Purpose: Randomised study to evaluate the role of Cyclosporine eye drops (0.05%) pre & postoperatively on recurrence in cases of recurrent & vascularized pterygium, undergoing excision and Conjunctival Limbal Autograft with Fibrin glue. Materials and Methods: In this prospective study 100 eyes of 100 patients were taken up for study in two groups – Group A (50 eyes) and Group B (50 eyes). Only ...

background: the newborn’s first bath, performed in neonatal intensive care units (nicu), is believed to be a stressful situation, especially for the premature infants. as a developmental care approach, swaddle bathing is a low-stress bathing method for vulnerable preterm neonates. given the limited number of the studies examining this bathing method, the present study was conducted with the aim...

Congenital birth defects are major cause of poor health among infants affecting their survivability. Although such anomalies the eyes uncommon, impact they have on quality life more than significant. This study aimed to describe clinical profile congenital ocular with various epidemiological parameters in a tertiary care center western Orissa. The screened 3674 patients, age group 0 – 14 years,...

Introduction: Despite being more affected by visual impairment and blindness than any other population age group, the elderly are least likely to seek help when faced with eye problems. Eye care utilization among the aged is influenced by a number of predisposing, enabling and need factors. Aim: To assess the eye care needs and utilization of eye care services among Ghanaian elderly population....

BACKGROUND Repeat penetrating keratoplasty is quite often required as there is high chance of failure of the primary graft particularly in the developing world. We planned a study to analyze the indications and outcome of repeat penetrating keratoplasty in a tertiary care centre in India. METHODS A retrospective analysis of all the patients who underwent repeat penetrating keratoplasty, betwe...

Introduction: Intravitreal Avastin (bevacizumab) injection is reportedly accompanied by ocular and systemic side-effects. Our enquiry assesses whether there are any differences between intraocular pressure (IOP) in baseline and on the day after injection in patients treated for retinal disease. Methods: In this experimental study, 82 eyes with retinal diseases that had indication for anti-VEGF...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the role of annular ciliary body detachment in the development of postoperative angle-closure glaucoma. DESIGN Case series. SETTING Tertiary care glaucoma referral center. METHODS High-resolution, anterior segment ultrasound biomicroscopy, ophthalmoscopy, and B-scan ultrasonography were performed on 6 eyes of 6 patients with a clinical diagnosis of postoperative mali...

A 26 years old female patient was examined twenty-four hours after observing laser-induced plasma formation in a process of nanoparticle production complaining of bilateral central scotoma. The ophthalmologic evaluation included dilated fundus observation, fluorescein angiography, and optical coherence tomography (OCT). In the first assessment, visual acuity was 20/20 in the right eye and 20/25...