المجلة العُمانية لطب العيون

Comparison of various techniques for cataract surgery, their efficacy, safety, and cost

Anesthesia for cataract surgery: Recent trends

Gene therapy in glaucoma-3: Therapeutic approaches

Despite new and improving diagnostic and therapeutic options for glaucoma, blindness from glaucoma is increasing and glaucoma remains a major public health problem. The role of heredity in ocular disease including glaucoma is attracting greater attention as the knowledge and recent advances of Human Genome Project and …

Sebaceous gland carcinoma of the eyelid

Sebaceous gland carcinoma, commonly arises in the periocular area, is an uncommon condition. It represents 1-5.5% of eyelid malignancies and is considered to be the third most common eyelid malignancy after basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas, although few reports placed this tumor as second most common after basal …

Total levator aponeurosis resection for primary congenital ptosis with very poor levator function

Aim: This study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of total levator aponeurosis resection in patients with very poor levator function secondary to primary congenital ptosis. Design: A retrospective, noncomparative single-institutional study was designed. Participants: Seven patients with very poor levator funct …

Accuracy of intraocular lens power calculation in high myopia

Purpose: To study the accuracy of different recent intraocular lens (IOL) calculation formulas in predicting a target postoperative refraction ± 1.0D (Diopters) in patients with long eyes (axial length ≥ 26.0 mm) undergoing phacoemulsification. Materials and methods: This study comprised 127 eyes of 87 patients who pre …

Assessment of a modification of Brückner's test as a screening modality for anisometropia and strabismus

Background: Current amblyopia screening methods are not cost effective. Aim: To evaluate the diagnostic capability of a modified Brückner test (MBT) for amblyopiogenic risk factors. Materials and methods: We applied the MBT using the streak retinoscope to identify anisometropia and strabismus by noting an inter-ocular …

Topical anesthesia in phacoemulsification

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of topical anesthesia; topical Benoxinate 0.4% (Oxybuprocaine) and Xylocaine (Lidocaine) gel, in selected cataract patients as an alternative to peribulbar or retrobulbar block anesthesia during cataract surgery. Materials and methods: Prospective non-comparative evaluation of patients …

Cataract surgery under topical anesthesia: Gender-based study of pain experience

Background: Pain perception, expression, tolerance, and the healthcare provider's evaluation and management of pain are affected by the gender of the patient. To the best of our knowledge, there is lack of gender-based evaluation of pain during cataract surgery under topical anesthesia. Aims: This study has been initia …

Sequential occurrence of basal cell carcinoma in symmetrically identical positions of both lower eyelids: A rare finding of a common skin cancer

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common type of skin cancer in white-skinned individuals but is rare in blacks and Indians. There are only few case reports about bilateral BCC of lower eyelids. Here we present a case of BCC appearing sequentially in symmetrically identical positions in both lower eyelids. The pat …