Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies

BACKGROUND: Contemporary data for causes of vision impairment and blindness form an important basis of recommendations in public health policies. Refreshment of the Global Vision Database with recently published data sources permitted modelling of cause of vision loss data from 1990 to 2015, further disaggregation by…

• BANU BOZKURT

BACKGROUND: Many causes of vision impairment can be prevented or treated. With an ageing global population, the demands for eye health services are increasing. We estimated the prevalence and relative contribution of avoidable causes of blindness and vision impairment globally from 1990 to 2020. We aimed to compare th…

• BURCU KÜÇÜK BİÇER

BACKGROUND: Global and regional prevalence estimates for blindness and vision impairment are important for the development of public health policies. We aimed to provide global estimates, trends, and projections of global blindness and vision impairment. METHODS: We did a systematic review and meta-analysis of populat…

• BANU BOZKURT

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate long-term efficacy and safety profiles during 3 years of individualized ranibizumab treatment in patients with visual impairment due to diabetic macular edema (DME). DESIGN: Phase IIIb, multicenter, 12-month, randomized core study and 24-month open-label extension study. PARTICIPANTS: Of the 303…

• GÜNGÖR SOBACI

PURPOSE: To compare the measurements and failure rates obtained with a new swept source optical coherence tomography (OCT)-based biometry to IOLMaster 500. SETTING: Eye Clinic, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. DESIGN: Observational cross-sectional study and evaluation of a new diagnostic technol…

• LEYLA ASENA

PURPOSE: To evaluate topographic findings, manifest refraction in keratoconic cases, and compare those parameters with respect to age and gender. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Four hundred eighty-two eyes of 248 patients (153 male and 95 female) with keratoconus were separated into 3 groups based on their ages (group 1: <21…

• AYLİN KILIÇ

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• EFEKAN COŞKUNSEVEN

PURPOSE: To determine the efficacy of different Scheimpflug-imaging parameters in discriminating between subclinical keratoconus, keratoconus eyes, and normal eyes. SETTING: Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. DESIGN: Comparative case series. METHODS: Pentacam Scheimpflu…

• MUSTAFA MUHİP ÖZKAN

PURPOSE: To determine the efficacy of different Scheimpflug-imaging parameters in discriminating between subclinical keratoconus, keratoconus eyes, and normal eyes. SETTING: Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. DESIGN: Comparative case series. METHODS: Pentacam Scheimpflu…

• ÖZLENEN ÖMÜR GÜNDÜZ

PURPOSE: To compare central corneal thickness (CCT) measurements taken with the Pentacam comprehensive eye scanner (CES), noncontact specular microscopy (SM), and ultrasound pachymetry (UP) in normal and keratoconic corneas. SETTING: Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. ME…

• MUSTAFA MUHİP ÖZKAN

PURPOSE: To compare central corneal thickness (CCT) measurements taken with the Pentacam comprehensive eye scanner (CES), noncontact specular microscopy (SM), and ultrasound pachymetry (UP) in normal and keratoconic corneas. SETTING: Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. ME…

• ÖZLENEN ÖMÜR GÜNDÜZ

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• EFEKAN COŞKUNSEVEN