Aims: To derive kinetic equations and analytic formulas for efficacy enhancement of corneal collagen crosslinking (CXL) in a 2-initiator system. Study Design: Modeling the kinetics of CXL. Place and Duration of Study: Taipei, Taiwan, between between January 2019 to June, 2019. M...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2019/v10i330109
Purpose: To compare the outcomes of Grade3-4 cataract surgery performed with 2 phacoemulsification techniques (phaco-chop and divide-and-conquer). Setting: Ministry of Health Tuzla State Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. Design: Prospective randomized clinical trial. Methods: This is p...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2019/v10i330108
Depression is emerging to be one of the commonest mental health disorders worldwide affecting a wide age group. The prescription of antidepressants has risen considerably in last decade with a preference for using newer antidepressants like Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2019/v10i330107
Primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) is a multifactorial chronic optic neuropathy, characterized by progressive loss of retinal ganglion cells (RGC), leading to structural damage to the optic nerve head (ONH), retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL), with visual field defects. It is occa...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2019/v10i330106
Aim: To determine the magnitude of presbyopia and the effect of uncorrected presbyopia on vision-related quality of life in Calabar South, Nigeria. Study Design: A community-based, descriptive cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Calabar South Local Government Area...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2019/v10i330105
Aims: This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of the intrastromal route of antifungal drugs in treatment of fungal keratitis. Study Design: Prospective non-controlled (single arm) interventional clinical study Place and Duration of Study: Ophthalmology Department, Assiut Univer...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2019/v10i230104
Primary Health Centres in Nigeria and particularly Ogun state have suffered serious neglect over the years. A private / public partnership together with private health /education partnership have strengthened government health systems, developing a sustainable model for delivery...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2019/v10i230103
Background: Retinoblastoma is the most common primary intraocular malignancy in children, and remains the most curable of all childhood cancers in the developed world. However, ocular and patient survival rates have remained very low in resource limited countries, where more than...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2019/v10i230102
Aims: To assess the demographic characteristics and referral pattern of patients with glaucoma presenting at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital. Study Design: A hospital-based cross- sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: The Ophthalmology department, Unive...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2019/v10i230101
Aim of the Study: To compare High Volume with Low Volume Cataract Surgery Outcomes in a tertiary eye care hospital in Garhwal Himalayan Region, over a 30-day period, in terms of Quality as gauged in terms of Intra-operative complications and their management and Post-operative co...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2019/v10i230100