Purpose: To evaluate the safety and reproducibility of using +3 Ring Moria M2 microkeratome (Mechanical Technology) with patients suffering from high K reading. Setting: Eye Care Private Centre-surgery Centre, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Methods: Data had been reviewed starting from 2005 up to 2010; with the aim to review and evaluate all the data and complications after using +3 Ring Moria M2 single...

Strong selection pressures are known to act on animal coloration. Although many animals vary in eye colour, virtually no research has investigated the functional significance of these colour traits. Passeriformes have a range of iris colours, making them an ideal system to investigate how and why iris colour has evolved. Using phylogenetic comparative methods, we tested the hypothesis that cons...

BACKGROUND To investigate possible differences in neuroretinal rim distribution, vascular pattern, and peripapillary region appearance between eyes with presumed large physiological optic disc cupping (pLPC) and eyes with minimal optic disc excavation. METHODS We prospectively enrolled consecutive subjects with pLPC and individuals with minimal excavation (optic disc excavation within normal ...

Care research in coaching has repeatedly prioritised the voice of carer rather than those cared-for. This article addresses this shortfall and examines notions care through eyes female footballers. These voices are pertinent because football (soccer) United Kingdom (UK) been labelled micro-political, cut-throat, competitive, at times, uncaring. Further, women’s often marginalised sport research...

PURPOSE Post-operative corneal astigmatism following cataract surgery can leave the patient with visual impairment. Correcting it at the time of surgery with a toric intraocular lens (TIOL) can give patients a better final visual outcome. The purpose was to determine the prevalence of corneal astigmatism in a cataract population and assess the demand for TIOL. METHODS Keratometric data was co...

PURPOSE To assess the histology of the retinal surface after staining of the inner limiting membrane (ILM) with indocyanine green (ICG) followed by illumination with halogen or xenon light sources in human donor and porcine eyes. METHODS Ten eyes of six human donors and six porcine eyes were used in the study. In human donor eyes, the postmortem time varied between 7 and 38 hours, and porcine...

BACKGROUND Coats' disease diagnosed in adulthood is an idiopathic, retinal exudative vascular disease without an inciting factor and has retinal features different from the childhood disease. AIM To describe clinical features, treatment, and outcomes of eyes with Coats' disease first diagnosed in patients 35 years or older. MATERIALS AND METHODS Retrospective chart review of patients first ...