Zoledronic acid as adjuvant therapy in neovascular age-related macular degeneration: a randomised controlled pilot study by Øystein Kalsnes Jørstad, Morten Carstens Moe, Morten Wang Fagerland, Yngvil Solheim Husum, Erik Fink Eriksen

“…The primary outcome was mean change in best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA).Results 40 participants enrolled in the study, with 20 allocated to each treatment group. 38 participants received both study infusions, and all participants completed the final assessment. …”
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Outcomes after giant peripheral retinotomy and anterior flap retinectomy for rhegmatogenous retinal detachments with advanced proliferative vitreoretinopathy using small gauge vitr... by Aniruddha Agarwal, Nitin Kumar Menia, Ashish Markan, Ahmed B Sallam, Ahmed Habib, Ahmed Mansour, Claudio Iovino, Enrico Peiretti, Sibel Demirel, Mohamed Ahmed Tawfiq, Mostafa Hanout, Vishali Gupta, Nicola Ghazi, Sabyasachi Sengupta

“…Purpose: To analyze the visual and anatomical outcomes for eyes with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) and advanced proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) undergoing giant peripheral retinotomy (GPR) using 25-gauge pars plana vitrectomy (PPV). …”
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The Athens-Lübeck Questionnaire: a tool to discriminate between subtypes of persistent postural perceptual dizziness by Evangelos Anagnostou, Georgios Armenis, Athena Zachou, Renana Storm, Andreas Sprenger, Andreas Sprenger, Christoph Helmchen

“…IntroductionPersistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness (PPPD), as an umbrella term for functional dizziness, encompasses a wide range of subjective symptoms affecting visual, vestibular, and motor functions. We developed the Athens-Lübeck Questionnaire (ALQ) as a bedside tool to differentiate specific symptom subtypes, which could inform more targeted research into the pathogenesis of the syndrome and facilitate tailored physiotherapeutic interventions.MethodsA total of 96 patients with primary or secondary PPPD were included in a prospective cross-sectional study conducted at two tertiary referral centers. …”
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Feasibility and Reliability of a Novel Game-Based Test of Neurological Function in Youth: The Equilibrium Test Battery by Heather A Shepherd, Cody R van Rassel, Amanda M Black, Robert F Graham, Keith Owen Yeates, Carolyn A Emery, Kathryn J Schneider

“… # Study Design Observational study with repeated measurements. # Methods Participants completed the HIEQ test battery, a game-based platform on an iPad application, that assesses balance, cognitive function, and visual function, for up to 15 consecutive school days in a group classroom setting. …”
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Gadoxetic Acid-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging Features Can Predict Immune-Excluded Phenotype of Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Eisuke Ueshima, Keitaro Sofue, Takahiro Kodama, Shuhei Yamamoto, Masato Komatsu, Shohei Komatsu, Nobuaki Ishihara, Akihiro Umeno, Takeru Yamaguchi, Masatoshi Hori, Takumi Fukumoto, Tetsuo Takehara, Takamichi Murakami

“…Conclusion: HCCs with rim APHE, peritumoral enhancement in arterial phase, and intermediate intensity on HBP with visual 3-point scale could be non-invasive biomarkers to predict the immune-excluded phenotype with the tumor immune barrier. …”
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Wavelet Transform-Based 3D Landscape Design and Optimization for Digital Cities by Yang Chen, Xiaolin Wang, Chang Zhang

“…Finally, the simulation experimental results show that the proposed denoising method in this article can better retain the texture details in the images and the denoised images have better visual effects; the proposed information fusion model has higher accuracy compared with the traditional methods. …”
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Shedding light on night‐time erections: Determining the feasibility of nocturnal erection detection with penile transdermal light reflection of haemoglobin by Evelien J. Trip, Hille J. Torenvlied, Henk W. Elzevier, Rob C. M. Pelger, Jack J. H. Beck

“…Besides statistical analysis on LRH, temperature and RigiScan data, a visual assessment was done to determine detectability of changes in the LRH and temperature course during the RigiScan‐annotated erections. …”
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Long-term follow-up of retinal amyloid angiopathy in a large Chinese family with hereditary amyloid transthyretin by Jiangning Xu, Nan Shu, Xi Liu, Peng Gu, Yi Wang, Shiying Li

“…Vitrectomy is not sufficient to guarantee hATTR patients good visual function. Based on FFA results, RAA in ATTR Gly83Arg amyloidosis can be divided into three stages. …”
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Risk factors for error in refractive astigmatism after toric intraocular lens implantation in Chinese patients by Mengyao Zhang, Rui Qin, Yanfeng Liao, Qianqian Ji, Ying Hong

