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"name": "Les maladies systémiques influencent-elles la santé de Descemet ?",
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"text": "Oui, des maladies comme le diabète peuvent affecter la santé cornéenne."
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A retrospective audit compared efficacy and utility for the three years before and after the implementation of OpClear in a single unit. Thirty-three cases were reviewed pre-OpClear, while 82 cases we...
The OpClear system provided a consistently high level of visual acuity throughout the laparoscopic procedures. Scope removals, which typically result in non-productive operating time, were virtually e...
The findings of this audit suggest that the OpClear system provides continuous high-level vision during laparoscopic hysterectomy. Further, reducing periods of non-productive time associated with scop...
Developments in image processing techniques and display technology have led to the emergence of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR)-based low vision devices (LVDs). However, their promise ...
A systematic search of the literature was performed using MEDLINE, Embase, PsychInfo, HealthStar, and National Library of Medicine (PubMed) from inception to March 6, 2022. Articles were eligible if t...
Of the 652 articles identified, 16 studies comprising 382 individuals with a mean age of 52.17 (SD = 18.30) years, and with heterogeneous low vision etiologies (i.e., glaucoma, age-related macular deg...
AR/VR LVDs were found to afford visual field expansion and visual acuity improvement in low vision populations. Even though the results of this review are promising, the lack of controlled studies wit...
Faster worsening of 10-2 visual field (VF) was associated with the development of visual acuity (VA) loss in mild-to-moderate glaucoma, suggesting longitudinal 10-2 VF change is associated with the ri...
To examine whether longitudinal 10-2 central VF change is associated with the risk of VA loss in glaucoma....
Primary open angle glaucoma and glaucoma suspect eyes with ≥3 years and 5 visits of 10-2 VF examinations were included. Cox proportional hazard modeling with shared frailty was used to evaluate the ha...
Among the 252 eyes (148 participants, mean follow-up = 5.8 y), 30 eyes (21 participants, mean follow-up = 4.9 y) developed VA loss. There was no difference in baseline VF between eyes with and without...
Faster 10-2 VF MD and hemifield MS worsening are associated with the development of VA loss. Monitoring the longitudinal central 10-degree VF change may suggest that there is impending VA impairment i...
We aimed to investigate the association between maternal diabetes before or during pregnancy and visual acuity development in offspring at 1 and 4 years old....
This prospective cohort study comprised 301 individuals born in 2015-2017. Those who had maternal diabetes during or before pregnancy (type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes) were i...
Data were collected on children aged 1 and 4, which consisted of 173 children of mothers exposed to diabetes and 128 children of mothers without diabetes). We found no significant association between ...
Our findings suggest that maternal diabetes during pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of high RE in offspring. Regular ophthalmological screening should be advised to offspring of mothers ...
To report a long-term outcome of the novel combined surgical method of complete excision, corneal tattooing, and a sutureless limbal conjunctival autograft for limbal dermoid....
All patients who were referred to our clinic for limbal dermoid, and underwent a combined surgery of complete excision, corneal tattooing, and a sutureless limbal conjunctival autograft were retrospec...
During seven years, 24 patients (24 eyes) with limbal dermoid were finally enrolled. The mean age was 10.1±8.9 years old. The surgery resulted in an improved appearing ocular surface in all cases with...
Based on the results of this study, our innovative surgical method which includes complete excision with corneal tattooing and limbal conjunctival autograft can be a simple and safe procedure that ach...
To explore the relationship between the choroid vascular index (CVI) and best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) in a young population with high myopia (HM)....
Three hundred twenty-six patients with HM were recruited. All subjects underwent a comprehensive ophthalmic examination and enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography (EDI-OCT). The horizonta...
The median age, spherical equivalent (SE) and BCVA were 22.4 years, -10.1 dioptres and 0.099 logMAR, respectively. The ChT was thickest on the temporal and superior sides of the macula and thinnest in...
The CVI is significantly related to BCVA but is not affected by age, axial length or SE, suggesting that the CVI could be used as an adjunct tool for assessing the visual acuity status in patients wit...
Correlations between low luminance visual acuity deficits (LLVADs) and central choriocapillaris perfusion deficits were investigated to help explain how increases in LLVAD scores at baseline predict a...
Prospective cross-sectional study....
Photopic luminance best-corrected visual acuity (PL-BCVA) and low luminance BCVA (LL-BCVA) were measured using the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study chart. LL-BCVA was measured using a 2.0-lo...
In all 90 eyes (30 normal eyes; 31 drusen-only eyes; 29 non-foveal GA eyes), significant correlations were found between the central CC FD% and PL-BCVA (r = -0.393, P < .001), LL-BCVA (r = -0.534, P <...
The significant correlations between central CC FD% and LLVAD support the hypothesis that the ability of LLVAD to predict the growth of GA is mediated through a decrease in macular choriocapillaris pe...
In patients with strabismus, the stereopsis and Worth 4-dot (W4d) tests have often been used to evaluate whether sensory fusion is achieved. However, if patients face difficulties undergoing the Titmu...
We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 195 children with reduced VA with VA improvement ≥ 20/25, Titmus stereoacuity ≤ 50 arcsec, and fusion in the W4d result after refractive error correc...
The UCVA showed a marginal but non-significant correlation with Titmus stereoacuity (p = 0.053) and a significant correlation with fusion in W4d (p < 0.001). The ROC curve analysis showed an optimal c...
Correcting refractive error in advance may help appropriately interpret sensory status in school-aged children with reduced VA due to refractive error abnormalities....
To investigate the relationship of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) treatment discontinuation with baseline factors and outcomes in eyes treated initially with aflibercept or bevaci...
Long-term follow-up after a randomized clinical trial from 64 US centers....
Analysis included 150 SCORE2 Month 60 completers classified into 3 groups: discontinued treatment early, treated intermittently, and treated continuously. Outcomes included visual acuity (VA) and cent...
Patients who discontinued treatment early were younger (60.9 years, vs 66.7 and 70.5 for the treated intermittently and treated continuously groups; P = .001), and 17.4% were Black, compared to 19.5% ...
Compared to those treated continuously, those who discontinued treatment early were younger and more likely Black. The discontinued treatment early group had a higher proportion with complete resoluti...
The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of unplanned treatment gap, secondary to COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, on visual acuity in previously treated diabetic macular edema (DME) patient...
A multicenter, retrospective study of DME patients, previously treated with anti-VEGF injections, who were followed up during COVID-19 pandemic (2020) compared to pre-CO-VID-19 period (2019)....
A total of 634 DME patients with a mean age of 68.4 years met the inclusion criteria, 385 were assessed in 2019 (pre-COVID-19) and 239 patients assessed in 2020 (COVID-19). Baseline best corrected vis...
In a large cohort of DME patients, an unplanned delay in treatment with anti-VEGF injections for 2-3 months, due to COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, had no significance impact on visual acuity. For most pa...