PURPOSE: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) in patients with acute retinal artery occlusion (RAO). Secondarily, to analyse the epidemiology and the clinical approach. METHODS: Retrospective study of 13 patients submitted to HBOT between 2013 and 2018. The analysed parameters consisted of: systemic history, time between symptoms onset and treatment, initial approach, number o...
INTRODUCTION: Given the increasing use of electronic devices, and the increasing number of complaints with its use, we intend to evaluate the prevalence of manifestations of dry eye and ocular fatigue in a population of individuals, who use the computer daily to perform all their professional tasks, as well as to correlate these complaints with the number of hours of digital use as well as their possible improv...
The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcomes of trabeculectomy with mitomycin C (MMC) in patients with Pseudoexfoliative Glaucoma (PXG) and compare the results with the outcomes of trabeculectomy without MMC in PXG and with MMC in Primary Open Angle Glaucoma (POAG). Ninety eyes (76 patients) submitted to trabeculectomy were included in a one-year retrospective study. Fifty-eight eyes with PXG were divided...
PURPOSE: Evaluate whether there are significant changes in choroidal thickness following trabeculectomy, and how they relate do the decline in intraocular pressure. METHODS: This was a prospective evaluation of 28 eyes who underwent Moorfields modified trabeculectomy. The choroidal thickness was measured via OCT with enhanced depth imaging, before surgery and 1 day, 1 week and 1 month after surgery. Measurement...
Criança do sexo feminino, caucasiana, 15 anos, com história de hordéolo da pálpebra inferior do olho esquerdo, medicada com antibiótico e corticóide tópico associado a limpeza palpebral, desde há cerca de 4 semanas. Por ausência de melhoria e com crescimento progressivo da lesão, recorreu ao serviço de urgência. Negava outras queixas oftalmológicas ou sistémicas associadas. Ao exame objectivo observou-se tumefa...
Revisão sobre os tipos de lentes de contacto para utilização na idade pediátrica. Regras de adaptação, indicações e contraindicações ao uso de lentes de contacto na criança. Descrição das melhores opções na afaquia.
Introdução: O ectrópio cicatricial resulta da diminuição vertical e/ou cicatrização da pele e tecidos subjacentes da lamela anterior da pálpebra, levando ao afastamento da margem palpebral da sua posição anatómica. As principais complicações são a queratite de exposição, a epífora e a componente estética. Materiais e Métodos: Criança de 14 anos, com história de ferida penetrante da pálpebra inferior olho direit...