purpose : to evaluate the biomechanical changes of cornea after intracorneal ring segment (icrs) implantation in keratoconic eyes methods : in this study, 1 or 2 icrs were inserted in 17 keratoconic eyes. best spectacle-corrected visual acuity (bscva), uncorrected visual acuity (ucva), refraction, and keratometry were evaluated preoperatively and 1 and 3 months after surgery. corneal hysteresis...

OBJECTIVE To examine the associations between near and distant visual acuity and biomarkers of Hg, Pb, n-3 fatty acids and Se from the local diet of fish-eating communities of the Tapajós River in the Brazilian Amazon. DESIGN Visuo-ocular health and biomarkers of Hg (hair, whole blood, plasma), Pb (whole blood), Se (whole blood and plasma) and n-3 fatty acids (plasma total phospholipids) were...

purpose: to assess the efficacy of polyhexamethylene biguanide (phmb) in treating acanthamoeba keratitis (ak) and also to identify related factors affecting final visual outcome in ak patients treated with phmb methods: in these interventional case series study, 27 eyes of 25 patients with ak received phmb 0.02% and divided into two groups according to the final visual acuity (va) va equal to o...

We investigated the visual acuity of homeless people in Toronto and assessed the relationship of visual acuity to several determinants of health including age, education, attitudes and length of time in the homeless state. An interview questionnaire and a best-corrected near and distant visual acuity exam were conducted in a population of homeless men who were residing at the Good Shepherd Cent...

purpose : to assess the results of intracorneal ring (icr) segments for treatment of patients with pellucid marginal degeneration (pmd) methods : in this prospective interventional case series study, eight eyes of 5 patients with pmd who were contact lens intolerant received one or two intacs (intacs, addition technology) segments. preoperative and postoperative evaluations included slit-lamp e...

background: taking visual acuity is an important part of an eye routine examination. this study was conducted to compare visual acuity measured using an iranian digital tumbling e chart with visual acuity measured using an italian digital tumbling e chart as a familiar foreign chart. materials and methods: this study was carried out on 200 participants (400 eyes; healthy n=40, glaucoma n=40, re...

purpose : design and establishment of persian near reading card for clinical use and practice methods : at first, card dimension, word and character size and specifications were calculated. then, english near reading card, richmond product inc, was considered as a template. context and syntax contribute to reading accuracy and efficacy of the richmond card was considered for designed persian ca...

Background: The major limitation in human vision is refractive error. Auxiliary equipment and methods for these people are not always available. In addition, limited range of accommodation in adult people when switching from a far point to a near point is not simply possible. In this paper, we are looking for solutions to use the facilities of digital image processing and displaying to improve ...