PURPOSE To determine whether a simple method for applying fibrin tissue adhesive to a clear corneal cataract incision can create a watertight seal. SETTING Laboratory investigation. METHODS Clear corneal cataract incisions were simulated in 8 eye-bank eyes. In 4 eyes, fibrin adhesive was applied to the incision in a simple manner; the other 4 eyes were controls with no adhesive. Each eye wa...

Intramembrane changes occurring in dysfunctional corneal endothelial cell membranes were examined using freeze-fracture and transmission electron microscopy techniques. Three categories of dysfunctional endothelium were examined: aphakic bullous keratopathy, pseudophakic bullous keratopathy and Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy. Keratoconus corneas and a donor eye bank eye were examined as normal co...

On anatomical and physiological grounds a zone of cat cortex deep in the medial bank of the suprasylvian sulcus (the Clare-Bishop area) is known to receive strong visual projections both from the lateral geniculate body and area 17. We have mapped receptive fields of single cells in this area in eight cats. Active responses to visual stimuli were found over most of the medial bank of the supras...

purpose: to determine the prevalence and to describe the demographic pattern of congenital cataract surgery performed at a referral hospital in iran during four consecutive years with respect to sex inequality in receiving eye care. methods: all children aged 15 years or less who had undergone congenital cataract surgery between 2006 and 2009 in labbafinejad medical center were enrolled in this...

PURPOSE In addition to an elevated intraocular pressure a compromise of the ocular blood supply have been implicated in the pathogenesis of primary open-angle glaucoma. The purpose of this study was to quantify morphologic changes in the choroid including choriocapillaris thickness and density and diameter of large choroidal vessels in post mortem eyes with advanced primary open-angle glaucoma....

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of cyclosporine ophthalmic emulsion 0.05% on ocular surface staining and visual performance in patients with dry eye. METHODS This was a single-center, 6-month, open-label, Phase IV study. Patients with bilateral dry eye disease and a symptom score of ≥2 on the Ocular Discomfort and 4-Symptom Questionnaire, an Ocular Surface Disease ...

purpose: to compare the prevalence of ocular symptoms and signs in professional video-display users (vdu) and non-users. methods: this cross-sectional case-control study was performed on bank staff who used computer for their task as the vdu group and staff who did not work with computer as controls. ocular symptoms were evaluated based on a questionnaire and signs were detected according to co...

background and objective: the frequency and pattern of eye neoplasms differ in various geographic areas. our aim was to determine the distribution of patient age, gender, ocular tumor origin, location and histological type in our region. materials and methods: in this cross-sectional study, all of the 384 eye globe enucleation cases carried out during a 10-year period in farabi medical center i...