed trifascicular block with syncope, triggered by preoperative eye drops for cataract surgery. This life-threatening situation reopens the debate over the necessity of having an anesthesiologist present during cataract surgery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The most common causes of acquired pendular nystagmus (APN) are multiple sclerosis (MS) and oculopalatal tremor (OPT), both of which result in poor visual quality of life. The objective of our study was to evaluate the effects of memantine and gabapentin treatments on visual function. We also sought to correlate visual outcomes with ocular motor measures and to describe the side effects of our treatments.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The pathophysiology of nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) is not completely understood. Studies of the retinal vasculature phenotype in patients with NAION could help us to understand vascular abnormalities associated with the disease.
Design: Retrospective case series with matched control subjects.
Purpose: To evaluate the regional structure-function relationship between visual field sensitivity and retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness and optic nerve head (ONH) measurements using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT).
Methods: Prospective cross-sectional study conducted on patients with glaucoma, suspected glaucoma, and healthy subjects. Eyes were tested on Cirrus OCT and standard achromatic perimetry.
Background: RAE-1 is a ligand of the activating receptor NKG2D expressed by NK cells, NKT, γδT and some CD8(+)T lymphocytes. RAE-1 is overexpressed in tumor cell lines and its expression is induced after viral infection and genotoxic stress. We have recently demonstrated that RAE-1 is expressed in the adult subventricular zone (SVZ) from C57BL/6 mice.
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