Dear Editor, We appreciate your thoughtful review of our recently published article. We fully agree that the ideal way to evaluate the potential of oral riboflavin combined with sun exposure would be through a prospective, controlled, large-scale study involving patients with documented progressive keratoconus. Only then would it be possible to unequivocally distinguish the effect of the intervention from natural variability, spontaneous stability, or co-interventions. […]

STUDY DESIGN LIMITATIONS The authors report a retrospective, uncontrolled, multicenter series of 53 patients, with attrition to 42 patients after only 6 months. The absence of a control group or blinding means that natural variability, regression to the mean, or periods of spontaneous stability cannot be excluded as explanations for their findings. The authors acknowledge that “the absence of a control group and blinding, as well as the relatively small number of individuals followed, can be mentioned”. Furthermore, the inclusion […]

Dear Editor, In February 2023, the Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia published a case of congenital bilateral dacryocystocele, by Pierre-Filho et al.() and I would like to congratulate the authors for raising this important topic. The article describes a child who presented with bilateral bluish enlargement of the lacrimal sacs from birth, along with tearing, which typically begins between the first and second week of age.(,) […]

Caro Editor, Em maio de 2022, publicamos na Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia o artigo “Do automotive window films affect drivers’ safety by decreasing vision sensitivity? A Cross-sectional study”.() […]

Dear Editor, We read with interest the paper entitled “Estimating the cost of training an ophthalmologist in Brazil” by Kara-Junior N. and Scherer R., which was recently published at Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia, and congratulate the authors for raising this important topic. The authors demonstrated how expensive the cost of medical and ophthalmology education is in the private setting in Brazil, and how hard it is for the newly graduated to get out of the debt burden.() […]

Dear Editors: We read with interest the paper entitled “Space travel: A challenge from the point of view of ophthalmology” by Cunha et al.,() recently published at Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia. The authors stressed that currently, with the emergence of new technologies promoting novel and even more ambitious space programs, aerospace medicine has increasingly gained prominence in the scientific community. Hence, there is an urgent need for specific studies exploring changes in human physiology during space missions, with the aim […]

Carta ao editor Inicialmente agradecemos a leitura, interesse e o elogio ao nosso artigo “Perfil Multicêntrico do Acadêmico de Medicina e suas Perspectivas sobre o Ensino da Oftalmologia”.() […]

Como comentários ao artigo “Sequelas oculares estruturais da retinopatia da prematuridade em crianças em Manaus, Amazonas” () publicado na sua estimada revista, gostaríamos de complementar alguns pontos. O artigo demonstra que a retinopatia da prematuridade (ROP) constitui um importante causa de cegueira prevenível no Amazonas, acometendo 31,6% das crianças em risco, demonstrando a necessidade de programas de triagem e tratamento da população de risco para evitar a cegueira em usuário do sistema público de saúde.() A retinopatia da prematuridade em […]