Optic disc pit: a review
Protective effects of human umb ...
Background The majority of studies addressing traumatic optic neuropathy (TON) have focused on drugs, proteins, cytokines, and various surgical tech ...
Nifedipine alters the light-ris ...
Background To determine if the L-type calcium channel participates in the generation of the light-rise of the electrooculogram (EOG) in man. The aim ...
Experimental vitreous tamponade ...
Purpose To evaluate polyalkylimide as a possible vitreous tamponading agent. Methods A 20-gauge pars plana vitrectomy and posterior vitreous detach ...
The impact of axial length on r ...
Background To investigate whether ocular axial length influences the tamponade efficacy of three commonly used agents: gas, silicone oil, and heavy ...
Single-session combined photody ...
Background To report the anatomic and functional outcomes of a single-session combined photodynamic therapy with verteporfin (PDT) and intravitreal ...
Comparative evaluation of anato ...
Purpose To compare anatomical and functional outcomes using brilliant blue G (BBG) vs triamcinolone acetonide (TA)-assisted ILM peeling in macular h ...
Pneumatic displacement of subma ...
Purpose To assess the efficacy and complications of intravitreal injection of sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) gas with/ without tissue plasminogen activat ...
Vitreoretinal fellow surgical o ...
Background Our purpose was to determine the anatomical outcome following small gauge vitrectomy for acute rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) op ...
Extrafoveal traction in retinal ...
Background To present extrafoveal vitreous traction membranes, and their prevalence and association with diffuse macular oedema in eyes with retinal ...
Interchangeability of macular t ...
Backgrounds To evaluate in healthy eyes the interchangeability of retinal thickness measurements resulting from different protocols of Spectralis op ...
Long-term visual course after a ...
Background In phase III trials, the therapeutic efficacy of anti-VEGF therapy with ranibizumab (Lucentis) in patients with choroidal neovascularizat ...
Recent studies provide an updat ...
Background Recent reviews of blue light-filtering intraocular lenses (IOLs) have stated their potential risks for scotopic vision and circadian phot ...
The parameters of the porcine e ...
domestica) is an ex vivo animal model often used in vision sciences research (retina studies, glaucoma, cataracts, etc.). However, only a few papers ...
Subfoveal choroidal thickness i ...
Purpose To investigate the subfoveal choroidal thickness in eyes with typical age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and polypoidal choroidal vascul ...
Optic disc pit: a review
Background Since Wiethe first described the clinical presentation of two optic disc depressions in a 62-year-old woman in 1882, there have been many ...
Rosai-Dorfman disease mimicking ...
Rosai-Dorfman disease is rare and typically presents with cervical lymphadenopathy. The disease is generally indolent and self-limited, but it carri ...
Unusual metastasis to all the d ...
Metastatic malignancies to the hand, although rare, usually develop from lung, breast, and kidney tumors. Very rarely the origin is the gastrointest ...
Successful management of severe ...
Although many reports have shown that mediastinoscopy is an extremely safe procedure, the most serious complication that can occur is hemorrhage fro ...
Non-small-cell lung cancer: unu ...
Lung cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in both men and women worldwide. It is also one of the most common forms of cancer in Ire ...
Esophageal ruptures: triage usi ...
Esophageal rupture is a rare entity. Delay in the diagnosis and treatment may threaten the patient’s life. The decision for surgical or nonsurgical ...
Simultaneous double thymic carc ...
A 53-year-old man was referred to our hospital for treatment of two anterior mediastinal tumors. The anterior mediastinal tumors were resected by th ...
Suitable device for thoracoscop ...
Chemical pleurodesis is widely used in symptomatic patients with malignant pleural effusion to relieve symptoms, prevent fl uid recurrence, and impr ...
Use of contrast-enhanced comput ...
This is a rare case of a 68-year-old woman who was rehospitalized after uneventful redo double-valve surgery. An 8.3 × 12.9 × 16.4 cm tense right ch ...
Bronchial and cardiac ruptures ...
Tracheobronchial and cardiac injuries following blunt thoracic trauma are uncommon but can be lifethreatening. We report a case in which the patient ...
Surgically treated aggressive m ...
True sarcoma of thymus has no epithelial component. This tumor behaves aggressively with invasion of adjacent structures. Only a few anecdotal case ...