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Prevalence of refractive errors in the Slovak population calculated using the Gullstrand schematic eye model Journal > /en/journal/2017/3/5
Purpose: Large part of the population suffers of some kind of refractive errors. It is supposed that their prevalence could change with the development of the society. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of refractive errors using calculations based on the Gullstrand schematic eye. Methods: We used Gullstrand schematic eye to calculate refraction retrospectively. Refraction was pr...
Effective Tissue Layer Separation of Donor Cornea for DMEK by Fluid Injection Between Descemet Membrane and Corneal Stroma: Results of First Series of Operations Journal > /en/journal/2019/1/4
Aim: To evaluate clinical outcomes of Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK) using a novel hydro-separation of donor Descemet membrane (DM) endothelial graft with 6 months follow up. Material and methods: In this retrospective single-center; single surgeon cohort study, 16 consecutive eyes underwent DMEK or combined DMEK and cataract surgery with DMEK donor graft hydro-separation. The h...
Recommendations for the Management of Uveitis Associated with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: The Czech and Slovak Adaptation of the Share Initiative Journal > /en/journal/2020/4/6
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common rheumatic disease in children and uveitis is its most important extra-articular manifestation. Evidence-based recommendations are available only to a limited extent and therefore JIA associated uveitis management is mostly based on physicians’ experience. Consequently, treatment practices differ widely, both nationally and internationally. The...
95th Anniversary Of The Czechoslovak Ophthalmological Society Journal > /en/journal/2022/1/2
After the end of the First World War, the most important event in the history of our country was the establishment of the Czechoslovak Republic on October 28, 1918. Professor Deyl repeatedly spoke about the need to establish a Czechoslovak Ophthalmological Society. Only his successor, professor. O. Lešer implemented Deyl's idea and, in agreement with the heads of the Bratislava and Brno department...
The Prevalence of Myopia in School-Age Children in Slovakia and the Covid-19 Pandemic Journal > /en/journal/2023/4/4
Aims: The aim of the authors' study was to determine the prevalence of myopia and premyopia in children and adolescents attending primary school in a village in the north of Slovakia in the period before and after the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic. Material and methods: Changes in the spherical equivalent and axial length of the eyes were measured in 2019 and 2022 in a group of 47 children and ado...