• Association Between Sleep Disturbances and Frailty: Evidence From a Population-Based Study 

      Balomenos V., Ntanasi E., Anastasiou C.A., Charisis S., Velonakis G., Karavasilis E., Tsapanou A., Yannakoulia M., Kosmidis M.H., Dardiotis E., Hadjigeorgiou G., Sakka P., Scarmeas N. (2021)
      Objective: To explore the association between both self-reported quality and quantity sleep characteristics and frailty status in a large non–sex-specific population of older individuals in Greece. Design: Cross-sectional ...
    • Bilateral vision loss in Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia 

      Vasileiou V., Kotoula M., Tsironi E., Androudi S., Papageorgiou E. (2020)
      [No abstract available]
    • Causes of blindness and vision impairment in 2020 and trends over 30 years, and prevalence of avoidable blindness in relation to VISION 2020: The Right to Sight: An analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 

      Bourne R.R.A., Steinmetz J.D., Saylan M., Mersha A.M., Weldemariam A.H., Wondmeneh T.G., Sreeramareddy C.T., Pinheiro M., Yaseri M., Yu C., Zastrozhin M.S., Zastrozhina A., Zhang Z.-J., Zimsen S.R.M., Yonemoto N., Tsegaye G.W., Vu G.T., Vongpradith A., Renzaho A.M.N., Sorrie M.B., Shaheen A.A., Shiferaw W.S., Skryabin V.Y., Skryabina A.A., Saya G.K., Rahimi-Movaghar V., Shigematsu M., Sahraian M.A., Naderifar H., Sabour S., Rathi P., Sathian B., Miller T.R., Rezapour A., Rawal L., Pham H.Q., Parekh U., Podder V., Onwujekwe O.E., Pasovic M., Otstavnov N., Negash H., Pawar S., Naimzada M.D., Al Montasir A., Ogbo F.A., Owolabi M.O., Pakshir K., Mohammad Y., Moni M.A., Nunez-Samudio V., Mulaw G.F., Naveed M., Maleki S., Michalek I.M., Misra S., Swamy S.N., Mohammed J.A., Flaxman S., Park E.-C., Briant P.S., Meles G.G., Hayat K., Landires I., Kim G.R., Liu X., LeGrand K.E., Taylor H.R., Kunjathur S.M., Khoja T.A.M., Bicer B.K., Khalilov R., Hashi A., Kayode G.A., Carneiro V.L.A., Kavetskyy T., Kosen S., Kulkarni V., Holla R., Kalhor R., Jayaram S., Islam S.M.S., Gilani S.A., Eskandarieh S., Molla M.D., Itumalla R., Farzadfar F., Congdon N.G., Elhabashy H.R., Elayedath R., Couto R.A.S., Dervenis N., Cromwell E.A., Dahlawi S.M.A., Resnikoff S., Casson R.J., Abdoli A., Choi J.-Y.J., Dos Santos F.L.C., Abrha W.A., Nagaraja S.B., Abualhasan A., Adal T.G., Aregawi B.B., Beheshti M., Abu-Gharbieh E., Afshin A., Ahmadieh H., Alemzadeh S.A., Arrigo A., Atnafu D.D., Ashbaugh C., Ashrafi E., Alemayehu W., Alfaar A.S., Alipour V., Anbesu E.W., Androudi S., Arabloo J., Arditi A., Bagli E., Baig A.A., Bärnighausen T.W., Parodi M.B., Bhagavathula A.S., Bhardwaj N., Bhardwaj P., Bhattacharyya K., Bijani A., Bikbov M., Bottone M., Braithwaite T., Bron A.M., Butt Z.A., Cheng C.-Y., Chu D.-T., Cicinelli M.V., Coelho J.M., Dai X., Dana R., Dandona L., Dandona R., Del Monte M.A., Deva J.P., Diaz D., Djalalinia S., Dreer L.E., Ehrlich J.R., Ellwein L.B., Emamian M.H., Fernandes A.G., Fischer F., Friedman D.S., Furtado J.M., Gaidhane S., Gazzard G., Gebremichael B., George R., Ghashghaee A., Golechha M., Hamidi S., Hammond B.R., Hartnett M.E.R., Hartono R.K., Hay S.I., Heidari G., Ho H.C., Househ M., Ibitoye S.E., Ilic I.M., Huang J.J., Ilic M.D., Ingram A.D., Irvani S.S.N., Jha R.P., Kahloun R., Kandel H., Kasa A.S., Kempen J.H., Khairallah M., Khan E.A., Khanna R.C., Khatib M.N., Kim J.E., Kim Y.J., Kisa A., Kisa S., Koyanagi A., Kurmi O.P., Lansingh V.C., Leasher J.L., Leveziel N., Limburg H., Manafi N., Mansouri K., McAlinden C., Mohammadi S.F., Mokdad A.H., Morse A.R., Naderi M., Naidoo K.S., Nangia V., Nguyen H.L.T., Ogundimu K., Olagunju A.T., Panda-Jonas S., Pesudovs K., Peto T., Ur Rahman M.H., Ramulu P.Y., Rawaf D.L., Rawaf S., Reinig N., Robin A.L., Rossetti L., Safi S., Sahebkar A., Samy A.M., Serle J.B., Shaikh M.A., Shen T.T., Shibuya K., Shin J.I., Silva J.C., Silvester A., Singh J.A., Singhal D., Sitorus R.S., Skiadaresi E., Soheili A., Sousa R.A.R.C., Stambolian D., Tadesse E.G., Tahhan N., Tareque Md.I., Topouzis F., Tran B.X., Tsilimbaris M.K., Varma R., Virgili G., Wang N., Wang Y.X., West S.K., Wong T.Y., Jonas J.B., Vos T., GBD 2019 Blindness and Vision Impairment Collaborators, Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study (2021)
      Background: Many causes of vision impairment can be prevented or treated. With an ageing global population, the demands for eye health services are increasing. We estimated the prevalence and relative contribution of ...
    • The Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study (COTS)-1: A Multinational Review of 165 Patients with Tubercular Anterior Uveitis 

