OBJETIVO: O presente estudo teve como objetivo descrever as alterações oculares em pacientes portadores de doença falciforme, na Bahia, um estado do Nordeste, que tem a maior prevalência da doença no Brasil. MÉTODOS: Nós conduzimos um estudo de corte transversal em um grupo de 146 (292 olhos) pacientes com Doença Falciforme (90 HBSS e 56 HBSC). Para exame oftalmológico foi realizada oftalmoscopia binocular indireta complementada pela retinografia fluorescente para detecção de lesões retinianas decorrentes da Doença Falciforme. RESULTADOS: As lesões […]

The report shows a case of post-traumatic ophthalmomyiasis in a chronic alcoholic patient with orbitozygomatic fracture, it describes the importance of early treatment and the association of Ivermectin and surgical removal of larvae.

Posner-Scholssman Syndrom is characterized by intermittent acute episodes of glaucoma with mild anterior uveitis. Usually, the crisis is unilateral, recurrent and typified by discreet dilation of the pupils as opposed to constricted pupils, commonly seen in iritis. Herein this article, we report three cases of male patients with Posner-Schlossman syndrome, two of them showing a significant degree of first degree parenthood. Based upon typical signs and symptoms, and careful eye examination, thereby discussed and analyzed, it is possible to diagnose […]

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the influence of visual acuity in instrumental activities of daily living in elderly patients in follow-up period. METHODS: through own instruments, sixty-four elderly men and women were interviewed in clinical segment at an academic hospital of Campinas/SP. They were then divided into two groups in accordance to the values that were obtained through the measure of the VA: the first group consisted of elderly people with normal vision or close to the normal, and the second group […]

PURPOSE: Evaluate the effect of micro puncture with radiofrequency as treatment of symptomatic patients with bullous keratopathy. METHODS: Prospective study in 10 pacients with syntomatic bullous keratopathy and low vision. Micro puncture with radiofrequency was made in areas of the anterior stromal that had an epithelial descompensation. The evaluation of the patients was realized trough clinical examinations (biomicroscopy, pachymetry, tonometry and esthesiometry) and symptom graduation (pain intensity, foreign body sensation, photophobia and insomnia caused by pain). RESULTS: The comparisons of […]

OBJECTIVE: Postoperative corneal assessment after using two different types of crosslinking equipment METHODS: Two groups of patients, group A with 36 eyes, and group B with 19 eyes, were submitted to the treatment for the stabilization of keractoconus by corneal collagen crosslinking. In group A the equipment used was Crosslink (IROC – Germany), while in group B the equipment was used was Xlink (Opto – Brazil). RESULTS: Corneal reepithelization time, visual acuity, biomicroscopy, topography, corneal tomography and specular microscopy were […]

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the topic 2% ibopamine effect in the intraocular pressure (IOP) of eyes with assimetric primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). METHODS: 15 patients (30 eyes) with primary open-angle glaucoma showing assimetric nerve disease evolution were assessed. We compared in all patients, the ibopamine response and the visual field defect between both eyes. The visual field, to be considered, should have at least 5 dB in MD difference between them. The statistical analysis was done with the Two-Tailed Student Test, […]