Determinants of young People’s gender norm attitudes related to rights and equity in Southeast Nigeria by Irene Ifeyinwa Eze, Chinyere Ojiugo Mbachu, Ozioma Nwankpa, Obinna Onwujekwe

“…Conclusion Despite widespread support for gender equality for women’s empowerment, young people in the Southeast still favour traditional gender norms, particularly decision-making and educational rights for men. …”
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Mediation Effect of Resilience Between Social Support and Depression Symptoms in Patients With Strabismus: A Cross-Sectional Study by Mo Y, Zhang H, Yu X, Xu Z, Xiao H, Gao L, Wang Y

“…Yawen Mo,1 Huiting Zhang,1 Xinping Yu,1 Zhihong Xu,1 Huiming Xiao,2 Lingling Gao,3 Yinghuan Wang1 1Department of Strabismus and Amblyopia, State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Ocular Diseases, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Nursing Administration, State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Ocular Diseases, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 3School of Nursing, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Lingling Gao; Yinghuan Wang, State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Ocular Diseases, No. 54, Xianlie South Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China, Email gaoll@mail.sysu.edu.cn; wangyinghuan@gzzoc.comPurpose: The prevalence of depression symptoms in patients with strabismus is high. …”
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Eye health and quality of life: an umbrella review protocol by Nathan Congdon, Hannah Kuper, Matthew J Burton, Jacqueline Ramke, Jennifer Evans, Fatimah Chamseddine, Joshua R Ehrlich, Bonnielin K Swenor, Lama Assi, Lori Rosman, Perla Ibrahim, Hadi Sabbagh

“…Quality of life, whether generic, vision-specific or disease-specific, is an important measure of the impact of eye health on people’s daily activities, well-being and visual function, and is increasingly used to evaluate the impact of ophthalmic interventions and new devices. …”
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Relief in sight: ketotifen as a promising therapy for uremic pruritus in dialysis patients by Kaandeeban Mohanraj, Andrew Deepak Rajiv, Sampathkumar Krishnaswamy

“…After 4 weeks, the participants had a mean pruritus reduction of 65.77% (visual scale), 65.28% (verbal scale) and 67.30% (numerical scale). …”
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A comparative study of GPT-4o and human ophthalmologists in glaucoma diagnosis by Junxiu Zhang, Yao Ma, Rong Zhang, Yanhua Chen, Mengyao Xu, Su Rina, Ke Ma

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Two cases of type I sialidosis and a literature review by Yuan Ding, Ming Cheng, Chunxiu Gong

“…The goal is to elucidate the clinical and genetic features of type I sialidosis. Methods Clinical investigations and genetic analyses were conducted on an 11-year-old girl, primarily presenting with short stature, who was admitted in June 2020, and a 10-year-old boy, admitted in July 2023, exhibiting rapid weight gain and accompanying visual impairment as primary manifestations. …”
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Detrimental impact on work productivity in patients with glaucoma: a systematic review by Hamza Inayat, Mura Abdul-Nabi, Bernice Leung, Jason Jiang, Sara Robertson, Monali S. Malvankar-Mehta

“…Individuals with glaucoma faced limitations in performing daily activities and experienced difficulties in social interactions and household chores. Visual impairment due to glaucoma resulted in work disability, with some individuals reporting glaucoma-related visual disability as the main cause of their unemployment. …”
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Neonatal Hypoglycemia and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes—An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Shivashankar Diggikar, Paula Trif, Diana Mudura, Arun Prasath, Jan Mazela, Maria Livia Ognean, Boris W. Kramer, Radu Galis

“…Neurodevelopmental impairment (NDI), cognitive impairment, and visual-motor or visual impairment were the primary outcomes. …”
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Retrospective Study of 2-year Clinical Outcomes of Combination Ab-Interno Canaloplasty and a Microstent Compared to Ab-Interno Canaloplasty in Cataract Surgery Patients by Trubnik V, Huang L, Hall B

“…Eligible charts were from adults that had a diagnosis of mild to moderate primary open angle glaucoma and preoperative mild to moderate visual field loss. Outcome measures included mean number of ocular hypotensive medication prescribed, intraocular pressure (IOP), number of glaucoma secondary surgical interventions (SSI), and visual field mean deviation and pattern standard deviation. …”
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Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for amblyopia treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Ehtesham Shamsher, Luisa Saccaro, Victor Barreiros Pungirum, Nghi Bao Tran, Omar A. H. A. Alghaith, Fatemeh Khabazianzadeh, Holly Bridge, I. Betina Ip

