This study focuses on the period of the Portuguese Overseas War (1961–1974), with the aim of analysing the role of military accounting in Portugal, particularly regarding whether state budgetary procedures were adapted to meet the needs of the state and the military. The analysis was developed by considering the budget constraints faced at the time, which were profoundly influenced by the laws of public sector ...
Purpose: To analyze the results and complications of pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) in the treatment of patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR). Methods: Retrospective study of all patients that underwent PPV for PDR in the period between April 2012 and June 2014 and with a minimum follow-up of 2 months. Data collected included baseline demographics, best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), indications ...
Purpose: To evaluate the visual function and determine the factors associated with the development of refractive errors in school-aged children born prematurely. Material and methods: One hundred and seventeen children with gestational age less than 37 weeks that were born between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2007 were included. For statistical purpose, participants were divided into groups according to gesta...
Introduction: The combined hamartoma of the retina and retinal pigment epithelium (CHR-RPE) is a rare congenital malformation consisting of a mixture of glial tissue, retinal vessels, retina and RPE with varying degrees of disorder at the level of the vitreoretinal interface. It usually occurs isolated, although some cases may have systemic involvement, particularly neurofibromatosis type 1 and 2; Methods: Clin...
Introduction: Optic disc hypoplasia is a common feature in fetal alcohol syndrome. Thus, we aimed to evaluate the optic disc morphology changes and the peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in these patients. Material and Methods: We performed spectral-domain optical coherence tomography in a cohort of 11 patients (22 eyes) with fetal alcohol syndrome and in an age-matched control group. We evaluate...
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Os autores descrevem a utilização terapêutica de anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) e terapêutica fotodinâmica (TFD) com verteporfina para o tratamento de uma membrana neo- vascular coroideia, peri-papilar, secundária a drusas do nervo ótico. Uma mulher de 17 anos de idade, com neovascularização da coróide peripapilar, unilateral, associada a drusas do nervo ótico, com queixas de metamorf...
Purpose: To evaluate surgical success rates and complications in patients with acquired nasolacrimal duct obstruction that underwent external dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) with bicanalicular intubation. Methods: 63 external DCR’s performed in 58 patients were retrospectively evaluated. The variables analyzed were: age, gender, initial signs and symptoms, complications, surgical success rate and reoperations. Sur...
Objetivos: O dissulfiram é utilizado no tratamento do alcoolismo crónico há mais de 50 anos. Este fármaco interfere no metabolismo do etanol e encoraja a abstinência por causar sintomas desagradáveis com a ingestão concomitante de álcool. Efeitos adversos incluem casos raros de neuropatia óptica bilateral. O objetivo deste artigo é descrever um caso clínico de neuropatia óptica tóxica causada por dissulfiram. M...
Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of the internal limiting membrane (ILM) inverted flap technique (IFT) in large macular hole (MH) surgery. Material and Methods: Retrospective analysis of eyes of patients with large MHs who underwent vitrectomy with ILM IFT between January 2013 and December 2014, with a minimum follow-up of 6 months. Myopic macular holes were excluded. We evaluated best-corrected vis...