An intervention trial on efficacy of atropine and multi
... 6 to 13 years, who were stratified based on gender, age and the initial amount of myopia were randomly assigned to three treatment groups: 0.5% atropine with multi-focal glasses, multi-focal glasses, and single vision spectacles. Each subject was followed for at least eighteen months. These results ...
... 6 to 13 years, who were stratified based on gender, age and the initial amount of myopia were randomly assigned to three treatment groups: 0.5% atropine with multi-focal glasses, multi-focal glasses, and single vision spectacles. Each subject was followed for at least eighteen months. These results ...
Multifocal Contact Lens Myopia Control
... Purpose. Previous studies on soft multifocal contact lens myopia control published in the peer-reviewed literature reported findings of noncommercial contact lenses worn for 1 year or less. This study sought to determine the progression of myopia and axial elongation of children fitted with commerci ...
... Purpose. Previous studies on soft multifocal contact lens myopia control published in the peer-reviewed literature reported findings of noncommercial contact lenses worn for 1 year or less. This study sought to determine the progression of myopia and axial elongation of children fitted with commerci ...
Download the Winter 2007 Sightline
... around the world (medical students, residents, fellows, Ph.D. candidates, post-doctoral fellows) to learn in our clinics, operating rooms, and laboratories. Our faculty know that their work will not only live on in the careers of the people now in training, but that it will be amplified by the contri ...
... around the world (medical students, residents, fellows, Ph.D. candidates, post-doctoral fellows) to learn in our clinics, operating rooms, and laboratories. Our faculty know that their work will not only live on in the careers of the people now in training, but that it will be amplified by the contri ...
Silicone Hydrogel contact lens
... Orthokeratology, or Ortho-K, is a lens fitting procedure that uses specially designed rigid gas permeable (RGP) contact lenses to change the curvature of the cornea to temporarily improve the eye?s ability to focus on objects. This procedure is primarily used for the correction of myopia (nearsighte ...
... Orthokeratology, or Ortho-K, is a lens fitting procedure that uses specially designed rigid gas permeable (RGP) contact lenses to change the curvature of the cornea to temporarily improve the eye?s ability to focus on objects. This procedure is primarily used for the correction of myopia (nearsighte ...
CV - The Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology
... Maul EA, Friedman DS, Chang DS, Boland MV, Ramulu PY, Jampel HD, Quigley HA. Macular and Peripapillary Choroidal Thickness Measurements with Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography: Methods and Factors Affectic Thickness in Glaucoma Patients. Ophthalmology. 2011;118(8):1571-9. ...
... Maul EA, Friedman DS, Chang DS, Boland MV, Ramulu PY, Jampel HD, Quigley HA. Macular and Peripapillary Choroidal Thickness Measurements with Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography: Methods and Factors Affectic Thickness in Glaucoma Patients. Ophthalmology. 2011;118(8):1571-9. ...
Co-Managing the Glaucoma Suspect in primary care
... Providing vision support for patients and co-ordinating eye care services (see NICE 2009 pp13-14 for general advice to glaucoma suspect). ...
... Providing vision support for patients and co-ordinating eye care services (see NICE 2009 pp13-14 for general advice to glaucoma suspect). ...
Equine Recurrent Uveitis: Treatment
... reatment of equine recurrent uveitis is aimed at reducing ocular inflammation to control pain, minimizing production and release of inflammatory mediators, blocking immunologic mechanisms to reestablish the blood–ocular barrier, and limiting recurrence to prevent further intraocular damage. Because ...
... reatment of equine recurrent uveitis is aimed at reducing ocular inflammation to control pain, minimizing production and release of inflammatory mediators, blocking immunologic mechanisms to reestablish the blood–ocular barrier, and limiting recurrence to prevent further intraocular damage. Because ...
biologic corneal bandage
... sensation, and blurred vision (20/100) for 1 week. She had a long history of dry eye and rheumatoid arthritis, and has been treated with artificial tears, serum eye drops, punctal plugs, and scleral lens without success ...
... sensation, and blurred vision (20/100) for 1 week. She had a long history of dry eye and rheumatoid arthritis, and has been treated with artificial tears, serum eye drops, punctal plugs, and scleral lens without success ...
