{"title":"The open access and dissemination of predatory journals: additional ideas.","authors":"Hineptch Daungsupawong, Viroj Wiwanitkit","doi":"10.5935/0004-2749.2024-0177","DOIUrl":"10.5935/0004-2749.2024-0177","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8397,"journal":{"name":"Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia","volume":"87 5","pages":"e20240177"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11627497/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142279886","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The impact factor of journals should not be so valued.","authors":"Newton Kara Junior","doi":"10.5935/0004-2749.2024-1011","DOIUrl":"10.5935/0004-2749.2024-1011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8397,"journal":{"name":"Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia","volume":"87 5","pages":"e20241011"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11627498/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142279885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Luiz Felipe Lynch de Moraes, Maria Isabel Lynch Gaete, Marília Rocha Costa, Rodrigo Pessoa Cavalcanti Lira
{"title":"Inverted irrigation hook for descemetorhexis in endothelial keratoplasty: Instrument design and surgical technique.","authors":"Luiz Felipe Lynch de Moraes, Maria Isabel Lynch Gaete, Marília Rocha Costa, Rodrigo Pessoa Cavalcanti Lira","doi":"10.5935/0004-2749.2024-0204","DOIUrl":"10.5935/0004-2749.2024-0204","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8397,"journal":{"name":"Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia","volume":"87 5","pages":"e20240204"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11627499/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142279880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Retention of a depigmented eyelash in the anterior chamber for 28 years.","authors":"Bangtao Yao, Bin Pang","doi":"10.5935/0004-2749.2022-0105","DOIUrl":"10.5935/0004-2749.2022-0105","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8397,"journal":{"name":"Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia","volume":"87 5","pages":"e20220105"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11623447/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142279882","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Larissa Fouad Ibrahim, Aleida Nazareth Soares, Lucas Assis Costa, Thabata Machado Correia Domingues, Alessandra Hubner de Souza
{"title":"The treatment of diabetic macular edema with intravitreal bevacizumab in users of the Brazilian public health system.","authors":"Larissa Fouad Ibrahim, Aleida Nazareth Soares, Lucas Assis Costa, Thabata Machado Correia Domingues, Alessandra Hubner de Souza","doi":"10.5935/0004-2749.2024-0146","DOIUrl":"10.5935/0004-2749.2024-0146","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8397,"journal":{"name":"Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia","volume":"87 5","pages":"e20240146"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11627335/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142279887","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kenzo Hokazono, Marília da Cruz Fagundes, Alessandra Filpo Ferreira da Silva, Camila Feijó Minku, Bernardo Corrêa de Almeida Teixeira, Mário Luiz Ribeiro Monteiro
{"title":"Unilateral hemi-central retinal artery occlusion as a presenting sign of Susac syndrome.","authors":"Kenzo Hokazono, Marília da Cruz Fagundes, Alessandra Filpo Ferreira da Silva, Camila Feijó Minku, Bernardo Corrêa de Almeida Teixeira, Mário Luiz Ribeiro Monteiro","doi":"10.5935/0004-2749.2022-0195","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5935/0004-2749.2022-0195","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A young woman presented at our clinic with sudden visual loss in the right eye, recurrent vertigo, and right-sided tinnitus. We performed a complete ophthalmological evaluation. This revealed effects of the condition on the small arterioles of the peripheral retina. Susac syndrome is characterized by the clinical triad of retinal arteriolar occlusions, cochleovestibular manifestations, and encephalopathy (which can be identified by neuroimaging abnormalities). Early diagnosis and immunosuppressive therapy improved the patient's visual acuity and the remission of her other symptoms. Hemi-central retinal artery occlusion is an atypical neuro-ophthalmological finding in this disease. However, its identification as a sign of Susac syndrome may facilitate timely diagnosis and accurate treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":8397,"journal":{"name":"Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia","volume":"88 1","pages":"e20220195"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141896646","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cristiane de Almeida Leite, Thaís de Sousa Pereira, Jeane Chiang, Rodrigo Bernal Moritz, Allan Christian Pieroni Gonçalves, Mário Luiz Ribeiro Monteiro
