Publications by authors named "W Asfour"
Objective: To evaluate compliance to contact lens (CL) wear and care routines among adults in Jordan.
Design: A cross-sectional study using a questionnaire administered by an interviewer was conducted among adults in Jordan between the months of May and July of the year 2022.
Participants: Adult (≥ 18 years) contact lens wearers attending work establishments, universities and shopping centers in the cities of Amman, Aqaba and Irbid in Jordan.
Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty: Our Experience at King Hussein Medical Center.
Exp Clin Transplant
February 2017
Objectives: In this study, we report our experience at King Hussein Medical Center with Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty.
Materials And Methods: This study was conducted at King Hussein Medical Center of the Royal Medical Services during the period between January 2015 and January 2016. Patients who underwent Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty were enrolled in the study.
Objective: To evaluate the different complaints and presentations, such as emergency visits, after penetrating keratoplasty (PKP), ways of management, and the outcome of these visits.
Methods: This prospective study included a total of 60 consecutive emergency visits by 55 post-PKP patients at the eye clinic in King Hussein Medical Center, Amman, Jordan between January 2007 and January 2008.
Results: Fifty-five patients were included (66.
Objective: To report the pattern of various causes of decreased visual acuity (VA), within the age group of young (18-25 years) healthy adults in Jordan.
Methods: We carried out this retrospective study on the records of 16,550 candidates examined from June 2004 to June 2005 by the Medical Committee of Employment, Royal Medical Services in Amman, Jordan. All candidates received an ophthalmic examination as well as medical and ENT examination.
Objective: Ocular pseudoexfoliation (PXF) has been recently considered as a systemic disease affecting other organs as well as the eye. This prospective study is to assess the relationship between PXF and sensorineural hearing loss.
Methods: Patients attending a general ophthalmic clinic at King Hussein Medical Center, Amman, Jordan from (March 2002 through to March 2003) who were found to have ocular PXF on routine ophthalmic examination were referred to the Audiometric Department.