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Dr. Daljit Singh (Amritsar)daljits1@gmail.comI have been working on the fluid movement in the anterior segment through lymphatics. The standard teaching is that there are no lymphatics in the eye. I w ... Read More

Role of corneal collagen cross-linking in pseudophakic bullous keratopathy a clinico pathological studyArora R, Manudhane A, Saran RK, Goyal J, Goyal G, Gupta DOphthalmology 2013; 120: 2413-8. Twenty ... Read More

Purpose: The goal of manuscript was to report a case of mixed infection eye in an immunocompromised patient.Case report: A case of bilateral Cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis with endogenous endophthalm ... Read More

This is an interventional case report of a 30 years old male patient of oculocutaneous albinism with high myopia associated with retinal detachment in both eyes. He had best corrected visual acuity of ... Read More

Purpose: To study the cosmetic results in congenital lid defect repairs.Material and Methods: Retrospective case series review of ten patients operated during the last five years (2006 to 2011). All p ... Read More

Purpose: To study the effect of topical human milk on neurotrophic corneal opacity.Material and Methods: This observational clinical analysis was done at Departments of Ophthalmology, Liaquat Universi ... Read More

Purpose: To find the prevalence of AMD and its accompanying ocular or systemic diseases.Material and Methods: Epidemiological survey was conducted amongst the patients presented at different ophthalmo ... Read More

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to evaluate and compare the effects of 23G (gauge) tran-sconjunctival pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) with conventional 20G PPV in inducing corneal astigmatism. Mate ... Read More

Purpose: To assess correlation between central corneal thickness measurements using two different ultrasonic pachymeters. Material and Methods: This prospective study involved normal subjects aged 16 ... Read More

Purpose: To evaluate the frequency of posterior segment pathologies determined by B-Scan Ultrasonography in patients with congenital cataract.Material and Methods: 204 Patients with congenital catarac ... Read More

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of sub-conjunctival and topical Bevacizumab in high risk corneal transplant survival. Material and Methods: Eyes with high risk corneal transplantation with corneal ... Read More

Purpose: To compare the topical administration of Olopatadine HCL 0.1 % and Ketotifen fumarate 0.025% for the relief of symptoms of VKC.Material and Methods: From April 2010 to September 2010, this ra ... Read More

Purpose: To study the association between hyperhomocysteinemia (Hcy) and retinopathy among diabetics and non diabetics. Material and Methods: This Case control study was carried out at the department ... Read More

Purpose: To evaluate the use of adjustable sutures in constant exotropia.Material and Methods: The study was conducted in LRBT Free Base Eye Hospital Karachi from April 2010 to March 2011. This was a ... Read More

Uveitis is a sort of “umbrella term” that encompasses many different diseases, with different etiologies, treatment and prognosis. However, there is a common denominator among them: the potential, mor ... Read More

News and EventsVol. 29, 1, 2013 ... Read More

Received: 30 May 2012 / Accepted: 04 November 2012 Pak J Ophthalmol 2012, Vol. 28, No. 3 RETRACTION STATEMENT The article has been retracted by agreement between the authors and the editors. The re ... Read More

Treatment of coats’ disease with intravitreal bevacizumabRay R, David E Barañano, G Baker HubbardBr J Ophthalmo. 2013; 97: 272–7. Lesions simulating retinoblastoma (pseudoretinoblastoma) in 604 cases ... Read More

Purpose: To describe the complaint of images of darkness or crescent like shadow in the temporal field of patients after undergoing cataract surgery, termed as negative dysphotopsia (ND). Material an ... Read More

This report describes a 22 year intellectual female who presented with poor vision while working on a microscope. Slit lamp biomicroscopic examination showed heterochromia iridis and retinal pigmentar ... Read More

It is estimated by the World Health Organization (WHO) that one-third of the world’s population is infected by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Ophthalmologists should be aware of the ocular features and m ... Read More

Purpose: To compare the safety, efficacy and complications (intra and post - operative) of 25 and 23 – gauge transconjunctival suture less vitrectomy. Material and Methods: It was a single centre, pr ... Read More

Purpose: To evaluate the causes and visual outcome of ocular trauma threatening vision. Material and Methods: This study was conducted at the Department of Ophthalmology, Holy Family Hospital, Rawalp ... Read More

Purpose: To estimate the prevalence of hepatitis B and C infection in elective ocular surgery in patients of rural origin. Material and Methods: The study was conducted at Al Shifa Eye Hospital Khanp ... Read More

Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of conventional trabeculectomy in controlling intraocular pressure in patients with POAG in our population. Material and Methods: This case control study was ca ... Read More

Purpose: To determine the effect of subconjunctival bevacizumab injection on corneal neovascularization. Material and Methods: The study included 16 eyes of 8 New Zelland albin rabbits. A 6/0 silk su ... Read More

Purpose: To determine the pattern of different diseases among the patients attending the OPD. Material and Methods: The study was carried out at outpatient department Spencer Eye Hospital from March ... Read More

Purpose: To compare post-operative intraocular pressure between intraocular lens (IOL) implantation using hydroxypropylmethylcellulose (HPMC) 2% and IOL implantation by hydro-implantation technique af ... Read More

Purpose: To study the type of non-penetrating eye injuries in victims of bomb blasts and mine blasts and to assess their visual outcome. Material and Methods: The study was conducted at the Departmen ... Read More

Purpose: To assess the outcome and complications after frontalis suspension for unilateral ptosis with poor levator function Material and Methods: Interventional case series of 30 eyes of 30 patients ... Read More

