Clin Ophthalmol J. 2023;3(1):COJ-03-1024 | Open Access
Masaya-Anon Patcharapim
Background: The effect of lagophthalmos from facial nerve palsy was impaired visual acuity due to abnormal corneal integrity. Other than non-surgical treatments, the gold weight implant is one of the effective eyelid surgeries to correct lagophthalmos.
Objective: Review of the ocular outcomes of the gold weight implant in the patients with lagophthalmos from the facial nerve palsy since 2011 to 2022 ... Read more
RESEARCH ARTICLE Updated May 04, 2023 PDF
Clin Ophthalmol J. 2023;3(1):COJ-03-1023 | Open Access
Sarah Ayello-Scheer, Sami Saad, Francois Boussion, Rana Saad, Michel Paques and Stephane Bertin
Purpose: To assess the efficacy and safety of the overlay epimacular human Amniotic Membrane (hAM) technique for Persistent Macular Hole (PMH) that already underwent pars plana vitrectomy with internal limiting membrane peeling and gas endotamponade.
Methods: A 23-gauge pars plana vitrectomy was performed with implantation of a lyophilized hAM patch (Visio-Amtrix, TBF and France) over the PMH into the ... Read more
RESEARCH ARTICLE Updated Feb 23, 2023 PDF
Clin Ophthalmol J. 2022;3(1):COJ-03-1022 | Open Access
Jaafar AD and Abushnein AN
Purpose: To assess the prevalence of strabismus, and its presentation in different causes of congenital ptosis.
Patients and methods: Sixty-seven patients with congenital ptosis had been examined in the Oculoplastic Ophthalmology Department. All patients underwent full ophthalmological assessment including Best Corrected Visual Acuity (BCVA), refractive error assessment, neurological, ocular motility, strabismus examinations and ptosis assessment. Cases with acquired ptosis ... Read more
RESEARCH ARTICLE Updated Apr 13, 2022 PDF
Clin Ophthalmol J. 2022;3(1):COJ-03-1021 | Open Access
Fabrizio Magonio
Purpose: The aim of this study is to investigate the role of excitotoxicity in the etiopathogenesis of central serous chorioretinopathy and evaluate the effectiveness of an anti-excitotoxic supplementation on subretinal fluid resorption.
Patients and methods: A prospective, open-label pilot clinical study was conducted in 52 eyes of 45 patients including 35 men (mean age 52, 2 years) and 10 women (mean age 54, 6 years) with chronic ... Read more
RESEARCH ARTICLE Updated Feb 23, 2022 PDF
Clin Ophthalmol J. 2021;2(1):COJ-02-1020 | Open Access
VK Agarwal, Harry S Goldsmith, Jyoti Bindal, Sujata Bhargava and Swati Bhargava
Direct vascular bypass surgery is not possible in avascular diseases of retina including Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) and macular degeneration. We describe a new technique of omental transplantation to the eye in patients of Retinitis Pigmentosa. Omentum is known for its Angiogenic property having CD34+ and Ly-1+B stem cells which migrate and promote angiogenesis. We have previously described a safe ... Read more
RESEARCH ARTICLE Updated Sep 03, 2021 PDF
Clin Ophthalmol J. 2021;2(1):COJ-02-1019 | Open Access
Abushnein AN and Jaafar AD*
Purpose: Assess the incidence of amblyopia and evaluate its correlation to the refractive errors, strabismus, deprivation, and severity of ptosis.
Patients and methods: Sixty-seven patients with congenital ptosis had been examined in the Oculoplastic Ophthalmology Department. All patients underwent full ophthalmological assessment including Best Corrected Visual Acuity (BCVA), refractive error assessment, neurological, ocular motility, and strabismus ... Read more
RESEARCH ARTICLE Updated Jul 14, 2021 PDF
Clin Ophthalmol J. 2021;2(1):COJ-02-1018 | Open Access
Yuanzhang Qu, Bo Sun, Baoguo Li, Linchun Wan, Shengjun Ma, Toru Sugita, Takehisa Tomoda and Guangwei Zhu
Licorice is an anti-spasmodic drug for treating gastrocnemius spasm, and it is well-known that licorice targets Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels (VGSCs). Herein, researchers studied the effect of Glycyrrhiza inflata on Nav1.4 Na+ currents using CHO cells expressing human Nav1.4 VGSCs. On treating G. inflata, it is showed that 4 mg/ml hydroalcoholic extracts of G. inflata at 30%, 50%, 70% and 90% (v/v) acquired 100.00%, 96.70%, 32.14% and 48.18% ... Read more
RESEARCH ARTICLE Updated Jul 07, 2021 PDF
Clin Ophthalmol J. 2021;2(1):COJ-02-1017 | Open Access
Zahra Farzinvash
Background: Although the coloboma of the optic nerve head and/or chorioretinal tissue is not uncommon, duplication or pseudo-duplication of the optic disc is rare. Here we report a rare case of pseudo-tripling of optic disc, in a 50 years-old asymptomatic man. Orbital MRI confirmed presence of only one optic nerve.