{"title":"Quality of life in patients with Graves' orbitopathy submitted to orbital decompression: comparison between balanced and inferomedial techniques.","authors":"Cristiane de Almeida Leite, Thaís de Sousa Pereira, Jeane Chiang, Rodrigo Bernal Moritz, Allan Christian Pieroni Gonçalves, Mário Luiz Ribeiro Monteiro","doi":"10.5935/0004-2749.2023-0296","DOIUrl":"10.5935/0004-2749.2023-0296","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To compare inferomedial wall orbital decompression to balanced medial plus lateral wall orbital decompression in patients with Graves' orbitopathy in the inactive phase with regard to exophthalmos reduction and the effects on quality of life.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Forty-two patients with inactive Graves' orbitopathy were randomly divided into two groups and submitted to one of two orbital decompression techniques: inferomedial wall orbital decompression or medial plus lateral wall orbital decompression. Preoperative and postoperative assessments included Hertel's exophthalmometry and a validated Graves' orbitopathy quality of life questionnaire. The results of the two groups were compared.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Compared to preoperative measurement, exophthalmos reduction was statistically significant in both groups (p<0.001) but more so in patients undergoing medial plus lateral wall orbital decompression (p=0.010). Neither orbital decompression techniques increased the visual functioning subscale score on the Graves' orbitopathy quality of life questionnaire (inferomedial wall orbital decompression p=0.362 and medial plus lateral wall orbital decompression p=0.727), but a statistically significant difference was observed in the score of the appearance subscale in patients submitted to medial plus lateral wall orbital decompression (p=0.006).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Inferomedial wall orbital decompression is a good alternative for patients who do not require large exophthalmos reduction. However, medial plus lateral wall orbital decompression offers greater exophthalmos reduction and greater improvement in appearance (higher Graves' orbitopathy quality of life questionnaire scores), making it a suitable option for esthetic-functional rehabilitation.</p>","PeriodicalId":8397,"journal":{"name":"Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia","volume":"87 5","pages":"e20230296"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11627165/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141896633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fábio Ejzenbaum, Tania Mara Cunha Schaefer, Celso Cunha, Julia Dutra Rossetto, Izabela F Godinho, Célia Regina Nakanami, Regina K Noma, Luisa Moreira Hopker
{"title":"Guidelines for preventing and slowing myopia progression in Brazilian children.","authors":"Fábio Ejzenbaum, Tania Mara Cunha Schaefer, Celso Cunha, Julia Dutra Rossetto, Izabela F Godinho, Célia Regina Nakanami, Regina K Noma, Luisa Moreira Hopker","doi":"10.5935/0004-2749.2023-0009","DOIUrl":"10.5935/0004-2749.2023-0009","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This document on myopia control is derived from a compilation of medical literature and the collective clinical expertise of an expert committee comprising members from the Brazilian Society of Pediatric Ophthalmology and the Brazilian Society of Contact Lenses and Cornea. To manage myopia in children, the committee recommends corneal topography and biannual visits with cycloplegic refraction, along with annual optical biometry. For fast-progressing myopia, biannual biometry should be considered. Myopic progression is defined as an annual increase in spherical equivalent greater than 0.50 D/year or in axial length greater than 0.3 mm (until 10 years old) or 0.2 mm (above 11 years). The proposed treatments for myopia progression include environmental control, low concentration atropine, defocus glasses, contact lenses, or Ortho-K lenses, and combinations of these methods may be necessary for uncontrolled cases. Treatment should be sustained for at least 2 years. This document serves as a comprehensive guideline for diagnosing, treating, and monitoring pre-myopic and myopic children in Brazil.</p>","PeriodicalId":8397,"journal":{"name":"Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia","volume":"87 5","pages":"e20230009"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11627097/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141896632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Paulo Phillipe do Vale Ricardo Moreira, Daniele Longo, Marcella Polisuk, Tamires Able Carmona, Renato Ambrosio
{"title":"Anterior lamellar corneoscleral keratoplasty for the management of corneal thinning following treatment with mitomycin-C and interferon to treat highly suspected ocular surface squamous neoplasia: a case report.","authors":"Paulo Phillipe do Vale Ricardo Moreira, Daniele Longo, Marcella Polisuk, Tamires Able Carmona, Renato Ambrosio","doi":"10.5935/0004-2749.2023-0027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5935/0004-2749.2023-0027","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A patient presented with corneoscleral thinning five months after the treatment of suspected ocular squamous surface neoplasia with mitomycin-C and interferon. For tectonic and aesthetic purposes, we decided to perform lamellar corneoscleral transplantation. The approach used established new tectonic support and corneal homeostasis. This technique might be an option in similar cases.</p>","PeriodicalId":8397,"journal":{"name":"Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia","volume":"88 1","pages":"e20230027"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141896634","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}