The successful use of continuous curvilinear (circular) capsulorhexis (CCC) in planned extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE) is dependent on the feasibility of safe nuclear delivery through the smaller anterior capsular opening. Experimental evidence supports the proposition that the anterior capsular rim can stretch without tearing to dimensions which allow for safe nucleus delivery. Clinic...

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The meaning of nodal metastases in well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma is controversial. The Authors analyse the impact of lymphatic spread reviewing 1503 cases of well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma treated at the National Cancer Institute of Rome between 1988 and 2005, in order to detect significant prognostic factors through multivariate analysis. Overall, 462 cases of locally advanced w...

purpose: to investigate the proportion and time trend of second-eye senile cataract surgery (secs) in a high-turnover academic center in iran. methods: in this cross-sectional study, samples were selected among all records of senile cataract surgery based on the international statistical classification of diseases and related health problems, 10th revision (icd-10) during four consecutive years...

To the ophthalmologist all the world over the operative treatment of cataract is a subject of never-ceasing interest. In the East, and particularly in India, it forms, to many surgeons, qualified and unqualified, specialist and not, all or most of ophthalmology. Much has been, and will continue to be, written onl the subject so long as it retains a place in ophthalmic surgery. The observations ...

OBJECTIVE The role of routine central lymph node dissection (CLND) for clinically central lymph node negative (CN0) papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) remains uncertain. We aim to determine the predictive factors for central lymph node metastasis (CLNM) in papillary thyroid microcarcinoma. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 273 patients diagnosed with clinically central lymph node negative ...

PURPOSE To evaluate the perspective of ophthalmology residents in the US about their residency programs and compare the competency of residency programs to international competency levels set by the International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO). METHODS A cross-sectional web-based survey extracted from the ICO published competency standards was sent to program directors of ophthalmology reside...

Diabetes mellitus influences the function and morphology of the eye lens. The cataract is the second most common complication of diabetes mellitus on the eye. A hundred patients with cataract were examined in the prospective study. The patients were divided into two groups. The first group consisted of 50 patients with cataract who had not suffered from a system or local disease. The second gro...

Described in 2005 by Bonnefond, L. et al, IARS2 (OMIM 612801) is a mitochondrial isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase encoded the nucleus. Phenotypically, mutation expressed broad clinical spectrum, which includes Leigh Syndrome (LS) as well extra-neurological effects. We described 7-year-old boy who presented global developmental delay, hypotonia and epilepsy, evolving with epileptic encephalopathy. An M...