Showing papers by "Byron L. Lam published in 1991"
TL;DR: Humphrey visual fields (30-2 program) were performed on 24 otherwise healthy patients before and after cataract extraction to examine the effect of cataracts on automated visual fields, confirming it as a useful way of estimating visual loss fromCataracts.
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TL;DR: The patient subsequently underwent lamellar corneal autograft, which successfully closed the perforation, which is believed to be the first report of repairing aCorneal perforations with lamellars corneals autografted.
Abstract: A corneal perforation developed in the right eye of a 46-year-old man after removal of a corneal foreign body. Two attempts to seal the perforation with cyanoacrylate glue failed. The patient subsequently underwent lamellar corneal autograft, which successfully closed the perforation. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of repairing a corneal perforation with lamellar corneal autograft.
4 citations
TL;DR: A four-generation family with early-onset autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa, severe hyperopia, and axial eye lengths of less than 20 mm is studied, suggesting there is another variant of retinopathy pigmentosa associated with hyperopia besides Leber's congenital amaurosis and preserved para-arteriole retinal pigment epithelium.
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