BACKGROUND Inflammation of the optic nerve is a common cause of visual loss due to optic nerve pathology. OBJECTIVE To report the clinical features, demographic pattern and response to pulse steroid therapy in patients with idiopathic optic neuritis in eastern Nepal. MATERIALS AND METHODS The hospital data of patients with idiopathic optic neuritis admitted to the department of ophthalmolog...

PURPOSE to evaluate the results of pars plana vitrectomy with peeling of the inner limiting membrane (ILM stained with infracyanine green (IfCG) in 26 patients with diabetic macular edema, and to identify which factors are associated with a better postoperative visual outcome. PATIENTS AND METHODS 26 patients with diabetic macular edema were included in the study. A pars plana vitrectomy with...

seen on color photography (Figure 2). Her visual acuity loss and fundus findings were attributed to choroidal infarction that occurred immediately postoperatively. A cerebral internal carotid artery angiogram performed 4 days postoperatively, once her proptosis resolved, revealed a surgical clip at the expected location and no evidence of a clip or obstruction at the level of the ophthalmic art...

We report a child who had implantation of an iris-fixated Artisan phakic intraocular lens (IOL) to correct high unilateral myopia to support the therapy of anisometropic amblyopia. After IOL implantation, the patient continued occlusion therapy to further treat the amblyopic eye. One year postoperatively, the best corrected visual acuity in the amblyopic eye was 1.00 and binocular stereovision ...

PURPOSE To report two patients in their seventh decade who exhibited findings consistent with multiple evanescent white dot syndrome. METHODS Case reports of two patients referred for evaluation of decreased vision, visual field loss, and retinal white spots. RESULTS A 60-year-old man and a 67-year-old woman had photopsia, visual field loss, and decreased central visual acuity. Examination ...

We have developed a simple computer-based discrimination task that enables the quick determination of visual acuities in rodents. A grating is displayed randomly on one of two monitors at the wide end of a trapezoidal-shaped tank containing shallow water. Animals are trained to swim toward the screens, and at a fixed distance, choose the screen displaying the grating and escape to a submerged p...

PURPOSE To describe vision loss associated with the use or removal of silicone oil retinal tamponade. METHODS Records were reviewed of all patients with a decrease in visual acuity of at least 3 Snellen lines from best acuity with 5000 centistoke silicone oil in place or after removal of silicone oil at a single retina-only practice between 1996 and 2006. RESULTS Nine patients (6 men, 3 wom...