Early bleb needling revision after glaucoma filtering surgery
... conjunctival redness decreased from 26 % to 14 % (see Fig. 3). Anterior chamber depth was of normal value, true IOP was 10.2 mm Hg. Slit lamp examination revealed multiple solid conjunctival microcysts in the most prominent area of filtering bleb on the next day after the procedure (see Fig. 4). The ...
... conjunctival redness decreased from 26 % to 14 % (see Fig. 3). Anterior chamber depth was of normal value, true IOP was 10.2 mm Hg. Slit lamp examination revealed multiple solid conjunctival microcysts in the most prominent area of filtering bleb on the next day after the procedure (see Fig. 4). The ...
Visual Function and Cortical Organization in Carriers of Blue Cone
... condition, female carriers are spared from a full manifestation of the associated defects and are usually indistinguishable from normal observers on most tests of visual function. However, upon careful examination, some BCM carriers have been shown to have abnormal color vision, delayed dark adaptat ...
... condition, female carriers are spared from a full manifestation of the associated defects and are usually indistinguishable from normal observers on most tests of visual function. However, upon careful examination, some BCM carriers have been shown to have abnormal color vision, delayed dark adaptat ...
THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF OPHTHALMOLOGISTS
... Most population studies on the over 40-year age group indicate that IOPs measured with Goldmann tonometry are distributed in a manner similar to a normal distribution (mean approximately 16 mmHg). Persons with IOPs greater than two standard deviations above the mean can be labelled Ocular Hypertensi ...
... Most population studies on the over 40-year age group indicate that IOPs measured with Goldmann tonometry are distributed in a manner similar to a normal distribution (mean approximately 16 mmHg). Persons with IOPs greater than two standard deviations above the mean can be labelled Ocular Hypertensi ...
Strabismus: Esotropia and Exotropia
... INTRODUCTION................................................................................... 1 I. ...
... INTRODUCTION................................................................................... 1 I. ...
Is there a relationship between prism fusion range and vergence
... The subject group in Gall’s paper was also reasonably similar to the participants in this study (20 subjects with normal binocular vision, aged 18–35 years). However, they were all students and staff from an optometry college and may have been more practised at the VF test. Although all the particip ...
... The subject group in Gall’s paper was also reasonably similar to the participants in this study (20 subjects with normal binocular vision, aged 18–35 years). However, they were all students and staff from an optometry college and may have been more practised at the VF test. Although all the particip ...
Effect of Dual-Focus Soft Contact Lens Wear on Axial Myopia
... with DF lenses were not significantly different than with SVD lenses. Accommodation to a target at 40 cm was driven through the central distance-correction zone of the DF lens. Conclusions: Dual-Focus lenses provided normal acuity and contrast sensitivity and allowed accommodation to near targets. M ...
... with DF lenses were not significantly different than with SVD lenses. Accommodation to a target at 40 cm was driven through the central distance-correction zone of the DF lens. Conclusions: Dual-Focus lenses provided normal acuity and contrast sensitivity and allowed accommodation to near targets. M ...
Category: Blade Free Lasik
... sees distance and one eye sees close-up. Contact lenses do the same thing. Fortunately, CK achieves better results--a study done at the Unversity of Kansas tested presbyopic patients 50 and over that had 20/20 uncorrected vision and disliked wearing reading glasses. These patients achieved better di ...
... sees distance and one eye sees close-up. Contact lenses do the same thing. Fortunately, CK achieves better results--a study done at the Unversity of Kansas tested presbyopic patients 50 and over that had 20/20 uncorrected vision and disliked wearing reading glasses. These patients achieved better di ...
Fall 2010 - Armed Forces Optometric Society
... why it is important to be a member, this is why. First, most of you know about the delay in the conversion of civilian optometrists from NSPS to GS. The reason for that is thanks to all of your efforts to make certain that they were being paid to the highest level possible and, due to the efforts of ...
... why it is important to be a member, this is why. First, most of you know about the delay in the conversion of civilian optometrists from NSPS to GS. The reason for that is thanks to all of your efforts to make certain that they were being paid to the highest level possible and, due to the efforts of ...
Amblyopia Management
... Seyhan B. Özkan: Amblyopia is not a problem affecting one eye and with the recent information, it became evident that amblyopia is a binocular dysfunction. The major mechanism is not the ‘lazy’ state of one eye but the active inhibition of the amblyopic eye by the better eye that blocks binocularity ...
