purpose : to report a case with history of penetrating keratoplasty (pk) for keratoconus that developed acute hydrops in the recipient and donor cornea methods : a 46-year-old man, with history of bilateral keratoconus, who had undergone corneal transplantation in his left eye, presented with complaints of sudden visual reduction, photophobia, redness and pain of the left eye. results : review ...

The aim of this article was to describe Descemet's membrane detachment (DMD) following phacoemulsification in five equine eyes and to review the human literature on this topic. In the last decade, there has been increased reporting of DMD in the human literature, in particular following cataract surgery. The natural history of DMD remains unknown and although various medical and surgical treatm...

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging has become widespread in ophthalmology over the past 15 years, because of its ability to visualize ocular structures at high resolution. This article reviews the history of OCT imaging of the eye, its current status, and the laboratory work that is driving the future of the technology.

purpose: the objective of this study was to identify possible risk factors associated with primary open-angle glaucoma (poag). methods: a case-control study included patients seen at rasoul-akram hospital ophthalmology clinic. cases were consecutive patients with confirmed unilateral or bilateral poag presented during the study period. controls were a random sample of all other patients aged 30...

Material and Methods: This study was conducted in ophthalmology department PNS Shifa, Karachi. From March 2013 to Jan 2015 for 23 months. A total of 350 glaucoma suspect patients were selected. A detailed history of ocular or systemic diseases was taken. Intraocular pressure (IOP) was measured using Goldmann Applanation tonometer. Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) images were taken using Heide...

José Rizal (1861-1896) is one of the most revered figures in Philippine history. He was a multifaceted intellectual and a political activist, best known for his political writings that inspired the Philippine revolution and ultimately led to his execution by the Spanish colonizers. Rizal was also a physician who trained in ophthalmology under 2 prominent European ophthalmologists, Louis de Weck...

studying the prominent iranian-islamic scientific texts of middle ages in the field of ophthalmology may play a role in recognizing the science of traditional ophthalmology and its crucial diagnostic and therapeutic points. the most important and reliable resources in the context of ophthalmology belong to iranian scientists. this study collects these references and provides their relative equi...

(anatomy), Franz Hofmann (hygiene), Hubert Sattler (ophthalmology), Adolf Striimpell (internal medicine), Paul Flechsig (brain research), Felix L6hnis (microbiology), Henry E. Sigerist (history of medicine and natural sciences), Richard Arwed Pfeifer (neurology), Robert Schr6der (gynaecology). While neurology and brain research at Leipzig are represented, an early founder of psychiatry, J. C. H...