purpose : to evaluate the adequacy and efficiency of training programs of ophthalmology residency in iran for achieving the planned objectives in their program, as well as to evaluate the proficiency of such programs in preparing residents to enter independent clinical practice as a general ophthalmologist. methods : a closed-ended questionnaire was distributed between 89 residents or recently ...

Ophthalmology Clinics, Turkish Red Crescent Hospital, Konya 42200, Turkey 2Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Mevlana University, Konya 42100, Turkey Department of Ophthalmology, Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Ankara 06800, Turkey 4Konya Eye Center Hospital, Konya 42100, Turkey Department of Ophthalmology, Konya Training and Research Hospital, Konya 42090, Turkey Corresp...

purpose: to evaluate malpractice complaints against ophthalmologist referred to the iri. methods: this cross-sectional study was performed on medical council during years 2003 to 2008. spss software was used for analysis. results: during this period from 1869 cases of malpractice 115 (%6.1) have been related to the field of ophthalmology but in order to some problems we can’t analysis 24 files....

purpose : to study optical coherence tomography (oct) findings in high myopic patients with the history of uncomplicated cataract surgery methods : the sample included 34 eyes of 24 highly myopic patients with an axial length (al) of 26 mm or more and a spherical equivalent (se) of 8.0 diopter (d) or more who had uncomplicated phacoemulsification cataract surgery. octs were done in multiple sec...

purpose : to report an unusual case of dermoid cyst of the frontal bone case report : we report a case of 28-year-old man with a history of painless progressive proptosis of the left eye. ct-scan was showed a hypodense lesion that mainly located within the frontal bone with only a small intraorbital involvement. excisional biopsy was performed and histopathologic examination was compatible with...

From the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences,* The University of Iowa Center for Macular Degeneration, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa; the Department of Ophthalmology, King’s College, London, United Kingdom; The Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London and Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom; and the Department of Neuroscience and Locomotion, Divisi...

a Department of Ophthalmology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States c Department of Ophthalmology, Blanton Eye Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, United States d Departments of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New Y...

B. Trusko1; J. Thorne2; D. Jabs1; R. Belfort3; A. Dick4; S. Gangaputra5; R. Nussenblatt6; A. Okada7; J. Rosenbaum8; for The Standardization of Uveitis Nomenclature (SUN) Project 1Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Ophthalmology, New York, New York, USA; 2The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Ophthalmology, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; 3Federal University of Sao Paulo, Department of Ophthal...