A Comparative Analysis of Intraocular Pressure Measurement Accuracy With Reused iCare Probes.

Purpose: To assess the accuracy of reused iCare probes after disinfection with 70% isopropyl alcohol and ethylene oxide gas compared to new iCare probes and Goldmann applanation tonometry (GAT).

Design: Prospective comparative analysis.

Participants: A total of 118 eyes from 59 patients recruited from the Aravind Eye Hospital glaucoma clinic in Tirupati, South India.

Bilateral multifocal choroiditis with disc edema in a 15-year-old girl following COVID-19 vaccination.

A few cases of posterior uveitis following COVID-19 vaccination have been reported but none in the pediatric age group. A 15-year-old girl presented with history of headache and bilateral blurred vision of five days duration. The symptoms developed five days after vaccination with the first dose of Covaxin (inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine).

Seven-year trends in cataract surgery indications and quality of outcomes at Aravind Eye Hospitals, India.

Purpose: To report trends in cataract surgery indications, visual acuity outcomes, complication rates and reoperation rates at ten Aravind Eye Hospitals in Tamil Nadu, India.

Methods: In this retrospective database study we analyzed seven years of data of cataract surgeries at Aravind during January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2018. Our main outcome measures were preoperative and 1-month postoperative uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) and best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA); and rates of intraoperative complications and reoperations.

, a hitherto unidentified pathogen in microbial keratitis.

Fungal infections are a significantly increasing cause of ocular and systemic morbidity; the vast majority of cases being ascribed to a handful of species. Fungal keratitis, unlike systemic infections, usually occur in immunocompetent individuals. Rarely, systemic infections can be associated with ocular involvement (e.