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Large diameter scleral lens benefits for Asians with intractable ocular surface diseases: a prospective, single-arm clinical trial [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 To report the efficacy and safety of large diameter scleral lenses and determine their suitability in Asian subjects with intractable ocular surface diseases.
Jayoon Moon +5 more
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Corneal and scleral biomechanics in ophthalmic diseases: An updated review
Medicine in Novel Technology and Devices, 2022 Corneal and scleral biomechanical properties have important implications in the maintenance of normal ocular morphology and function. The cornea and sclera compose the outermost layer of the eyeball, forming a sphere with a certain degree of intraocular ...
Yan Wang, Huazheng Cao
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Deep-Learning-Based Smartphone Application for Self-Diagnosis of Scleral Jaundice in Patients with Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases [PDF]
Journal of Personalized Medicine, 2021 Outpatient detection of total bilirubin levels should be performed regularly to monitor the recurrence of jaundice in hepatobiliary and pancreatic disease patients. However, frequent hospital visits for blood testing are burdensome for patients with poor
Joon Hyeon Park +5 more
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BMC Ophthalmology, 2021 Background To describe the clinical course of an active solitary idiopathic choroiditis (focal scleral nodule) that nearly resolved over six weeks without intervention.
Yilin Feng +2 more
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 PurposeThis study aimed to present the 1-year follow-up of a modified technique for scleral fixation of three-piece intraocular lens (IOLs) without conjunctival incision.Materials and MethodsA retrospective chart review of a consecutive series of 10 eyes
Hongfei Ye +4 more
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Shaping Eyeballs by Scleral Collagen Cross-Linking: A Hypothesis for Myopia Treatment
Frontiers in Medicine, 2021 The global prevalence of myopia has brought to the attention of the different eye and vision specialists, who make way to control its progression. Evidence have shown that a proactive reshaping of the eyeball is the core point of myopia developing ...
Mengmeng Wang +2 more
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Human sclera maintains common characteristics with cartilage throughout evolution. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2008 BackgroundThe sclera maintains and protects the eye ball, which receives visual inputs. Although the sclera does not contribute significantly to visual perception, scleral diseases such as refractory scleritis, scleral perforation and pathological myopia
Yuko Seko +9 more
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‘Pulsed’ immunosuppressive therapy in the treatment of immunologically induced corneal and scleral disease [PDF]
Eye, 1987 'Pulsed' immunosuppressive therapy, using methylprednisolone with or without cyclophosphamide, has effectively controlled severe destructive corneal and scleral disease that had been unresponsive to oral steroids. Thirty-seven patients have been treated in this manner and the results, complications and possible mechanism of action are discussed.
P Meyer +3 more
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Whipple’s disease scleral nodules: a novel presentation in 2 consecutive patients [PDF]
BMC Ophthalmology, 2020 Abstract Background Whipple’s disease (WD) is a rare, chronic, infection caused by gram-positive filamentous aerobic actinobacterium Tropheryma whipplei occurs classically in the gastrointestinal tract and shows histopathologically foamy macrophages with typical numerous PAS-positive, non-acid fast particles.
Waleed K. Alsarhani +5 more
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IgG4-related disease presenting as panuveitis without scleral involvement
Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection, 2017 The following case emphasizes the importance of including IgG4-related disease (RD) in the differential diagnosis of intraocular inflammation and multiple cranial nerve palsies.A 33-year-old man, with a history of idiopathic bilateral panuveitis, presented with a new right pupillary-sparing partial third nerve palsy, which spontaneously resolved in 2 ...
Kinda Najem +2 more
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