OBJECTIVES: To assess the palpebral position in patients with congenital or acquired ptosis, related to margin, sulcus and eyebrow, trying to identify differences between types of ptosis. METHODS: A retrospective evaluation of patients with palpebral ptosis treated at the Ambulatory of Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery – Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu (UNESP) was conducted, from 1995 to 2006. Data were recovered from electronic medical charts as well as digital image files. Eighty-seven patients were assessed, according to age, gender and data […]

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the visual conditions self-reported by institutionalized elderly and their relation to accidental falls. METHODS: Prospective study in which we interviewed 59 elderly residents of long-stay institutions for elderly in Goiânia, between 2005 and 2007. Two surveys were conducted with an interval of two years to perform the assessments proposed. The visual conditions in the first survey and the report of falls in the wake were self-reported. The elderly were classified according to the presence of visual impairment […]

OBJECTIVE: To analyse the management of Sorocaba Eye Bank (BOS) and Santa Casa de Campo Grande Eye Bank (BOSC) with distinct results regarding number of donations using Prêmio Nacional Gestão em Saúde (PNGS) criteria for performance excellence. METHODS: All the personel of the two eye banks were submitted to an interview using the ‘Are We Making Progress?’ questionnaire from Malcolm Baldrige Quality Program. The questionnaire items were organized by the seven criteria categories, as the PNGS’s (Leadership, Strategic Planning, Customer […]

OBJECTIVE: To examine the prevalence of keratoconjuntivitis sicca and secondary Sjögren syndrome (SS) in patients with RA from Southern Brazil and to analyze their relationship with RA duration, activity and patient’s functional class. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may have keratoconjuntivitis sicca that can be considered an extra articular manifestation of this disease. METHODS: We studied 82 RA patients for sicca symptoms, Schirmer test, DAS-28 (RA activity index) and functional class. RESULTS: There were eye sicca symptoms in 57.3%, positive […]

OBJECTIVE: To identify how the simulators are being used for education, training, therapy and tests in medicine, particularly ophthalmology. Virtual reality has emerged as an auxiliary tool in education and medical training. In ophthalmology, the progress of this technique has been published in some health magazines. Based on these sources, we investigated the ophthalmology have interacted with virtual reality, this tool that came to support the teaching of medicine. METHODS: A systematic review of articles in leading journals on the […]

To describe a new method for iris fixation of intraocular lens in the absence of capsular support during penetrating keratoplasty. Its a new technique of iris fixation of intraocular lens without capsular support during penetrating keratoplasty. This technique is used in cases with a healthy iris and partial or total absence of capsular support during penetrating keratoplasty. Tied Out Open Sky is a technique easy to perform for iris fixation of intraocular lens during penetrating keratoplasty. The big advantage is […]

Description of a patient with grave ocular trauma caused by a traffic accident that it followed by total luxation of the eye.

The authors report one case of nevus of Reed, which has histological aspect of malignancy, but a benign evolution. A 48-years-old brown skin male presented nasal pterygium in right eye, associated with a small and poorly pigmented lesion located on the pterygium head. Both were excised without complications and, currently, there is no recidivation. The histopathological examination revealed one lesion with defined edges, limited to the epithelium, consisted of spindle cells perpendiculars to the surface and with sparse melanin pigmentation. […]