OBJECTIVE:This study aims to identify and critically examine the personal and social autonomy of visually impaired people (blindness) after undergoing rehabilitation services in a single specialized institution. METHODS: The method used in the study possessed qualitative approach, by organizing interviews and questionnaires to collect data. Study subjects are visually impaired people (blindness), who went through rehab, and their family members who accompanied the process.. The study involved the six people with visual impairments, graduates of the Unit for Rehabilitation of […]

The intrastromal corneal ring implant surgery is becoming a surgical procedure in the treatment of keratoconus additive in order to minimize and delay the complications inherent to the pathology. Its action consists in the remodeling cornea, flattening and regulating the central corneal surface. Nowadays with the advent of new technologies, there is an important contribution in the diagnosis of keratoconus, with not only diagnosis but also more effective with better monitoring and prognosis of patients with this disorder ectatic. In […]

The authors report a case of a patient who presented bilateral branch retinal artery occlusion without any meaningful systemic underlying conditions.

Os autores descrevem paciente do sexo masculino, 48 anos, com diminuição visual bilateral há 15 dias por membrana neovascular sub-retiniana secundária a estrias angióides. A acuidade visual com melhor correção no olho direito era 20/80 e no olho esquerdo de conta dedos a 2 metros. Submetido à injeção intravítrea de Ranibizumabe (Lucentis) no olho com pior acuidade visual. Após 15 dias do tratamento, referiu melhora acentuada da visão no olho contralateral com visão de 20/25. O resultado foi avaliado por […]

Report of a 48 year-old male with bilateral decrease in vision due to choroidal neovascularization secondary to angioid streaks. Best corrected visual acuity was 20/80 in the right eye and counting fingers at 2 meters on the left eye. Patient underwent intravitreal injection of Ranibizumab (Lucentis) in the eye with worse visual acuity. Fifteen days after treatment patient reported better visual acuity on the fellow eye, which was measured to be 20/25. Treatment result was evaluated with visual acuity and […]

Continuing medical updating is crucial for the safety and good quality of medical practice. Today, the less expensive, easy and trustful way of acquiring medical knowledge is through literature review in electronic data banks, which are available on the internet. Accordingly, a minimum knowledge on behalf of the reader is necessary to critically evaluate scientific articles and not to have his clinical practice based on information which cannot stand for the truth (1,2) […].

Complaints of headache compatible with different aetiologies are very common in the clinical practice of neurologists, general practitioners, otorhinolaryngologists, ophthalmologists, dentists, and even psychiatrists […].

PURPOSE: To investigate the perception of physicians about the experience of ambulatory with children who have a serious eye disease and how they understand their interference in the mother-child relationship. METHODS: Semi-structured interviews were performed with ophthalmologists (sectors of retina, glaucoma, anterior segment and pediatric ophthalmology), and observation of outpatient appointments of a public hospital during three months. RESULTS: Idealization of the physician’s and mother’s role; physician’s difficulties on giving the diagnosis; and the acknowledgment that the professionals have an […]