      Agrawal R., MD FCRS, Betzler B., MBBS, Testi I., MD, Mahajan S., MBBS, Agarwal A., MS, Gunasekeran D.V., MD, Raje D., PhD, Aggarwal K., MS, Murthy S.I., DNB, Westcott M., FRCSOphth, Chee S.-P., FRCSEd, Mccluskey P., MD, Ho S.L., FRCSGlasg, Teoh S., FRCSEd, Cimino L., MD, Biswas J., MS, Narain S., MD, Agarwal M., MS, Mahendradas P., DNB, Khairallah M., MD, Jones N., FRCSOphth, Tugal-Tutkun I., MD, Babu K., DNB, Basu S., MS, Carreño E., MD, Lee R., PhD, Al-Dhibi H., MD, Bodaghi B., MD, Invernizzi A., MD, Goldstein D.A., MD, Herbort C.P., MD, Barisani-Asenbauer T., PhD, González-López J.J., PhD, Androudi S., MD, Bansal R., MS, Moharana B., MS, Esposti S., MD, Tasiopoulou A., MD, Nadarajah S., MD, Agarwal M., DNB, Abraham S., MD, Vala R., MD, Singh R., MS, Sharma A., MD, Sharma K., PhD, Zierhut M., PhD, Kon O.M., MRCP, Cunningham E.T., PhD, Kempen J.H., PhD, Nguyen Q.D., PhD, Pavesio C., FRCSOphth, Gupta V., MS (2020)
      Purpose: The Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study (COTS) Group sought to address the diagnostic uncertainty through retrospective cohort analysis of treatment regimens and therapeutic outcomes for patients with tubercular ...
    • Guidelines for the Management of Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Recommendations from a Panel of Greek Experts 

      Androudi S., Dastiridou A., Pharmakakis N., Stefaniotou M., Kalogeropoulos C., Symeonidis C., Charonis A., Tsilimbaris M. (2016)
      Purpose: To propose guidelines for the management of patients with wet age-related macular degeneration (wAMD), taking into account the results of large multicenter studies and clinical experience of retina experts. Method: ...
    • Hearing and vision health for people with dementia in residential long term care: Knowledge, attitudes and practice in England, South Korea, India, Greece, Indonesia and Australia 

