SMALL-GAUGE PARS PLANA VITRECTOMY FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF SYMPTOMATIC POSTERIOR VITREOUS DETACHMENT AFTER PHACOEMULSIFICATION AND MULTIFOCAL INTRAOCULAR LENS IMPLANTATION: A PILOT STUDY FROM THE PAN-AMERICAN COLLABORATIVE RETINA STUDY GROUP

Purpose.To determine the efficacy of 23-gauge pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) for symptomatic posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) on visual acuity (VA) and quality after multifocal intraocular lenses (IOLs).Methods.In this prospective case series, patients who developed symptomatic PVD and were not satisfied with visual quality due to floaters and halo

This paper aims at analyzing the legal status of sea ports in the Republic of Croatia, with special overview of the sea ports as maritime domain and at suggesting the objectives of Croatian port policy as well as necessary measures to achieve them.Seaports are an important factor in national and international traffic and economic chains.They are im

Abstract By introducing a delayed fractional-order differential equation model, we deal with the Sweatshirts dynamics of the stability and Hopf bifurcation of a paddy ecosystem with three main components: rice, weeds, and inorganic fertilizer.In the system, there exists an equilibrium for rice and weeds extinction and an equilibrium for rice extinc

Introduction: A small percentage of men are affected by breast diseases and awareness of male breast disease is less and presentation is often delayed due to embarrassment.The most common presentation is gynaecomastia, where cosmetic correction is sought.Over the last two decades the rate of male breast complaints increased from 0.8% to 2.4%, while