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Informe acerca de membrana pupilar persistente bilateral en una paciente adolescente
Report of Bilateral Persistent Pupillary Membrane in an Adolescent Patient

Se informa el caso de una paciente de 14 años que concurre al Servicio de Oftalmología motivada por su baja agudeza visual con su corrección aérea. Al examen se detecta una membrana pupilar persistente bilateral. Se describen el cuadro clínico, su origen embriológico y los diferentes tr...

Quistes secundarios de iris
Secondary Iris Cysts

Rev. cuba. oftalmol; 35 (3), 2022
Los quistes epiteliales del iris o de cámara anterior son una rara y grave complicación tras la cirugía o traumatismos penetrantes del segmento anterior del ojo. Son secundarios a la invasión epitelial de la cámara anterior. Se ha descrito una incidencia de 0,09-0,12 por ciento, aunque estudios hist...

Uso clínico de MS-39: topógrafo para el estudio del segmento anterior
Clinical use of MS-39: a topograph for the study of the anterior segment

Rev. cuba. oftalmol; 34 (2), 2021
El ojo humano es un instrumento óptico simple, pero extremadamente robusto. Los sistemas de imágenes para el diagnóstico y evaluación del segmento anterior del ojo constituyen una herramienta fundamental para el oftalmólogo. Hasta hace poco, el uso de estas técnicas proporcionaba fundamentalmente i...

Amniotic membrane transplantation in ocular surface diseases

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 79 (6), 2020
Abstract Objective: To evaluate the clinical effectiveness of amniotic membrane transplantation for ocular surface reconstruction. Methods: Prospective study including 23 eyes of 21 patients who underwent amniotic membrane transplantation at Hospital de Clínicas da Universidade Federal do Paraná (HC-...

Post-operative complications of penetrating corneal keratoplasty in patients with anterior segment toxic syndrome secondary to cataract surgery

ABCS health sci; 45 (Supl. 3), 2020
INTRODUCTION: Toxic Anterior Segment Syndrome (TASS) after cataract surgery may cause severe corneal decompensation that compromises corneal transparency and may require penetrating corneal keratoplasty to improve visual acuity. OBJECTIVE: We evaluated the postoperative complications of patients who unde...

Causes of congenital corneal opacities and their management in a tertiary care center

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 83 (2), 2020
ABSTRACT Purpose: To evaluate causes and management of congenital corneal opacities (CCO) diagnosed in a tertiary care eye center and to compare the data with a previous study at the same institution. Methods: Computerized medical records in all patients with congenital corneal opacities diagnosed in t...

Effects of two different contact lenses on ocular physiological parameters and tear function tests

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 78 (6), 2019
Abstract Objective: To investigate the effects of two types of contact lenses made of two different types of silicone hydrogel material on ocular physiological parameters and tear function tests. Methods: The contact lenses with the appropriate diopters were supplied to the volunteering patients. The p...

Effect of contact lenses on ocular biometric measurements based on swept-source optical coherence tomography

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 82 (2), 2019
ABSTRACT Purpose: To determine the reliability of swept- source optical coherence tomography in cases in which soft contact lenses cannot be removed when acquiring biometric measurements. Methods: Eight subjects were included and only one eye per participant was analyzed. Each eye was measured six time...