      Dawes P., Leroi I., Chauhan N., Han W., Harbishettar V., Jayakody D.M.P., Jones L., Konstantinou A., Maharani A., Martini A., Politis A., Prabhakar S., Prew S., Prouskas C., Russell G., Sturrock A., Sunarti S., Taylor J., Vorvolakos T., Worthington M. (2021)
      Objectives: Up to 90% of people with dementia in long term care (LTC) have hearing and/or vision impairment. Hearing/vision difficulties are frequently under-recognised or incompletely managed. The impacts of hearing/vision ...
    • Index of Suspicion 

      Nazarian; Kaditis, A. G.; Papadimitriou, E.; Alexopoulos, E.; Skenteris, N.; Gidvani, V. K.; Crouch, G.; Pino, J.; Baptist, E. C.; Deol, K. K.; Nageswaran, S.; Glock, M. S.; Hill, I. D.; Ermis, B.; Ors, R.; Kardas, F. (2004)
    • Intravitreal bevacizumab for photodynamic therapy-induced massive macular detachment in acute central serous chorioretinopathy 

      Kotoula, M. G.; Zacharaki, F.; Tsironi, E. E. (2012)
      We present a long followed up case of acute central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) complicated by a severe visual loss due to massive pigment epithelium detachment of the macula after a full-dose photodynamic therapy (PDT). ...
    • Macular hole from a laser pointer 

      Androudi S., Papageorgiou E. (2018)
      A 9-year-old boy was brought by his parents to our ophthalmology clinic for evaluation of decreased vision in his left eye. Visual acuity in the left eye was 20/100, as compared with 20/20 in the right eye. Funduscopic ...
    • Neuroimaging methods in epilepsy of temporal origin 

      Tsougos I., Kousi E., Georgoulias P., Kapsalaki E., Fountas K.N. (2019)
      Background: Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (TLE) comprises the most common form of symptomatic refractory focal epilepsy in adults. Accurate lateralization and localization of the epileptogenic focus are a significant prerequisite ...
    • Personal protection equipment for orthopaedic and trauma surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic:The results of an EFORT survey initiative 

      Karachalios T., Maasalu K., Felländer-Tsai L. (2022)
      • Orthopaedic and trauma surgeons performing surgery in the COVID-19 pandemic environment faced problems with availability, use, rationing, modification, compliance and recycling of personal protection equipment (PPE). • ...
    • Premium Monovision versus Bilateral Myopic Monovision, Hybrid Monovision and Bilateral Trifocal Implantation: A Comparative Study 

      Labiris G., Panagiotopoulou E.-K., Perente A., Ntonti P., Delibasis K., Fotiadis I., Konstantinidis A., Dardabounis D. (2022)
      Purpose: Contemporary monovision techniques use premium intraocular lenses (IOLs), either in both eyes or at least in the non-dominant one. Primary objective of this study was to compare the efficacy of premium monovision ...
    • Quality-adjusted life years in macular oedema due to age-related macular degeneration, diabetes and central retinal vein occlusion: the impact of anti-VEGF agents in a tertiary centre in Greece 

      Voutsas N.T., Papageorgiou E., Tantou A., Dimitriou V.A., Tsironi E.E., Kotoula M. (2022)
      Introduction: Neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD), diabetic macular oedema (DME), and macular oedema due to central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) are leading causes of vision loss, currently managed with ...
    • Surgical approach in a case of unilateral retinal pigment epithelium dysgenesis and literature review 

      Diafas A., Dastiridou A., Mataftsi A., Ziakas N., Androudi S. (2021)
      Purpose: To present a case of unilateral retinal pigment epithelium dysgenesis (URPED) complicated with tractional retinal detachment and macular hole formation, and highlight the successful anatomical and functional ...
    • Trends in prevalence of blindness and distance and near vision impairment over 30 years: An analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 

