Assessment of corneal parameters in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Purpose: To assess the corneal parameters in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. Methods: We enrolled 64 patients with RA (32 receiving biologic and 32 receiving conventional drugs) and 32 healthy subjects. Keratometric values (anterior flat [K1], steep [
Dilek Özkaya +2 more
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The effects of ocular and lens parameters on the postlens tear thickness. [PDF]
PURPOSE:To assess the effects of soft contact lens base curve radius (BCR), sex, ethnicity, central corneal curvatures, and vertical palpebral aperture size (PAS) on the postlens tear thickness (PLTT).
Chen, Ying Q +2 more
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Positional accommodative intraocular lens power error induced by the estimation of the corneal power and the effective lens position [PDF]
Purpose: To evaluate the predictability of the refractive correction achieved with a positional accommodating intraocular lenses (IOL) and to develop a potential optimization of it by minimizing the error associated with the keratometric estimation of ...
Camps, Vicente J. +4 more
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Safety and effectiveness of a new toric presbyopia-correcting posterior chamber silicone intraocular lens. [PDF]
PURPOSE: To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the Trulign toric intraocular lens (IOL) in adults with cataract. SETTING: Eight private practices in the United States and 1 in Canada.
Amesbury +27 more
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A retinoscopic survey of 333 horses and ponies in the UK [PDF]
Introduction: Ophthalmic examination in the horse is generally limited to crude assessment of vision and screening for ocular lesions. The refractive state of equine eyes and the potential impact on vision and performance requires further ...
Chung +38 more
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Evaluation of Cornea and Anterior Chamber with Pentacam in Scleroderma Cases
Purpose: To evaluate the anterior segment structures with Pentacam in scleroderma patients. Materials and Methods: The 34 eyes (study group) of 17 scleroderma patients who attended our clinic were compared with 40 eyes (control group) of age-matched 20
Melis Palamar +3 more
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Monovision LASIK in emmetropic presbyopic patients. [PDF]
BackgroundTo evaluate the efficacy and patient satisfaction of laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) monovision correction in presbyopic emmetropic patients.MethodsA retrospective review of 294 patients who underwent LASIK for monovision was conducted ...
Hannan, Stephen +4 more
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Razões para recusar candidatos à cirurgia refrativa corneana [PDF]
Purpose: To present how the section of Refractive Surgery of the Federal University of São Paulo assesses the candidates and the reasons to indicate for corneal refractive surgery. Methods: We examined 1626 patients.
Allemann, Norma +4 more
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Revisió de la potencia estadística i mida de la mostra en estudis de concordança d'equips de diagnòstic ocular [PDF]
En aquest treball s’ha realitzat una revisió de la potència estadística i mida de la mostra en estudis de concordança d'equips de diagnòstic ocular utilitzats en els camps de l’oftalmologia i l’optometria.
Homs Espinal, Marina
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Context The use of small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) for compound myopic astigmatism has been subject to experimentation in the recent years. Furthermore, examination of corneal alterations has revealed conflicting conclusions, which could be ...
Ashraf H Soliman
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