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Glaucoma in Timor‐Leste: an unmet need in diagnosis and treatment
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100 | Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
© 2012 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2012 Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (Source: Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology)

Asian age‐related macular degeneration phenotyping study: rationale, design and protocol of a prospective cohort study
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100 | Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
Conclusions:  This study will provide in‐depth longitudinal data of the evolution of clinical features, risk factors, natural history and treatment pattern and response of Asian age‐related macular degeneration and polypoidal choroidovasculopathy, allowing unique insights into pathogenesis and the design of new treatment strategies.© 2012 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2012 Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (Source: Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology)

Incidence of visual impairment and blindness in indigenous Australians within central Australia: the Central Australian Ocular Health Study
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100 | Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
Conclusions:  This study has demonstrated rates of incident bilateral blindness and visual impairment among the indigenous Australian population within central Australia which are substantially higher than those from the non‐indigenous population. Services need to address the underlying causes of this incident vision loss to reduce visual morbidity in indigenous Australians living in central Australia.© 2012 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2012 Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (Source: Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology)

Relationship between progression of visual field damage and choroidal thickness in eyes with normal‐tension glaucoma
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100 | Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
Conclusions:  The decrease in the thickness of the choroid at 3 mm nasal from the fovea in normal‐tension glaucoma eyes may be associated with a progressive visual field loss. Thus, these findings suggest that choroidal abnormalities may play a role in the pathogenesis of normal‐tension glaucoma.© 2012 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2012 Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (Source: Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology)

Singapore Malay Eye Study: rationale and methodology of 6‐years follow‐up study (SiMES‐2)
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100 | Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
Conclusions:  SiMES‐2 will be one of the few follow‐up epidemiological eye studies among Asians and will determine the cumulative 6‐year incidence, progression, risk factors and impact of major eye diseases in Singaporean Malay adults.© 2012 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2012 Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (Source: Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology)

Lens thickness and associated factors
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100 | Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
Conclusions:  In the rural Central Indian population, a thick lens was associated with higher age, male gender, high body stature, high body mass index, hyperopia, thick central cornea, shallow anterior chamber depth, and nuclear cataract. The data may be helpful to explain anatomic relationships of the anterior segment of the eye and to elucidate risk factors of diseases associated with ocular dimensions.© 2012 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2012 Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (Source: Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology)

Medial rectus ----- injection with pterygium excision and autograft as a novel technique for management of recurrent pterygium
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100 | Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
© 2012 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2012 Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (Source: Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology)

Long‐term outcomes of phacoemulsification cataract surgery performed by trainees and consultants in an Australian cohort
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100 | Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
Conclusions:  We found relatively comparable complication rates and visual outcomes after 2 years between patients operated on by ophthalmological trainees and those by consultants, in a cataract surgical cohort at Westmead Hospital.© 2012 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2012 Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (Source: Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology)

Fluids of the ocular surface: concepts, functions and physics
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100 | Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
ABSTRACTBackground:  General adoption of the ocular surface (OS) concept has advanced the therapy of the external eye. Fresh physical findings have prompted new concepts, Examples, taken from each section of the text are: (1) Ever‐present lipid sealant bridges the palpebral fissure, capping the three‐dimensional ‘ocular surface’ sac. The muco‐aqueous pool is thus enclosed, secluded from atmosphere, evaporation mitigated. Hence, the OS is conceptually, a compartment. The term ‘dacruon’ (otherwise ‘tear film’) has been coined for the combined fluids of the ocular surface, viz: lipid film and muco‐aqueous pool. (MAP). (2) Investigative techniques of physics yield data on (say) surface tension and viscosity, and on functions such as: anchorage of dacruon base to the varie...