Nós demonstramos a combinação da técnica de monovisão pseudofácica com lente intraocular tórica em pacientes com astigmatismo corneano relevante para reduzir a dependência de óculos após a cirurgia de catarata. Todos os pacientes apresentaram AVsc ³ 20/30 para longe e ³ J2 para perto, sendo que nenhum deles necessitou de correção ótica até o sexto mês pós-operatório.

Cornea intraepithelial dysplasias are lesions with low risk of malignancy within the spectrum of intraepithelial neoplasia of the ocular surface. These areas are presented as dysplasias or leukoplasias and are associated with the presence of human papillomavirus (HPV), a major risk factor. In this report, the authors describe a case of a corneal intraepithelial dysplasia treated by surgical excision, with histological confirmation and negative DNA hybridization for HPV.

X-linked juvenile retinoschisis is a hereditary and recessive vitreous-retinal disease. The main ophthamic manifestation is the bilateral macular cystic-like stellate maculopathy and splitting of the retina between the nerve fiber and ganglion cell layers. There were no treatments with efficacy in order to estabilize the visual acuity in the affected patients. This article presents a clinical case of a patient with a bilateral X- linked juvenil retinoschisis who was treated by the use of topical dorzolamide, a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor.

The cornea has a great influence in the visual process. However, it is liable to distortion, such as flattening. When this flattening is caused by the use of contact lenses, we call “corneal warpage”. In this case, some symptoms may occur as blurred vision with glasses, conjunctival hyperemia, foreign body sensation, etc… Used to think that the cornea was more rigid and, in time, realized that the cornea has viscoelastic properties. We can say that the cornea has a body […]

Ainda vivemos em um tempo onde os pacientes que nos procuram se entusiasmam e valorizam os equipamentos que ainda não viram em outros consultórios. Investimos em novas tecnologias também por essa razão, mas fundamentalmente para melhorar a assistência à população. Alguns exemplos de aparelhos que “nunca se pagam”, mas que melhoram muito nossa pràtica, incluem os campímetros visuais computadorizados e os Yag Laser. Nem por isso deixamos de adquirir os equipamentos e indicar os exames e procedimentos […].

PURPOSE: To establish the prevalence of the ametropias and eye diseases, in the year 2001, within a preschool and school children in the city of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. METHODS: Transversal observational study during an ocular health campaign in public education schools. The children that have shown visual acuity lower than 0.8 or other abnormally were referred by trained volunteers to evaluation by ophthalmologists from the Benjamin Constant Institute. RESULTS: From the 1.800 children who were examined, […]

PURPOSE: To evaluate the profile of all the visits to the ophthalmic emergency service at a tertiary hospital in the city of Sobral, Ceará, northeast of Brazil. METHODS: A survey was carried out of all patients attended at ophthalmology emergency service of the department of ophthalmology of Santa Casa of Sobral, during the period between may and october 2008. Data on patient’s age, sex, level of education, residential address, health insurance status, average distance to our service, time between the […]