The complex tibial organ of the New Zealand ground weta: sensory adaptations for vibrational signal detection [PDF]
In orthopteran insects, a complex tibial organ has evolved to detect substrate vibrations and/or airborne sound. Species of New Zealand weta (Anostostomatidae) with tympanal ears on the foreleg tibia use this organ to communicate by sound, while in ...
Field, Laurence H. +2 more
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Introduction This study explored the current views of ophthalmologists in China on the preferred strategy and the primary influencing factors in managing primary angle-closure suspect (PACS).
Fei Yang, Huijuan Wu
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Neuropatia óptica isquêmica anterior não arterítica bilateral após crise de fechamento angular num paciente com iridosquise: relato de caso [PDF]
A 55-year-old woman was referred to our clinic because of a one-week history of visual loss and raised intraocular pressure in the left eye followed 4 days later by visual loss in the right eye.
ABUCHAM, Julio Zaki +5 more
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Failure iridocapsular fixation of IOL in patients with lens subluxation (preliminary report)
Purpose. To present the preliminary results of iridocapsular fixation of RSP-3 extracapsular IOL in patients with lens subluxation observed within the first year after surgery.Material and methods.
I. E. Ioshin +2 more
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Crystallins are regulated biomarkers for monitoring topical therapy of glaucomatous optic neuropathy. [PDF]
Optic nerve atrophy caused by abnormal intraocular pressure (IOP) remains the most common cause of irreversible loss of vision worldwide. The aim of this study was to determine whether topically applied IOP-lowering eye drugs affect retinal ganglion ...
Verena Prokosch +2 more
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What was Glaucoma Called Before the 20th Century? [PDF]
Glaucoma involves a characteristic optic neuropathy, often with elevated intraocular pressure. Before 1850, poor vision with a normal eye appearance, as occurs in primary open-angle glaucoma, was termed amaurosis, gutta serena, or black cataract.
Bermudez, Dennis +4 more
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Reverse pupillary block after implantation of a scleral-sutured posterior chamber intraocular lens: a retrospective, open study [PDF]
Background To report the clinical features of patients with reverse pupillary block (RPB) after scleral-sutured posterior chamber intraocular lens (PC IOL) implantation and biometric changes after laser peripheral iridotomy (LPI).
Choun-Ki Joo +2 more
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Background To describe a technique of surgical peripheral iridectomy via a clear-cornea tunnel incision to prevent or treat pupillary block following phacoemulsification.
Aiwu Fang, Peijuan Wang, Rui He, Jia Qu
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Massive hyphaema presentation after a laser iridotomy is very rare. We report a 63-year-old man with ischaemic heart disease on dual antiplatelet therapy (aspirin plus ticagrelor) who was diagnosed as a primary angle-closure suspect and was to undergo a ...
Virgilio Galvis +5 more
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Sinéquia iriana tardia após goniopunctura a laser para esclerectomia profunda não penetrante: relato de caso [PDF]
We report a case of recurrent iris synechiae one year after Nd:YAG laser goniopuncture for deep sclerectomy enhancement in the only functional eye of a patient with end-stage glaucoma.
Hardoim, Vinicius Andrighetto +3 more
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