The mole (Talpa europaea; Insectivora) and the mole rat (Spalax ehrenbergi; Rodentia) both have degenerated eyes as a convergent adaptation to subterranean life. The rudimentary eye lenses of these blind mammals no longer function in a visual process. The crystallin genes, which display a lens-specific expression pattern, were studied in these blind mammals and in related species with normal ey...

background: centre of pressure displacement is an indicator of postural control. children with cerebral palsy have poor postural control. one common intervention to enhance their balance is vestibular stimulation. the aim of this research was to investigate the effect of vestibular stimulation on cop parameters in children with cerebral palsy (3-10 years old). methods: this study was a randomiz...

OBJECTIVES To examine the prognosis for the fellow eye of patients with severe visual field loss in 1 eye from chronic forms of open-angle glaucoma, and to identify risk factors for visual field progression in such eyes. METHODS Review of 36 patients followed in an academic medical center with monocular severe visual field loss (Advanced Glaucoma Intervention Study score > or =12) from open-a...

This review describes a scheme for diagnosis of glaucoma in population based prevalence surveys. Cases are diagnosed on the grounds of both structural and functional evidence of glaucomatous optic neuropathy. The scheme also makes provision for diagnosing glaucoma in eyes with severe visual loss where formal field testing is impractical, and for blind eyes in which the optic disc cannot be seen...

The authors present the frequency, clinical forms and therapeutic results of traumatic glaucoma in 511 injured eyes. Traumatic glaucoma was found in 6.6% of the injured eyes, more frequently in contusions than in perforating lesions of the eye. One third of the patients with traumatic glaucoma were blind and one half had visual acuity below 0.1. The time elapsed between the injury and the diagn...

tion. She described distortion without scotoma on the Amsler grid bilaterally (Figure 1C). Examination findings were otherwise normal except for stage 2 papilledema in both eyes (Figure 2D) and moderate enlargement of the physiologic blind spots on automated perimetry in both eyes. The MRI results were normal. Lumbar puncture showed an opening pressure of 410 mm CSF, with normal indices. Result...

purpose: to evaluate the effect of oral prednisolone on visual outcome and complications of scleral buckling (sb) in patients with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (rrd). methods: in a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial, patients with acute rrd who underwent sb were randomly divided into two groups. oral prednisolone was administered for the treatment group and placebo for the co...

Diabetes is a disease that occurs when the body presents an uncontrolled level of glucose capable damaging retina, leading to permanent damage eyes or vision loss. When diabetes affects eyes, it known as diabetic retinopathy, which became global medical problem among elderly people. The fundus oculi technique involves observing eyeball diagnose check pathology evolution. In this work, we implem...

One hundred and sixty seven (167) perforating eye injuries involving 159 patients were analyzed in a retrospective study over a three-year period. The degree of blindness and their associated factors were determined. Most patients were in the first three decades of life and were males. One hundred and seven (64%) eyes had vision of 3/60 or worse at initial assessment. Of these only 45% of eyes ...

Introduction: Pediatric cataracts contribute a very significant proportion of avoidable blindness in children. Despite the recent advances made in pediatric cataract management, many patients may not be satisfied with their quality of life (QOL). We conducted this study to evaluate the quality of life in pseudophakic children operated both eyes for congenital or development cataract. We also as...