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CASE REPORT Updated Feb 10, 2021 PDF
Clin Ophthalmol J. 2021;2(1):COJ-02-1016 | Open Access
Mahfouth Bamashmus and Najeeb Al-Kershy
Objective: Yemen prohibits alcohol and some patients take methanol instead and develop methanol poisoning. We present the visual sequelae of methanol poisoning based on cases seen in Yemen Magrabi Eye Hospital. Outbreaks of methanol poisoning occur on and off affecting vulnerable.
Methods: A retrospective case-series was performed reviewing 37 case files between 2012 and 2019 with methanol poisoning. The objectives were to ... Read more
RESEARCH ARTICLE Updated Jan 28, 2021 PDF
Clin Ophthalmol J. 2021;2(1):COJ-02-1015 | Open Access
Premnath Raman, Shamsiya Naaz A, Mangala MN, Anuj Kumar Singal and Deepa S
Aim: To compare the prevalence and severity of diabetic retinopathy in patients with glaucoma and compare it with patients without any evidence of glaucoma.
Methods and materials: In this retrospective observational study, a total of 70 diabetics with a history of diabetes since a minimum of ten years and under regular treatment presenting to the ophthalmology OPD were taken for ... Read more
RESEARCH ARTICLE Updated Jan 28, 2021 PDF
Clin Ophthalmol J. 2020;1(3):COJ-01-1014 | Open Access
Essam Yahya A Alshamahi, Abdulrahman A. IshaK, Nafesa Hamood Aljayfey and Hassan A. Al-Shamahy
Background: Trachoma, a neglected tropical disease, is the world's leading infectious cause of blindness. Trachoma is the disease of poverty that affects over one billion of the world's poorest people.
Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine Trachoma prevalence and risk factors among primary school children in Bajjil area, Al Hudaydah, Yemen.
Methods: A ... Read more
RESEARCH ARTICLE Updated Dec 31, 2020 PDF
Clin Ophthalmol J. 2020;1(3):COJ-01-1013 | Open Access
Thatte Shreya and Krishnan Malvika
Introduction: Corneal blindness is a leading cause of preventable blindness in the world. Quiescent full thickness corneal pathogies involving one or more quadrants of the limbus, obscuring the visual axis can be managed only by sclerokeratoplasty. It poses more challenges compared to simple penetrating keratoplasty as large sized corneoscleral grafts involve greater complexity in achieving desired cosmetic and optical results ... Read more
RESEARCH ARTICLE Updated Oct 28, 2020 PDF
Clin Ophthalmol J. 2020;1(3):COJ-01-1012 | Open Access
Seth Lartey
Deferoxamine is a chelating agent used to treat iron overload in multi transfused patients. Overdose of Deferoxamine may lead to loss of vision from possible toxicity to the retina. Maculer changes from Deferoxamine and the resulting visual loss can be very severe. It has not yet been reported in the literature in West African children. We present a case report ... Read more
CASE REPORT Updated Sep 19, 2020 PDF
Clin Ophthalmol J. 2020;1(3):COJ-01-1011 | Open Access
Seth Lartey
Background: Minimally invasive glaucoma surgery has been shown to reduce intraocular pressure effectively and sustainably whilst avoiding the complications associated with conventional glaucoma filtration surgeries. The Hydrus® Microstent is a newly approved minimally invasive device for glaucoma surgery. It is implanted in Schlemm’s Canal and dilates approximately 3 clock hours of the canal, increasing aqueous outflow ... Read more
RESEARCH ARTICLE Updated Sep 19, 2020 PDF
Clin Ophthalmol J. 2020;1(2):COJ-01-1010 | Open Access
Essam Yahya A Alshamahi, Huda Zaid Ali AlShami and Hassan A. Al-Shamahy
Background and Aim: Staphylococcus Aureus is an opportunist that causes ocular infection and systemic infections in the human body. This organism increases its resistance to many types of antibiotics every day and becomes more resistant, and this led to a growing concern in this era.
Subjects and methods: The study was conducted for a year, starting in September 2016 ... Read more
RESEARCH ARTICLE Updated Jul 22, 2020 PDF
Clin Ophthalmol J. 2020;1(2):COJ-01-1009 | Open Access
Mehdi Khamaily, Joumany Brahim Salem, Imane Tarib, Wafaa akioud, Soukaina Haddougui, Yassine Mouzari, Fouad El Asri, Karim Reda and Abdelbarre Oubaaz
Central serous chorioretinitis is a relatively common eye condition. It is a maculopathy of the young subject, characterized by the presence of a retinal serous detachment, usually located at the posterior pole, associated with changes in the pigment epithelium.
