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Quality of Life in Patients With Acquired Anophthalmia Using an Ocular Prosthesis.
Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg
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Department of Ophthalmology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Purpose: To employ a validated survey for evaluation of quality of life (QoL) outcomes and associated factors in a US cohort of adult patients with acquired anophthalmia wearing a prosthesis.
Methods: A retrospective cohort study was performed at a single, US academic institution of patients cared for between 2012 and 2021. The electronic medical record database was queried for adult patients with a history of evisceration or enucleation surgery and placement of an orbital implant.
Simultaneous placement of a bone cement implant after evisceration surgery in patients diagnosed with infectious endophthalmitis.
Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol (Engl Ed)
December 2024
Departamento de Oculoplástica, Instituto de Oftalmología Fundación Conde de Valenciana, Mexico City, Mexico. Electronic address:
Background And Objectives: Endophthalmitis is a type of eye inflammation that affects all structures of the eye and is generally of infectious origin. In cases recalcitrant to intravitreal treatment or posterior vitrectomy, evisceration or enucleation are the preferable options. Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) bone cement has stood out as an implant in other areas of medicine due to its great stability and healing.
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Rev Iberoam Micol
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Department of Clinical Microbiology, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.
Background: Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus fumigatus are commonly involved in fungal endophthalmitis. However, other less pathogenic species of the genus are also causal agents of opportunistic infections. Aspergillus hiratsukae, a species within Aspergillus section Fumigati, is an uncommon fungus responsible for a few infectious cases worldwide.
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Oman J Ophthalmol
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Department of Ophthalmology, Minto Ophthalmic Hospital, Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Carotid-cavernous fistula (CCF) is a rare condition involving an abnormal communication between the carotid artery and the cavernous sinus. We present a unique case of posttraumatic unilateral CCF initially misdiagnosed as a corneal melt with iris prolapse and orbital cellulitis. The patient, a 25-year-old male, experienced swelling, bleeding, and sudden vision loss in the affected eye following a fall.
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Cureus
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Department of Prosthodontics and Crown and Bridge, Bhojia Dental College and Hospital, Solan, IND.
The eyes play a crucial role in vision and emotional expression, and their loss can profoundly affect appearance and psychological well-being. Eye loss may result from trauma, tumors, infections, malignancies, or congenital abnormalities. Surgical methods for removing an eye include enucleation, evisceration, and exenteration.
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