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Evaluation Of Corneal Haze After Transepithelial Photorefractive Keratectomy, Amin F. Ellakwa, Islam F. F. Mohamad, Nermeen M. Badawy
Evaluation Of Corneal Haze After Transepithelial Photorefractive Keratectomy, Amin F. Ellakwa, Islam F. F. Mohamad, Nermeen M. Badawy
Menoufia Medical Journal
Background Transepithelial photorefractive keratectomy (t-PRK) has been associated with diminished wound healing response, hence less refractive regression and haze, compared with other techniques of epithelial removal in PRK. Objectives To evaluate the corneal haze after t-PRK. Patients and methods This prospective highly selectional observational study involved 100 eyes of patients with simple myopia and mixed myopia with astigmatism who underwent t-PRK to correct their vision. Both males and females were included who were age and sex matched. Results The results showed improvement of visual haze along the follow-up period. Comparison of visual haze between follow-up period 1 week after t-PRK …
Arabization And Validation Of The Complete Intelligibility Spatiality Quality Questionnaire, Ahmed M Zein El-Abedein, Hossam S. Talaat, Marian M. Mina
Arabization And Validation Of The Complete Intelligibility Spatiality Quality Questionnaire, Ahmed M Zein El-Abedein, Hossam S. Talaat, Marian M. Mina
Menoufia Medical Journal
Objectives To translate complete intelligibility spatiality quality (CISQ) questionnaire into Arabic language. Background CISQ is a new questionnaire used to evaluate hearing aid benefit in patients with hearing loss. Patients and method The original Italian version was converted into English version and then translated to Arabic. The finished translation of the Arabic CISQ process was applied to 170 patients (100 normal not complaining of hearing loss as control and 70 patients with history of hearing loss before using hearing aids and after 2–3 months of using hearing aids). The questionnaire's reliability and validity were assessed. Receiver operating characteristic curve and …