Customized Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Adult Cataract in Iran.

Purpose: To customize clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for cataract management in the Iranian population.

Methods: First, four CPGs (American Academy of Ophthalmology 2006 and 2011, Royal College of Ophthalmologists 2010, and Canadian Ophthalmological Society 2008) were selected from a number of available CPGs in the literature for cataract management. All recommendations of these guidelines, together with their references, were studied.

Profile of cataract surgery in Varamin Iran: a population-based study.

Background: Cataract is the most popular cause of blindness. This study addresses some aspects of cataract surgery in an Iranian population.

Design: A cross-sectional study.

High-dose intravenous methylprednisolone in recent traumatic optic neuropathy; a randomized double-masked placebo-controlled clinical trial.

Background: To compare the effect of high-dose intravenous corticosteroid therapy with placebo in the treatment of recent traumatic optic neuropathy (TON).

Methods: In a double-masked placebo-controlled clinical trial, 31 eyes of 31 patients were randomly assigned to two groups. Patients with history of trauma < or =7 days were included.