摘要：See p 40 CATARACT SURGERY PREVENTS FALLS AMONG THE ELDERLYFalls among elderly people are common and often lead to serious and even fatal outcomes。

摘要：Sabel has founded a company (NovaVision) that offers visual rehabilitation therapy for about 5000。 These are dramatic results for patients suffering from post-chiasmal visual field loss。 Stabilit...

摘要：ukA rigorous study finds no evidence of improvement in homonymous visual field defects with training Keywords: visual field defects。 visual restitution trainingAt the recent meeting of the Interna...

摘要：deAnother feature in the morphological assessment of the optic nerve head Keywords: optic disc。 grey crescentThe optic nerve head has been defined as all areas inside the peripapillary scleral rin...

摘要：1 British Columbia Centre for Epidemiologic and International Ophthalmology, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z3, Canada2 Tibet Autonomous Region Public Health Bureau, Tibet3 Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Opht...

摘要：But evolution has found creative, often unique, solutions for the smaller vertebrates that survive in the highly competitive world of predation。 The sandlance, Limnichthyes fasciatus, has just suc...

摘要：orgAccepted for publication 12 July 2004ABSTRACTAim: To investigate the effects of an informational video on patient expectations and satisfaction with day-stay cataract surgery。 Methods: 141 pati...

摘要：ukAccepted for publication 7 June 2004ABSTRACTAim: To demonstrate the ultrasound biomicroscopic features of a ciliary body melanocytoma with extrascleral extension, and a conservative approach in i...

摘要：eduAccepted for publication 12 July 2004ABSTRACTAim: This study examines the changes in axial length (AL) after trabeculectomy and glaucoma drainage device (GDD) surgery and enabled an equation to ...

摘要：atAccepted for publication 5 April 2004ABSTRACTAim: To investigate the effects of oral nimodipine on ocular haemodynamic parameters and colour contrast sensitivity in patients with normal tension g...

摘要：comAccepted for publication 24 June 2004ABSTRACTAim: To describe lesions resembling optic disc duplication and highlight their unusual visual fields。 The authors also report the first case of pseu...

摘要：deAccepted for publication 24 May 2004 ABSTRACTAim: To examine whether visual restitution training (VRT) is able to change absolute homonymous field defect, assessed with fundus controlled microper...

摘要：1 Department of Ophthalmology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden2 University of Ottawa Eye Institute and Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada3 Department of Ophthalmol...

摘要：atAccepted for publication 29 June 2004 ABSTRACTBackground/aims: Among the causes related to the development or perpetuation and aggravation of dry eye disease, oxidative reactions may have a role ...

摘要：nlAccepted for publication 25 May 2004 ABSTRACTAim: To develop a system for routine monitoring of visual outcome after cataract surgery。Methods: Staff from eight eye centres in Asia and Africa def...

摘要：nlAccepted for publication 15 May 2004 ABSTRACTAim: To determine whether monitoring of cataract outcome can be implemented as a routine activity in different hospital settings in Africa and Asia, a...

摘要：The authors aimed to determine if first eye cataract surgery reduces the risk of falling, and to measure associated health gain。Methods: 306 women aged over 70, with cataract, were randomised to e...

摘要：chAccepted for publication 10 May 2004 ABSTRACTAim: To compare the plasma levels of endothelin-1 (ET-1) between patients with primary open angle glaucoma with visual field progression despite norma...

摘要：irAccepted for publication 2 May 2004 ABSTRACTAim: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of surgical induction of chorioretinal venous anastomosis in the management of ischaemic central retinal vein ...

摘要：ukAccepted for publication 5 May 2004 ABSTRACTBackground: Individuals with acute zonal occult outer retinopathy (AZOOR) present with initially progressive scotomata and photopsia。 AZOOR, acute zon...

摘要：comAccepted for publication 3 June 2004 ABSTRACTAim: To report the visual and clinical outcomes of a pilot study of subthreshold diode micropulse (SDM) laser photocoagulation for clinically signifi...

摘要：ukAccepted for publication 25 May 2004 ABSTRACTAim: (1) To evaluate whether vitrectomy is preferable to further macular laser in improving visual acuity and resolving retinal thickening in patients...

摘要：eduAccepted for publication 7 April 2004 ABSTRACTBackground: The hallmarks of age related macular degeneration (AMD) are the subretinal deposits known as drusen。 Current manual methods of drusen s...

摘要：twAccepted for publication 28 March 2004 ABSTRACTBackground: With the increasing use of hydroxyapatite orbital implants, the complication of exposure has become apparent to oculoplastic surgeons。 ...

摘要：frAccepted for publication 4 June 2004 ABSTRACTAim: To determine an aetiological diagnosis in patients presenting with necrotising retinopathies that simulate acute retinal necrosis (ARN)。Conclusi...

摘要：ukAccepted for publication 10 September 2004 ABSTRACTBackground: Given the presence of neural progenitor cells (NPC) in the retina of other species capable of differentiating into multiple neural c...

摘要：ukAccepted for publication 16 April 2004 ABSTRACTAims: Advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs) accumulate with ageing and may have a significant impact on age related dysfunction of the retinal pigme...

摘要：comAccepted for publication 2 June 2004 ABSTRACTAim: The new photosensitiser PhotoPoint MV6401, indium chloride methyl pyropheophorbide, was assessed as a possible ocular photodynamic therapy agent...

摘要：comAccepted for publication 19 May 2004Keywords: intraocular medulloepithelioma。1,2 Either group can be subclassified as benign or malignant, the latter showing evidence of poor differentiation, i...

摘要：deAccepted for publication 19 May 2004Keywords: triamcinolone acetonide。 intravitreal medicationRecent studies have suggested that intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide may be a treatment option fo...

摘要：auAccepted for publication 13 June 2004Keywords: Bartonella henselae。 cat scratch disease。 vasoproliferative changesA 23 year old man presented with a 10 day history of general malaise and a 1 we...

摘要：ukAccepted for publication 2 June 2004Keywords: haemangiopericytoma。 surgery。 proton beam therapyOrbital haemangiopericytoma is a rare, potentially malignant vascular tumour, which can affect any...

摘要：eduAccepted for publication 4 June 2004Keywords: necrotising scleritis。 bare scleraSurgically induced necrotising scleritis (SINS) is a rare complication of ocular surgery that has been described ...

摘要：Early treatment to preserve sight should now be possible for some patients at risk of visual impairment, thanks to a study showing that CYP1B1 mutations in French Caucasians predispose to primary o...