Rev Bras Oftalmol. 2016; 75 (6): 425-31 1 Department of Ophthalmology, Menoufia University, Egypt. 2 Department of Ophthalmology, Menoufia University, Egypt. 3 Research Institute of ophthalmology, Giza. The study was performed at Menoufia University Hospital and research institute of Ophthalmology. This work was self-funded by the authors. The authors declare no conflicts of interests. Received...

Submit your manuscript here: http://www.dovepress.com/clinical-ophthalmology-journal Clinical Ophthalmology is an international, peer-reviewed journal covering all subspecialties within ophthalmology. Key topics include: Optometry; Visual science; Pharmacology and drug therapy in eye diseases; Basic Sciences; Primary and Secondary eye care; Patient Safety and Quality of Care Improvements. This ...

A28 year old man with retinitis pigmentosa (RP) presents with his 4 year old daughter who is afraid of the dark and is bed wetting. He would like his daughter to have a DNA test to determine whether she has RP. The man was diagnosed with RP at age 7 years after his parents noted nyctalopia and he had a confirmatory electroretinogram (ERG). The man’s father was diagnosed at age 30 years, while t...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the balance between the sexes of published ophthalmic material at the editorial, reviewer, and author levels. DESIGN Cross-sectional study of 3 journals, American Journal of Ophthalmology, Archives of Ophthalmology, and Ophthalmology, for 1969, 1979, 1989, 1999, and 2009. The data were compared with ophthalmologist-in-training and physician profile in major contributing ...

BACKGROUND Systematic reviews and meta-analyses are becoming increasingly important methods to summarize published research. Studies of ophthalmology may present additional challenges because of their potentially complex study designs. The aim of this study was to evaluate the reporting quality of systematic reviews and meta-analyses on topics in ophthalmology to determine compliance with the P...

This paper describes an overview of telemedicine applications in ophthalmology and at the same time to provide background information on new tele-ophthalmological applications and the use of tele-Ophthalmology. Few urban areas for their population, no access/ very less access to tertiary eye care. In order to make eye care services accessible to every one, the concept called “Teleophthalmology”...

BACKGROUND The use of social media in ophthalmology remains largely unknown. Our aim was to evaluate the extent and involvement of ophthalmology journals, professional associations, trade publications, and patient advocacy and fundraising groups on social networking sites. METHODS An archived list of 107 ophthalmology journals from SCImago, trade publications, professional ophthalmology assoc...