7 results match your criteria: "LRBT Free Base Eye Hospital[Affiliation]"

Objective: To assess the clinical application of multicolor optical coherence tomography (OCT) using confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (cSLO) in different retinal pathologies.

Methods: This observational study was conducted at the Layton Rahmatullah Benevolent Trust (LRBT), Free Base Eye Hospital, Karachi, from April 2018 to June 2018. It includes 36 patients suffering from different retinal pathologies including diabetic retinopathy, age related macular degeneration, and vitreomacular interface disorders using multicolor optical coherence tomography as a screening tool.

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Objective: To evaluate the anatomical and functional outcomes of retinectomy in the management of primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachments with inferior retinal breaks and advanced proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR C).

Study Design: Quasi-experimental study.

Place And Duration Of Study: LRBT, Free Base Eye Hospital, Karachi, from July 2015 to June 2017.

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Objective: To evaluate the effect of preoperative intravitreal bevacizumab injection on the incidence of postoperative haemorrhage and visual prognosis, in patients undergoing 25-gauge micro incision vitrectomy surgery (MIVS) for diabetic vitreous haemorrhage.

Methods: One hundred and twenty two eyes of 122 patients of diabetic retinopathy of both genders and aged over 18 years, who presented with non-resolving vitreous haemorrhage were enrolled for this study. All patients received an intravitreal injection of 1.

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Objective: To compare the efficacy and complications of using 1000-centistoke versus 5000-centistoke silicone oil for complex retinal detachment repair.

Study Design: Case series.

Place And Duration Of Study: LRBT Tertiary Eye Hospital, Karachi, from January 2007 to June 2013.

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Visual outcome of 25-gauge microincision vitrectomy surgery in diabetic vitreous haemorrhage.

Pak J Med Sci

December 2015

Dr. Shakir Zafar, FCPS (Ophth), MCPS (Ophth). Consultant Ophthalmologist, LRBT Free Base Eye Hospital, Korangi 2 ½, Karachi, Pakistan.

Objective: To assess the visual outcome and complications of 25-gauge micro incision vitrectomy surgery (MIVS) in diabetic vitreous haemorrhage.

Methods: This Quasi Experimental study was conducted at LRBT, Tertiary eye care hospital Karachi, from February 2012 to January 2013. Sixty eyes of sixty patients with uncontrolled type II diabetes mellitus (DM) were included.

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Objective: To determine the changes in visual acuity in patients undergoing Trans-Scleral Sutured Posterior Chamber Intra-Ocular Lens (TSSPCIOL) implantation at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan.

Study Design: Case series.

Place And Duration Of Study: LRBT Tertiary Eye Hospital, Karachi, from January 2006 to December 2010.

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Objective: To determine the visual outcome of patients who underwent pars plana vitrectomy for dropped nucleus after phacoemulsification.

Study Design: Interventional case series.

Place And Duration Of Study: LRBT Free Base Eye Hospital, Karachi, from February 2008 to January 2011.

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