Background: To study dry eye following phacoemulsification surgery
 Methods: This prospective observational was performed after selecting 100 consecutive patients over 45 years of age with senile cataract, without preexisting and other ocular disorders.
 Results: All the tests preoperatively postoperatively showed incidence to be 10.00%.
 Conclusion: We concluded that cataract su...

introduction: cataract is a common disease across the world and the most common cause of vision loss and blindness. several factors contribute to the disease, the most important of which is aging. other contributors include sex, smoking, sunlight, place of residence, family, job, and systemic disease. this study was aimed to enquire into the epidemiology of cataract cases referred to noor ophth...

BACKGROUND cataract is a leading cause of reversible vision impairment and may increase falls in older adults. OBJECTIVE to assess the risk of an injury due to a fall among adults aged 60+, 2 years before first-eye cataract surgery, between first-eye surgery and second-eye surgery and 2 years after second-eye surgery. DESIGN a retrospective cohort study. SETTING Western Australian Hospita...

Cordia obliqua has a long history of use in the treatment cataract and other eye-related problems Indian traditional medicine. High oxidative stress is one major underlying causes which results precipitation natural protein present lenses with aging. This research been carried out to determine anti-cataract activity by performing various antioxidant techniques such as 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydra...

purpose: to evaluate the prevalence and risk factors of dry eye in the patients referred to an eye clinic in birjand, iran. methods: this cross sectional descriptive-analytical study consisted of 600 patients who were referred to the eye clinic of birjand, iran between september 2010 and september 2011. they were given a simple questionnaire about the risk factors of dry eye including the demog...

BACKGROUND Driving a car is the most common form of transport among the older population. Common medical conditions such as cataract, increase with age and impact on the ability to drive. To compensate for visual decline, some cataract patients may self-regulate their driving while waiting for cataract surgery. However, little is known about the self-regulation practices of older drivers throug...

Ultrasonography is the only practical method for obtaining images of the posterior segment of the eye when the light-conducting media are opaque. In this study, 182 dogs with ocular abnormalities presented to the Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology from December 2008-August 2010 were included. All the animals were subjected to detailed ophthalmic examination and B-scan ultrasonograph...

AIM To examine the impact of bilateral or unilateral cataract surgery on visual functioning. METHODS The Singapore Malay Eye Study is a population-based study of 3280 Singapore Malay patients aged 40-80 years, of which 3225 had data available for inclusion. Cataracts were graded from digital lens photographs according to the Wisconsin scale. Study subjects were categorised as having: bilatera...