The Impact of Cataract Surgery on Depression in Elderly Iranian Patients: A Case–Control Study
Sudan Journal of Medical Sciences, 2021 Background: Cataract-related vision impairment is clearly associated with depressive symptoms in old age. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of cataract surgery on depression among elderly Iranian patients. Methods: In this case–control study, a
Kiumars Nowroozpoor Dailami +3 more
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Risk factors affecting cataract surgery outcome: The Malaysian cataract surgery registry
PLoS ONE, 2022 This is a 5 years multicentre database study that recruited subjects from the Malaysian Ministry of Health Cataract Surgery Registry (MOH CSR), aimed to determine risk factors that affect cataract surgery visual outcome and evaluates post-cataract ...
Geng-Yi Yong +4 more
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Cataract surgery in eyes with filtered primary angle closure glaucoma. [PDF]
, 2013 PurposeTo evaluate the effect of cataract surgery on intraocular pressure (IOP) in filtered eyes with primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG).MethodsIn this prospective interventional case series, 37 previously filtered eyes from 37 PACG patients with mean
Amini, Heydar +7 more
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Eye and Vision, 2018 Cellular therapy of the corneal stroma, with either ocular or extraocular stem cells, has been gaining a lot of interest over the last decade. Multiple publications from different research groups are showing its potential benefits in relation to its ...
Jorge L. Alió del Barrio +1 more
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Why do people not attend for treatment for trachomatous trichiasis in Ethiopia? A study of barriers to surgery. [PDF]
, 2012 BACKGROUND: Trachomatous trichiasis (TT) surgery is provided free or subsidised in most trachoma endemic settings. However, only 18-66% of TT patients attend for surgery.
Bedri, Amir +8 more
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Cost-effectiveness of eye care services in Zambia. [PDF]
, 2014 OBJECTIVE: To estimate the cost-effectiveness of cataract surgery and refractive error/presbyopia correction in Zambia. METHODS: Primary data on costs and health related quality of life were collected in a prospective cohort study of 170 cataract and 113
Bozzani, Fiammetta M +4 more
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Simultaneous tectonic Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty and tectonic Bowman layer transplant for the management of corneal perforation [PDF]
International Journal of Ophthalmology, 2023 AIM: To report the outcomes of three cases of corneal perforation managed with simultaneous tectonic Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty (t-DSEK) and tectonic Bowman layer transplant (t-BLT) as an alternative to tectonic penetrating keratoplasty (
Abdo Karim Tourkmani +4 more
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Accommodative intraocular lenses: where are we and where we are going
Eye and Vision, 2017 Presbyopia still remains the last frontier of refractive surgery. Its surgical management is under constant evolution due to the limitations that exist today with respect to its management, which is probably in relation with the multifactorial basis in ...
Jorge L. Alió +2 more
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Growth factor restriction impedes progression of wound healing following cataract surgery: identification of VEGF as a putative therapeutic target [PDF]
, 2016 Secondary visual loss occurs in millions of patients due to a wound-healing response, known as posterior capsule opacification (PCO), following cataract surgery. An intraocular lens (IOL) is implanted into residual lens tissue, known as the capsular bag,
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Journal of Ophthalmology, 2020 Background. Galactose accumulation in the lens tissue is known to be cataractogenic. Whether consistent dietary intake of lactose—which consists of glucose and galactose—predisposes to senile cataract remains unclear.
Osama M. Mustafa, Yassine J. Daoud
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