... Seyhan B. Özkan: Amblyopia is not a problem affecting one eye and with the recent information, it became evident that amblyopia is a binocular dysfunction. The major mechanism is not the ‘lazy’ state of one eye but the active inhibition of the amblyopic eye by the better eye that blocks binocularity ...
curriculum vitae - Department of Ophthalmology
... Director of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Strabismus and Adult Motility Past Responsibilities Head of Clinical and Academic Department of Ophthalmology Fellowship Director And Unit Training Director We have four fellows and one junior resident. Two fellows work with me at any one given time. One of these ...
... Director of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Strabismus and Adult Motility Past Responsibilities Head of Clinical and Academic Department of Ophthalmology Fellowship Director And Unit Training Director We have four fellows and one junior resident. Two fellows work with me at any one given time. One of these ...
Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) Fact Sheet
... People with albinism often is sensitive to bright lights and glare, which is usually helped by wearing sunglasses. The differences in the structure of the eye of individual with albinism all lead to a wide range of visual acuity. One the first things a parent often wonders is ‘what will my child see ...
... People with albinism often is sensitive to bright lights and glare, which is usually helped by wearing sunglasses. The differences in the structure of the eye of individual with albinism all lead to a wide range of visual acuity. One the first things a parent often wonders is ‘what will my child see ...
Advances in understanding the molecular basis of the first steps in
... and Baylor, 1998; Salon et al., 2011). Instead, photopigments contain a prosthetic group, 11-cis-retinal, that once photoisomerized must be continuously regenerated to maintain vision via the retinoid cycle (termed in the past as visual cycle) (Kiser et al., 2014; Palczewski, 2012; von Lintig et al. ...
... and Baylor, 1998; Salon et al., 2011). Instead, photopigments contain a prosthetic group, 11-cis-retinal, that once photoisomerized must be continuously regenerated to maintain vision via the retinoid cycle (termed in the past as visual cycle) (Kiser et al., 2014; Palczewski, 2012; von Lintig et al. ...
Vestibular and oculomotor influences on visual dependency
... visual stimuli for spatial orientation is termed visual dependency (VD). VD is considered a perceptual trait or cognitive style influenced by psychological factors and mediated by central reweighting of the sensory inputs involved in spatial orientation. VD is often measured with the rod-and-disk te ...
... visual stimuli for spatial orientation is termed visual dependency (VD). VD is considered a perceptual trait or cognitive style influenced by psychological factors and mediated by central reweighting of the sensory inputs involved in spatial orientation. VD is often measured with the rod-and-disk te ...
Glaucoma - Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
... Richard K. Parrish, II, M.D., Professor of Ophthalmology, was lead investigator for a 45site U.S. study comparing three prostaglandin analogs used to reduce intraocular pressure in people who have open-angle glaucoma or high IOP. “As with any medication, failure by patients to use medication as dire ...
... Richard K. Parrish, II, M.D., Professor of Ophthalmology, was lead investigator for a 45site U.S. study comparing three prostaglandin analogs used to reduce intraocular pressure in people who have open-angle glaucoma or high IOP. “As with any medication, failure by patients to use medication as dire ...
PATTERN AND OUTCOME OF POSTERIOR SEGMENT INJURIES
... One hundred and six eyes of 102 patients were reviewed. Seventy three patients (71.6%) were male and majority were in the 31-40 years age group. The most known circumstance of injury was Road traffic accident in 9 patients (8.8%) with metal being the most common agent causing these injuries in 15 ey ...
... One hundred and six eyes of 102 patients were reviewed. Seventy three patients (71.6%) were male and majority were in the 31-40 years age group. The most known circumstance of injury was Road traffic accident in 9 patients (8.8%) with metal being the most common agent causing these injuries in 15 ey ...
Patricia Apkarian, Robert Tijssen, Henk Spekreijse, David Reganf
... healthy observers together with CSFs from selected patients. Threshold increases across the spatial frequency range were compared with predictions of a theoretical optical model based on modulation transfer functions. Methods. Contrast thresholds for various spatial frequencies were determined with ...
... healthy observers together with CSFs from selected patients. Threshold increases across the spatial frequency range were compared with predictions of a theoretical optical model based on modulation transfer functions. Methods. Contrast thresholds for various spatial frequencies were determined with ...