PURPOSE 1) To evaluate the effects on the conjunctival flora of gentamicin ophthalmic eye drops 0.3%, given four times in 45 minutes, and a conjunctival rinse with 10 ml chlorhexidine 0.05% solution. 2) To investigate retrospectively the rate of endophthalmitis after cataract operations when these antimicrobials were applied preoperatively. METHODS Seventy-six patients undergoing standard pha...

PURPOSE To evaluate the effect of Concanavalin A (Con A) on cataract formation in New Zealand Albino rabbits. Uveitis is a chronic inflammatory condition of the eye involving the anterior and/or posterior segments. It may be acute or chronic and is associated with the development of posterior subscapular cataract over time. Con A is a nonspecific inflammatory agent and mitogen for T cells and s...

Introduction: Cataract is the main cause of visual impairment and vision loss in world, where 33% world's population has decreased due to cataracts. This study aims explore role platelet-rich plasma (PRP) inhibiting pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-1ß, thereby triggering tissue repair cataract cases vivo study.
 Methods: an experimental with a post-test-only approach control group des...

Aim: Comparative immunohistochemical study of expression α A Crystallin in non-cataract lenses and age-related cataract humans. Methodology: This was an observational cross sectional study. There are two groups this Group comprised 121 senile degenerative from diagnosed patients. B included 10 patients who underwent surgeries for enucleation due to trauma retinoblastoma. Lenses were fixed 10% B...

purpose: to determine the effect of trabeculectomy (tx) on cataract formation or progression in glaucoma patients. methods: this controlled clinical trial was performed on 82 eyes of 41 consecutive patients older than 50 years with glaucoma. trabeculectomy was indicated only in one of their eyes and iop in the other eye was controlled with medication. the operated eyes were considered as treatm...

PURPOSE To evaluate the clinical and economic impact of prophylactic administration of intracameral cefuroxime on cataract surgery. SETTING Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain. DESIGN Quasi-experimental study with before and after analysis. METHODS The evolution of the cumulative incidence of endophthalmitis before and after (October 2005) administration of intracamer...

Background: Glaucoma is a progressive optic neuropathy and is one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide. Different factors have been contributed in the pathogenesis of glaucoma including H. pylori infection. Objective: To determine the levels of anti-H. pylori IgG antibody in the aqueous humor of patients with pseudoexfoliation and primary open angle glaucoma, in comparison with age and ...

PURPOSE To determine the incidence and cumulative risk of childhood cataract in Denmark during 1980 to 2000. METHODS A cohort of 2,616,439 Danish children born between 1962 and 2000 was followed from 1980 or from the day of birth, whichever occurred later, until their 18th birthday, death, emigration, or diagnosis of cataract, whichever occurred first. Cases were ascertained from the Danish N...

Cataract is one of the leading causes of blindness in the world's population. A method to evaluate blurriness for cataract diagnosis in retinal images with vitreous opacity is proposed in this paper. Three types of features are extracted, which include pixel number of visible structures, mean contrast between vessels and background, and local standard deviation. To avoid the wrong detection of ...

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) generally follows prediabetes (PD) conditions such as impaired fasting glucose (IFG) and/or impaired glucose tolerance (IGT). Although studies reported an association of IGT or IFG with cataract, the experimental basis for PD associated cataract is not known. Hence, we evaluated neonatal streptozotocin (nSTZ) induced rat model to study PD associated cataractogenesis by inj...