There are many issues related to ophthalmic community, to our trainees and patients. Are these persons getting the best from us? We must ponder on these issues and try to solve them. Ophthalmic state ... Read More

News and EventsVol. 29, 3, 2013 ... Read More

In PJO Vol. 28; Issue 4; 2012 the fig 1 was replicate in fig 2. The corrected figures are given below. ... Read More

Surgical Management of Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled TrialsSoni C, Hainsworth DP, Almony AOphthalmology 2013; 120: 1440-7. Corneal Collagen Cross-linking ... Read More

A 38 years old Pakistani female presented in outpatient department with a history of irritation and redness in both eyes for the last five months. It was associated with foreign body sensations and wa ... Read More

A 16 years old boy presented to the eye OPD with a conjunctival growth of one year duration which was gradually increasing in size. On examination visual acuity was 6/6 in both eyes. It was a conjunct ... Read More

Purpose: To report a case series of alcohol induced toxic optic neuropathy, discussing their visual status and optic disc changes in response to high dose steroid treatment.Material and Methods: This ... Read More

Purpose: To determine the correlation between axial length and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in myopic eyes.Material and Method: One hundred patients of myopia with best corrected visual acuity ... Read More

Purpose: To evaluate the safety of 3 port pars plana 23 gauge trans-conjunctival sutureless vitrectomy for vitreoretinal diseases. Material and Methods: A prospective study was conducted at the Insti ... Read More

Purpose: To compare the changes in intraocular pressure after subtenon triamcinolone acetonide and topical dexamethasone in patients undergoing phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation. M ... Read More

Purpose: To investigate the role of Bevacizumab as an adjunct to the management of patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy undergoing pars plana vitrectomy.Material and Methods: Hundred and e ... Read More

Purpose: To evaluate the morphology of congenital cataracts presenting to us and their subsequent surgical management and visual rehabilitation.Material and Methods: A total of 46 eyes of 28 patients ... Read More

Purpose: This study was carried out to measure the prevalence of HBV and HCV in cataract surgical patients. Material and Methods: This was a prospective observational study conducted at ophthalmology ... Read More

Purpose: To diagnose the complications and to study the effects of isolated bacteria from contact lens users on rabbit eyes.Material and Methods: A total of 100 contact lens wearers were subjected to ... Read More

Purpose: To study the results of prophylactic use of Mitomycin – C on corneal haze after photorefractive keratectomy (PRK).Material and Methods: Sixty – four eyes of 32 patients with myopia were enrol ... Read More

The knowledge explosion that we have witnessed in the 20th and 21st century and its mind boggling impact on human civilization through rapid technological developments, owe it all to advances in reaso ... Read More

On a bright morning of 18th February 2013 we lost a renowned and talented vitreo retinal surgeon Prof. Syed Ali Haider along with his younger son Murtaza Haider from the crown of Pakistani Ophthalmolo ... Read More

In PJO Vol. 29; Issue 1; 2013, on page 10, Table 4 FinalVisual Acuity was missing. ... Read More

Pakistan Journal of Ophthalmology aims to improve quality and standard of the journal to promote research in the field of Ophthalmology and in this regard PJO invites our valuable readers to submit Le ... Read More

Corneal cross-linking as a treatment for keratoconus four-year morphologic and clinical outcomes with respect to patient ageVinciguerra R, Romano MR, Camesasca FI, Azzolini C,Orth ST, Morenghi E, Vinc ... Read More

Purpose: To study cryo assisted minimally invasive surgery for the treatment of orbital cavernous hemangiomas. Material and Methods: We present a case series of six patients having orbital cavernous ... Read More

Purpose: To evaluate the use of sodium hyaluronate in reattachment of detached Descemet’s membrane after phacoemulsification. Material and Methods: Five eyes of five patients with non planar Descemet ... Read More

Patients with nystagmus are considered to be poor candidates for laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK), because they are unable to fixate. This case report presents the first reported use of LASIK surg ... Read More

Purpose: To analyze features, causes and preventive measures for toxic anterior segment syndrome (TASS) cases, occurring after coaxial phacoemulsification (phaco). Material and Methods: TASS occurrin ... Read More

Purpose: To measure the frequency, etiology and outcome of management of microbial keratitis in a tertiary care center in Karachi.Material and Methods: A prospective analysis of 133 cases clinically d ... Read More

Purpose: To explore non-surgical treatment preferences and practices of ophthalmologists in Nigeria.Material And Methods: The study was a survey done by means of selfadministered semi-structured quest ... Read More

Purpose: To observe the pattern, severity and outcome of ocular injuries and to identify the etiological factors responsible for ocular trauma among Universitystudents.Material and Methods: This prosp ... Read More

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of monthly intravitreal bevacizumab injections (1.25 mg/.05 ml) in improving or stabilizing visual outcomes measured by Snellen’s visual acuity charts for diverse ocu ... Read More

Purpose: To report on a series of cases of anterior, non-necrotizing scleritis, that were effectively treated with topical 0.075% - 1% cyclosporine A and to provide a literature review on other treatm ... Read More

Purpose: To assess the outcome of needle revision of failed drainage blebs with regard to decrease in Intraocular pressure (IOP) of < 20 mmHg over mean followup of 1 year and to observe the complic ... Read More

The last quarter of a century showed tremendous innovations and improvements in medical science in general and Ophthalmology in particular. The  ophthalmic conditions once thought to be dreadfull ... Read More