Materials and methods: A prospective study was conducted between Mars 2018 and Mars 2020 at the Mohammed V military hospital in Rabat, in 11 ... Read more
RESEARCH ARTICLE Updated Jun 18, 2020 PDF
Clin Ophthalmol J. 2020;1(2):COJ-01-1008 | Open Access
Mehdi Khamaily, Joumany Brahim Salem, Imane Tarib, Dahi Sidi, Salma Bajjouk, Rachid Zerrouk, Yassine Mouzari, Fouad El Asri, Karim Reda and Abdelbarre Oubaaz
Fabry disease is a rare, hereditary disease characterized by a deficiency of an enzyme, α galactosidase A (α gal A), responsible for progressive damage to many organs, leading to various symptoms, Ocular damage, particularly to the cornea, is sometimes a precious element helping the positive diagnosis of the disease. We report the case of a 40-year-old patient diagnosed with Fabry ... Read more
SHORT COMMUNICATION Updated Jun 18, 2020 PDF
Clin Ophthalmol J. 2020;1(2):COJ-01-1007 | Open Access
Hashim Thiab Hassan
Background: Corneal abrasions are a common result of eye trauma. Corneal injuries are very common in both the adult and pediatric population and account for a significant proportion of the workload of most emergency departments. Although abrasion heals well with preservative treatment, it still causes pain and job lost.
Patients and methods: The present prospective study has been conducted on 50 ... Read more
RESEARCH ARTICLE Updated Jun 03, 2020 PDF
Clin Ophthalmol J. 2020;1(2):COJ-01-1006 | Open Access
Hashim Thiab Hassan
Background: The Posterior Capsule Opacification (PCO) is also known as after-cataract is a common complication after planned Extra Capsular Cataract Extraction (ECCE) with or without Intraocular Lens (IOL) implantation.
Aim: Of this study was to evaluate the changes in Intraocular Pressure (IOP) after Nd-YAG Laser Posterior Capsulotomy (LPC) for PCO. The Nd-Yag LPC is a safe and non- invasive procedure ... Read more
RESEARCH ARTICLE Updated May 25, 2020 PDF
Clin Ophthalmol J. 2020;1(1):COJ-01-1005 | Open Access
Hashim Thiab Hassan
Background: Pterygium is a fibro vascular wing shaped, sub-epithelial fleshy in growth of bulbar conjunctiva tissue which can spread to the corneal limbus and beyond. Pterygium is now accepted as a distorted wound-healing response and dys-regulated cell proliferation disease rather than a degenerative lesion.
Patients and methods: Prospective non-comparative interventional study was conducted at Eye unit, Alyarmouk Teaching Hospital. Fifty ... Read more
RESEARCH ARTICLE Updated May 25, 2020 PDF
Clin Ophthalmol J. 2020;1(1):COJ-01-1004 | Open Access
Shreya Thatte and Reenu Choudhary
Introduction: Dry eye is an emerging health hazard among the young individuals exposed to Visual Display Terminals (VDT). Globally personal computers are one of the commonest office tools. This study was conducted to observe the incidence with severity of dry eye and risk factors associated in young population.
Methodology: In this observational study, 1000 patients exposed to VDT were randomly ... Read more
RESEARCH ARTICLE Updated Jan 23, 2020 PDF
Clin Ophthalmol J. 2019;1(1):COJ-01-1003 | Open Access
Chandrinos Aristeidis, Ph.D. and Tzamouranis Dorotheos-Dimitrios, M.Sc.
Current review focus on hidden links between glaucoma, contact lenses and Ocular Surface Disease (OSD), in glaucoma the most important treatment is the control of progression through targeted pharmaceutical protection, keeping low intraocular pressure, by prescribing ophthalmic medications. On the other hand, use of preservatives in glaucoma medications is a common practice in order to maintain their effectiveness for an ... Read more
MINI REVIEW Updated Dec 18, 2019 PDF
Clin Ophthalmol J. 2019;1(1):COJ-01-1002 | Open Access
Ehab I. Sultan, Ayman M. Fawzy, Sherief E. El-Khouly and Mohamed A. Gad
Aim: To evaluate vitrectomy with vitreous base shaving in diabetic vitreous haemorrhage.
Methods: The study samples were classified into two groups. Group I underwent pars plana vitrectomy without vitreous base shaving. Group II underwent pars plana vitrectomy with vitreous base shaving. Patients sampling was done using consecutive sampling technique. Patients were examined preoperatively and postoperatively at one day, one ... Read more
RESEARCH ARTICLE Updated Nov 27, 2019 PDF
Clin Ophthalmol J. 2019;1(1):COJ-01-1001 | Open Access
Sherief E. El-Khouly, Mohammad H. Shosha, Ayman E. Abd EL-Ghafar, Ahmad S. El-weheedy and Adel E. EL-Layeh
Aim: To compare Phaco-chop versus stop-and-chop Nucleotomy for phacoemulsification, as regard operative ultrasound power used, time of the operation and operative complications also post-operative best corrected visual acuity.
Setting: Mansoura Ophthalmic Center, Mansoura University Egypt.
Design: comparative prospective study.
Methods: Sixty patients were evaluated prospectively in 2 groups. The stop-and-chop technique was performed in Group 1 (20 eyes) and Phaco-chop ... Read more
RESEARCH ARTICLE Updated Nov 27, 2019 PDF