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We are reporting three cases of iterogenic lens dislocation couching as a method of Arabic Medicine for patients with cataract
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Humans , Male , Female , Medicine, ArabicABSTRACT
Two years randomized check up of the refractive errors among patients attending outpatient clinic of ABHA Private Hospital and MAKA Private Hospital reported 1092 patients with refractive errors representing 19.6% of the total number of the patients examined in that period. Data obtained from each subject included the age, sex and visual acuity before and after correction. A statistical study of the refractive errors in 1092 subjects was done including the type of error of refraction, type and degree of astigmatism as well as correlation between the objective and subjective corrections
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Humans , Male , Female , Statistics , ArabsABSTRACT
A total number of thirty patients were included in this study of which 14 were males and 16 were females, to study the effect of age, sex IOP changes and central corneal thickness [CCT] changes using air versus methyl cellulose as AC maintainer and endothelial protector during ECCE with IOL implanation. One week postoperatively, CCT was highly significantly increased in the air and methyl cellulose groups, with significant difference between the two groups. Two month later CCT still increased by 3.2% and 2.1% of the preoperative value in the air and methyl cellulose groups, respectively and by 4 months the CCT was still increased by 3.4% and 3.2% in the two groups, respectively but with nonsignificant different between the two groups. Postoperative increase in IOP was recorded in 4 cases, two of them showed a return of the CCT to the preoperative values after the control of the IOP medically 4 months later. The other two cases showed increase in CCT postoperatively till the 4th months although the IOP was controlled
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Humans , Male , Female , Lenses, Intraocular , Postoperative PeriodABSTRACT
Thirty five patients with clinically diagnosed vernal keratoconjunctivitis [VKC] were studied histopathologically to detect the cellular composition of the inflammatory infiltrate in the shaved papillae with palpebral form of VKC compared with control group. Also, I[g]E level and eosinophilic count in the blood and tears were studied in comparison with the control. Conjunctival tissue showed the presence of eosinophils, free eosinophilic granules, mast cells, lymphocytes, plasma cells and polymorphonuclear leucocytes. The overlying epithelium showed necrotic cells, swollen cells and few inflammatory cells mainly eosinophils in between. I[g]E and eosinophils were found to be higher both in the tears and serum samples than control. These findings suggest that other immune mechanisms in addition to type I reaction are involved in the pathogenesis of the disease
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Humans , Allergy and Immunology , HistologyABSTRACT
Macular oedma is one of the causes of diminution of vision in various diseases. Several methods of treatment were tried for treatment including both medical and surgical techniques. In this study, ten patients with chronic macular oedema were treated by acetazolamide, a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor. The dose was 250 mg per day in two divided doses. The dose was maintained according to the response of the patients. Three patients showed significant improvement with complete resolution of the macular oedema after two weeks of treatment with improvement of visual acuity. Another three patients showed subjective improvement of their acuity, but with minimal changes in their macular oedema evidenced by fluorescein angiography. In another three patients there was no effect of treatment. In the last patient, acetazolamide had to be stopped completely after four days due to side-effects. Thus, acetazolamide produced therapeutic response in about 60% of cases. It may be beneficial for treatment of some cases of chronic macular oedema