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Factors affecting visual acuity after accelerated crosslinking in patients with progressive keratoconus

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 79 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT Purpose: The present study aimed to report the outcomes of patients with progressive keratoconus who were treated via accelerated crosslinking (CXL) 6 months earlier and to determine the factors that promoted improved visual acuity after treatment. Methods: This retrospective study included 35...

Six-month outcomes of corneal crosslinking with dextran-free isotonic riboflavin solution

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 79 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT Purpose: To analyze the short-term clinical and topographic outcomes in patients with keratoconus after corneal collagen cross-linking treatment (CXL) with dextran-free isotonic riboflavin solution. Methods: In this retrospective case series, 26 eyes from 26 patients with keratoconus were stud...

Effect of intravitreal anti-VEGF on choroidal thickness in patients with diabetic macular edema using spectral domain OCT

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 79 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT Purpose: To evaluate choroidal thickness (CT) using spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) imaging at baseline and 6 months after intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) treatment in patients with diabetic macular edema (DME). Methods: A retrospective ch...

Effect of macular hole volume on postoperative central macular thickness

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 79 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT Purpose: To evaluate the association between macular hole volume (MHV) and postoperative central macular thickness (CMT) using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). Methods: Thirty-three eyes of 30 patients with a large full-thickness idiopathic macular hole with or without vi...

Fístula oronasal após palatoplastia em pacientes fissurados

A fístula oronasal (FON) consiste na principal sequela pós-cirúrgica da palatoplastia podendo levar a problemas funcionais, como a fala hipernasal e regurgitação de alimentos pelo nariz. Essa condição compromete o resultado do tratamento da fissura labiopalatina, e seu reparo torna-se um desafio p...

O desenvolvimento da linguagem da criança após o implante coclear: uma revisão de literatura

CoDAS; 28 (3), 2016
RESUMO Objetivo Levantar na literatura a descrição do desenvolvimento de linguagem de crianças usuárias de implante coclear. Estratégias de pesquisa Buscas na plataforma Pubmed e nas bases de dados Web of Science, Scopus e Science Direct, seguindo etapas de seleção e análise crítica dos perió...

Orthodontic retreatment using anchorage with miniplate to camouflage a Class III skeletal pattern

ABSTRACT This manuscript describes the treatment of a 27-year-old patient who was previously treated with two maxillary first premolar extractions. The patient had skeletal Class III malocclusion, Class III canine relationship, anterior crossbite, and a concave profile. As the patient refused orthognathi...

Comparative study between benzydamine hydrochloride gel, lidocaine 5% gel and lidocaine 10% spray on endotracheal tube cuff as regards postoperative sore throat

Rev. bras. anestesiol; 66 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT Postoperative sore throat is a common complication after endotracheal intubation. After tracheal intubation, the incidence of sore throat varies from 14.4% to 50%. The aim of the study was to compare between benzydamine hydrochloride gel, lidocaine 5% gel and lidocaine 10% spray on the endotrach...

Combined spinal-epidural analgesia in labour: its effects on delivery outcome

Rev. bras. anestesiol; 66 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Combined spinal-epidural (CSE) has become an increasingly popular alternative to traditional labour epidural due to its rapid onset and reliable analgesia provided. This was a prospective, convenient sampling study to determine the effects of CSE analgesia on labour ...

Endovascular abdominal aneurysm repair in women: what are the differences between the genders?

ABSTRACT Introduction: Abdominal aortic aneurysm has a lower incidence in the female population, but a higher complication rate. It was been hypothesized that some anatomical differences of abdominal aortic aneurysm in women could be responsible for that. We proposed to analyze our data to understand th...