“…Outcomes of interest were visual acuity (VA) change and visual evoked potential (VEP) change (P100 amplitude and latency). …”
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Correlation among ocular surface changes and systemic hematologic indexes and disease activity in primary Sjögren’s syndrome: a cross-sectional study by Yan He, Jianing Feng, Wen Shi, Yuerong Ren, Yingyi Liu, Huanmin Kang, Jing Tian, Ying Jie

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Prevention of tumors in treating fibrocystic breast diseases using <i>Vitex agnus-castus</i>-based herbal remedy by N. A. Omarbayeva, D. R. Kaidarova, D. Kh. Omarov, A. Askandirova, Kh. Keskin, A. Zh. Abdrakhmanova, S. A. Yessenkulova, T. G. Goncharova, A. K. Jakipbayeva

“…At baseline, weeks 12 and 24, all participants were evaluated using a visual analog scale and ultrasound examination.Results. …”
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Treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration: one year real-life results with intravitreal Brolucizumab by Settimio Rossi, Carlo Gesualdo, Ernesto Marano, Raffaele Perrotta, Maria Consiglia Trotta, Antonio Del Giudice, Francesca Simonelli

“…Finally, the presence of subretinal hyperreflective material correlates with lower visual recovery.DiscussionOur findings highlight the efficacy of Brolucizumab in managing wet-AMD and suggest its role for long-term efficacy in stabilizing retinal exudation and fluid accumulation, resulting in improved visual prognosis.…”
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Feasibility of generating sagittal radiographs from coronal views using GAN-based deep learning framework in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis by Tito Bassani, Andrea Cina, Fabio Galbusera, Andrea Cazzato, Maria Elena Pellegrino, Domenico Albano, Luca Maria Sconfienza

“…Synthetic images were visually consistent with real ones, but quality was generally insufficient for accurate clinical assessment. …”
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Comparative effectiveness of various orbital decompression techniques in treating thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Wei Guo, Jialu Geng, Dongmei Li

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The possibilities of the non-contrast MRI perfusion in the quantitative assessment of changes in cerebral blood flow by V. V. Popov, Yu. A. Stankevich, O. B. Bogomyakova, A. A. Tulupov

“…Perfusion indicators of gray and white matter of the lobes of the cerebral hemispheres (parietal, occipital, frontal, temporal) in visually intact areas of the brain were integrally evaluated. …”
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Corneal Tomographic Changes in Keratoconus Associated with Scleral Lens Wear: A Case-Control Analysis for 12-Month Follow-Up by Wei-Hsiang Lin, Tsung-Hsien Tsai, Ching-Hsi Hsiao, Chi-Chin Sun, Jiahn-Shing Lee, Ken-Kuo Lin

“…<i>Background and Objectives</i>: Scleral lenses are widely used for visual rehabilitation in keratoconus patients, but their long-term effects on corneal tomography remain unclear. …”
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Myopic Correction with Iris-Fixated Phakic Intraocular Lenses: Twelve-Year Results by Iveta Nemcova, Jiri Pasta, Katerina Hladikova, Martin Komarc, Darina Pospisilova, Pavel Nemec, Jan Tesar, Vladimir Kratky, Martin Sin

“…The study confirmed the advantages of IF pIOL implantation due to rapid visual recovery and stable visual function over the 12-year follow-up and also showed the influence of lower corneal pachymetry regarding EC loss.…”
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Treat and Extend Regimen of Aflibercept in the Treatment of Type 1 Choroidal Neovascularization Secondary to Chronic Central Serous Chorioretinopathy: Three-year Follow-Up by Kustryn TB, Zadorozhnyy OS, Nasinnyk IO, Nevska AO, Troianovska KV, Pasyechnikova NV, Korol AR

“…The primary outcome was decimal best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) at year 3.Results: Overall, mean decimal BCVA increased significantly from 0.44 (SD; 0.35) at baseline to 0.59 (SD; 0.31) at the final visit (p˂0.001). …”
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Implementing patient and public involvement (PPI) in eye research: reflections from developing a research study on Geographic Atrophy treatment acceptability by Jamie Enoch, David Matthews, Arevik Ghulakhszian, Mandeep Sekhon, Tamsin Callaghan, David Crabb, Christiana Dinah, Deanna Taylor

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