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Recent developments in cataract surgery

Annals of Translational Medicine, 2019
Cataract surgery is the most common surgical procedure performed in medicine. In the 2015 over 20 million surgeries were carried out worldwide, of which 3.6 million in the United States of America and 4.2 million in the European Union.
A. Grzybowski
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Non‐RASopathy Genetic Syndromes Identified as the Molecular Cause of Disease in Patients Previously Diagnosed With Noonan Syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Noonan Syndrome (NS) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous condition characterized by typical facial dysmorphisms, short stature, congenital heart defects, and developmental delays. While variants in genes such as PTPN11, SOS1, and RAF1 account for most genetically confirmed cases, diagnosis is challenging due to phenotypic overlap ...
Gabriela Jeesoo Kim, Alexsandra Christianne Malaquias, Debora Romeo Bertola, Raissa Carneiro Rezende, Laurana De Polli Cellin, Lucas Vieira Lacerda Pires, Ana Maria Santillan‐Vasconez, Antônio Marcondes Lerario, Renata da Cunha Scalco, Alexander Augusto de Lima Jorge   +9 more
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Rapid assessment for prioritisation of trachoma control at community level in one district of the Kaolack Region, Senegal.

, 2005
The objective of this study was to use a modified Lot Quality Assurance Sampling methodology to classify communities according to prevalence of active trachoma and to estimate the prevalence of trachoma and trichiasis in Nioro department, Kaolack Region,
Bailey, Robin, Dineen, Brendan, Faye, Marcel, Kuper, Hannah   +3 more
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Marfan Syndrome Associated With Intellectual Disability and Behavioral Anomalies: Further Evidence for the Effect of Compound Heterozygous Variants in FBN1 on Phenotypic Severity

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Marfan syndrome (MFS) is a rare connective tissue disorder characterized by involvement of the cardiovascular, ocular, and musculoskeletal systems. Pathogenic variants in FBN1 cause most of the MFS cases; however, intellectual disability (ID) is rarely observed. A non‐consanguineous Pakistani family with four affected individuals was recruited.
Azmatullah Khan, Naseebullah Kakar, Ainullah Kakar, Malte Spielmann, Sajid Malik   +4 more
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Delay in presentation to hospital for childhood cataract surgery in India [PDF]

, 2018
Purpose Cataract is one of the major causes of avoidable visual disability in children and the aim of this study was to investigate the age at which children with cataract present for surgery at tertiary hospitals across India.
Ali, R., Borah, R. R., Fielder, A.R., Kekunnaya, R., Lawrenson, J. G., Sethu, S., Suttle, C. M.   +6 more
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One-year outcomes following implantation of second-generation trabecular micro-bypass stents in conjunction with cataract surgery for various types of glaucoma or ocular hypertension: multicenter, multi-surgeon study

Clinical Ophthalmology, 2019
Purpose To assess the utility and safety of implanting two second-generation trabecular micro-bypass stents following cataract surgery in eyes with mild to advanced glaucoma or ocular hypertension (OHT). Patients and methods Retrospective study of iStent®
C. Clement, F. Howes, Alexandros S Ioannidis, Michael Shiu, David Manning   +4 more
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Multimorbidity and animal models

Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
Multimorbidity, defined as the coexistence of ≥2 chronic conditions, is associated with aging, genetics, and environmental factors. Animal models in multimorbidity research span three tiers: simple organisms for initial screening → rodents for mechanistic analysis → large mammals for clinical prediction.
Xinpei Wang, Yakun Ren, Xingjiu Yang, Mengyuan Li, Junxiu Liu, Xiaoyan Du, Wen Wang, Ran Gao   +7 more
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Is there overutilisation of cataract surgery in England? [PDF]

, 2009
<b>Objectives:</b> Following a 3.7-fold increase in the rate of cataract surgery in the UK between 1989 and 2004, concern has been raised as to whether this has been accompanied by an excessive decline in the threshold such that some ...
Black, N., Browne, J., Copley, L.P., Jamison, L., Lewsey, J., van der Meulen, J.H.   +5 more
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Implantable Drug Delivery Systems for Skeletal Muscles and Eyes

Advanced NanoBiomed Research, EarlyView.
This review highlights the different types of recent implantable drug delivery systems (IDDS) fabricated for a use with skeletal muscles, and with eyes. It presents the developments already made and the current research directions, showing the evolution of IDDS and their great diversity.
Serge Ostrovidov, Murugan Ramalingam, Hongkai Wu, Toshinori Fujie, Yukinari Nakamura, Takeshi Hori, Yuji Nashimoto, Xuetao Shi, Hirokazu Kaji   +8 more
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Work capacity and surgical output for cataract in the national capital region of Delhi and neighbouring districts of north India. [PDF]

, 2008
OBJECTIVES: To ascertain time taken for cataract surgery by ophthalmologists in the National Capital Region of Delhi and neighbouring districts, to determine what work output is feasible with the available ophthalmologists. METHODS: The time-motion study
Gupta, SK, John, N, Murthy, GVS, Vashist, P   +3 more
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