Patients' Intentions to Use Telemedicine for Ophthalmic Medical Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Background This study aimed to examine the factors predicting participants' intention to use telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic. Interest in health information technologies (HITs) has increased due to COVID-19. Most studies have focused on the acceptance of HIT by physicians and nurses, while there is a lack of studies on patients' perception and acceptance of such systems in ophthalmology.

Contact Lens Use Advice-Risks and Outcomes: Are Patients Drowning in Information but Starved for Knowledge?

Objectives: Microbial keratitis can cause significant visual morbidity and is a common reason for presentation to eye casualty clinics. Contact lens wear and poor contact lens hygiene significantly increase the risk of corneal infection. This study aimed to determine the level of contact lens hygiene awareness amongst contact lens wearers attending our service and determining whether contact lens type and hygiene attitude are related to severity of disease.

Safety and Efficacy of Hypertonic Sodium Chloride 5% Ointment for Recurrent Corneal Erosion Syndrome.

Background In this study, we aimed to assess the safety and efficacy of hypertonic sodium chloride 5% ointment in the treatment of recurrent corneal erosion syndrome (RCES). Methodology A total of 21 eyes from 21 patients with RCES either following trauma or spontaneously due to underlying anterior basement membrane dystrophy (ABMD) were prospectively enrolled over a six-month period. The acute episode was managed with topical sodium chloride 5% ophthalmic ointment applied twice daily for 30 days.

Descemet's Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty Using Donor Tissue from an 83-Day-Old Infant.

Purpose: To report a case of Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) combined with phacoemulsification in an adult recipient using endothelial graft from an 83-day-old infant donor.

Methods: A corneoscleral button was obtained from an infant donor and a DSAEK graft was prepared using a microkeratome. In comparison to the standard technique of DSAEK graft preparation some modifications were made in order to avoid inadvertent perforation, as the donor cornea had a very spherical shape, probably due to the very young age of the donor.

Descemet Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty for Congenital Aniridia: An Interesting and Challenging Story.

Congenital aniridia is a rare condition affecting a wide range of ocular structures, from the ocular surface to the retina. We present the case of a 59-year-old woman with PAX6- and WT1-negative congenital aniridia who developed aniridia-associated keratopathy and progressive endothelial dysfunction with corneal decompensation after cataract surgery. The patient underwent successful ultrathin Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty.

Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus: A Devastating Disease Coming Back with Vengeance or Finding Its Nemesis?

Herpes zoster ophthalmicus is a frequent, painful, and debilitating condition caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus alongside the ophthalmic branch of the trigeminal nerve. Twenty-five percent of adults will develop the disease during their lifetime with the risk increasing to one in two over the age of 50. Herpes zoster ophthalmicus presents with a plethora of ocular manifestations ranging from the characteristic rash in the distribution of the ophthalmic branch of the fifth cranial nerve to more severe keratouveitis, disciform keratitis, and even retinal necrosis.

Morphological and cytokine profiles as key parameters to distinguish between Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacterial keratitis.

Bacterial keratitis (BK) is an ocular disorder associated with poor visual prognosis. Quantification of the associated inflammatory response may provide insight into the pathogenesis of BK and guide treatment options. In this exploratory study, we evaluated 45 BK patients and 20 healthy controls by optical coherence tomography and pro-inflammatory tear cytokine analysis.

Pediatric penetrating keratoplasty and graft rejection: experience at the Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez.

Background: Penetrating keratoplasty (PK) is a challenging surgical ocular procedure indicated for some pediatric patients with vision-threatening corneal disease damage. Pediatric PK is reserved for cases with advanced pathology or dysfunction as rejection and failure rates greatly supersede the rates of adult PK. The objective was to identify factors associated with graft rejection and failure amongst Mexican children undergoing primary PK for different indications.

Factors influencing corneal predescemetic endothelial keratoplasty (PDEK) graft creation: It's all in a bubble.

Aim: To assess the effect of pneumatic (air) and fluidic (transport medium) injection to the type of bubble (I, II or mixed III) and the resultant dissection of corneal endothelial grafts PDEK or DMEK.

Materials And Methods: All grafts were obtained from Dr Agrawal Hospital's Eye Bank. Air injection was the initial preferred mode of graft harvest.

Sorting Fermionization from Crystallization in Many-Boson Wavefunctions.

Fermionization is what happens to the state of strongly interacting repulsive bosons interacting with contact interactions in one spatial dimension. Crystallization is what happens for sufficiently strongly interacting repulsive bosons with dipolar interactions in one spatial dimension. Crystallization and fermionization resemble each other: in both cases - due to their repulsion - the bosons try to minimize their spatial overlap.

Preliminary results of a semi-automated platform for pixel-based quantification of choroidal naevus progression.

Objective: To evaluate a novel method for choroidal naevus progression monitoring using semiautomated software for pixel-based quantification.

Methods: Retrospective analysis of patients with choroidal melanotic lesions. In total, 87 eyes fulfilled our inclusion criteria.

Fibrin Glue-Assisted Closure of Macroperforation in Predescemetic Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty With a Donor Obtained From Small Incision Lenticule Extraction.

Purpose: To report a case with multiple macroperforations and a double anterior chamber (AC) after predescemetic deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty.

Methods: A patient was referred after undergoing complicated excision of pseudopterygium that extended onto the cornea. At presentation, an eccentric lamellar patch graft extending over the pupillary axis with a double AC was seen.

Psychological Aspects and Depression in Patients with Symptomatic Keratoconus.

Purpose: To assess the psychological status of keratoconus sufferers and to determine the relationship between depression and visual impairment in this group of patients.

Methods: Fifty-six patients with keratoconus and forty-seven age- and gender-matched healthy control subjects were retroprospectively analyzed. Every participant underwent a complete ophthalmological examination.