“…Corrected visual acuity, ERA, corneal curvature and ACD were collected 1 month after operation. …”
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On the Possibility of Expanding Indications for Refractive Correction of Ametropia (4 Clinical Cases) by A. D. Chuprov, Yu. V. Kanyukova, A. E. Voronina

“…Diagnostic examination data 1 year after the operation: visual acuity: OD — 1.0; OS — 0.4 sph + 1.0Dcyl + 1.5Dax 45 = 0.8.Conclusion. …”
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Outcomes of Osteosynthesis of Large Os Subfibulare in Patients with Chronic Lateral Ankle Instability with Large Os Subfibulare by Yeo Kwon Yoon MD, Kwang Hwan Park MD, PhD, Dong Woo Shim MD, PhD, Seung Hwan Han MD, PhD, Jin Woo Lee MD, PhD

“…Conclusion: Osteosynthesis of the OS produced satisfactory outcomes in patients with CLAI with a large OS. This method may be a viable surgical option for patients with this condition.…”
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SURGERY IMPACT ON LIFE QUALITY DATA IN CHILDREN WITH DETACHED RETINA by A. N. Sergienko, V. V. Dashina, A. V. Malishev, O. I. Lisenko, S. V. Yanchenko

“…In a week after surgery increase in visual acuity was not observed. Six months later reliable increase in visual acuity was noted. …”
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Carotid Body Size on CT Angiography in Patients With COVID-19 Pneumonia by Kamber Goksu, Ahmet Vural, Ahmet Nedim Kahraman

“…Carotid bodies can be visualized with contrast-enhanced CT angiography (CTA), and we aimed to visualize possible carotid body enlargement in COVID-19 patients with CTA.MethodsWe retrospectively evaluated patients who were hospitalized for COVID-19 pneumonia during the pandemic in our hospital and who had CTA examinations at least 3 months after treatment. …”
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Evaluation by M-charts and Microperimeter-MP3 after broad internal limiting membrane peeling for idiopathic epiretinal membrane by Naoto Uchiyama, Tatsuya Jujo, Keiji Sato, Reio Sekine, Kota Kakehashi, Akiko Endo, Yasushi Kitaoka

“…Design Retrospective observational case series. Methods The study analyzed 20 eyes treated with broad-ILM peeling within the vascular arcades area for ERM, over a 6-month follow-up. …”
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Childhood amblyopia in a tertiary eye care center in western India by Jai A. Kelkar, Harsh H. Jain, Aditya S. Kelkar, Shreekant Kelkar

“…Timely detection, optimal therapy, and periodic follow-up are crucial in bettering visual acuity regardless of the cause.…”
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The results of glaucoma drainage tube surgery in patients with diabetes by Mukharram M. Bikbov, Ilnur I. Khusnitdinov

“…There was a progressive decrease in visual function and the need for reintervention in 46.1% of group 1 patients.…”
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Enlargement of Phimotic Capsulorhexis Using Plasma Energy: A Case Series by V. Kumar

“…Corneal edema, which was observed in six eyes, resolved within 3–4 days. Visual acuity improved in all cases, except for 2 patients with complete glaucomatous optic atrophy. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Treatment of Patients with Refractory Glaucoma of Various Stages by Microimpulse Transscleral Cyclophotocoagulation by I. E. Ioshin, A. I. Tolchinskaya, I. V. Maximov

“…Analysis of the results has shown that the use of microcyclophotocoagulation in patients with refractory glaucoma has not led to the development of postoperative complications, reduced intraocular pressure by 36.2 % from baseline, when developed and 29.8 % in advanced stages of the disease, reduced the number of antihypertensive drugs was 17 % in the second and 10 % at third stage and have not led to a decrease in visual function at 6 months follow-up. Thus, it is proved that the use of a diode laser in micro-pulse mode during microcyclophotocoagulation is a safe and effective method of treating refractory forms of glaucoma at various stages of the disease.…”
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Topical Bevacizumab as Adjunctive Therapy for Bleb Survival after Trabeculectomy in the Rabbit Model by Jaime Rafeal Hubilla Tripon, MD, Ma. Imelda Yap-Veloso, MD

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Lesion classification and diabetic retinopathy grading by integrating softmax and pooling operators into vision transformer by Chong Liu, Weiguang Wang, Jian Lian, Wanzhen Jiao

“…In practice, this task mainly relies on manual inspection using human visual system. However, the human visual system-based screening process is labor-intensive, time-consuming, and error-prone. …”
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