      Bourne R.R.A., Steinmetz J.D., Flaxman S., Briant P.S., Taylor H.R., Resnikoff S., Casson R.J., Abdoli A., Abu-Gharbieh E., Afshin A., Ahmadieh H., Akalu Y., Alamneh A.A., Alemayehu W., Alfaar A.S., Alipour V., Anbesu E.W., Androudi S., Arabloo J., Arditi A., Asaad M., Bagli E., Baig A.A., Bärnighausen T.W., Parodi M.B., Bhagavathula A.S., Bhardwaj N., Bhardwaj P., Bhattacharyya K., Bijani A., Bikbov M., Bottone M., Braithwaite T., Bron A.M., Butt Z.A., Cheng C.-Y., Chu D.-T., Cicinelli M.V., Coelho J.M., Dagnew B., Dai X., Dana R., Dandona L., Dandona R., Del Monte M.A., Deva J.P., Diaz D., Djalalinia S., Dreer L.E., Ehrlich J.R., Ellwein L.B., Emamian M.H., Fernandes A.G., Fischer F., Friedman D.S., Furtado J.M., Gaidhane A.M., Gaidhane S., Gazzard G., Gebremichael B., George R., Ghashghaee A., Golechha M., Hamidi S., Hammond B.R., Hartnett M.E.R., Hartono R.K., Hay S.I., Heidari G., Ho H.C., Hoang C.L., Househ M., Ibitoye S.E., Ilic I.M., Ilic M.D., Ingram A.D., Irvani S.S.N., Jha R.P., Kahloun R., Kandel H., Kasa A.S., Kempen J.H., Keramati M., Khairallah M., Khan E.A., Khanna R.C., Khatib M.N., Kim J.E., Kim Y.J., Kisa A., Kisa S., Koyanagi A., Kurmi O.P., Lansingh V.C., Leasher J.L., Leveziel N., Limburg H., Majdan M., Manafi N., Mansouri K., McAlinden C., Mohammadi S.F., Mohammadian-Hafshejani A., Mohammadpourhodki R., Mokdad A.H., Moosavi D., Morse A.R., Naderi M., Naidoo K.S., Nangia V., Nguyen C.T., Nguyen H.L.T., Ogundimu K., Olagunju A.T., Ostroff S.M., Panda-Jones S., Pesudovs K., Peto T., Syed Z.Q., Ur Rahman M.H., Ramulu P.Y., Rawaf D.L., Rawaf S., Reinig N., Robin A.L., Rossetti L., Safi S., Sahebkar A., Samy A.M., Saxena D., Serle J.B., Shaikh M.A., Shen T.T., Shibuya K., Shin J.I., Silva J.C., Silvester A., Singh J.A., Singhal D., Sitorus R.S., Skiadaresi E., Skirbekk V., Soheili A., Sousa R.A.R.C., Spurlock E.E., Stambolian D., Taddele B.W., Tadesse E.G., Tahhan N., Tareque Md.I., Topouzis F., Tran B.X., Travillian R.S., Tsilimbaris M.K., Varma R., Virgili G., Wang N., Wang Y.X., West S.K., Wong T.Y., Zaidi Z., Zewdie K.A., Jonas J.B., Vos T., GBD 2019 Blindness and Vision Impairment Collaborators, Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study (2021)
      Background: To contribute to the WHO initiative, VISION 2020: The Right to Sight, an assessment of global vision impairment in 2020 and temporal change is needed. We aimed to extensively update estimates of global vision ...
    • Unilateral Retinal Pigment Epithelium Dysgenesis: Long-Term Natural Evolution and Multimodal Imaging 

      Riga P., Dastiridou A., Tzetzi D., Androudi S., Brazitikos P. (2020)
      Purpose: To present the natural course and describe the characteristic findings of a case of unilateral retinal pigment epithelium dysgenesis (URPED) and highlight the optical coherence tomography angiography characteristics ...
    • Verbal working memory and reading abilities among students with visual impairment 

      Argyropoulos V., Masoura E., Tsiakali T.K., Nikolaraizi M., Lappa C. (2017)
      Aim This study investigated the relationship between working memory (WM) and reading abilities among students with visual impairment (VI). Seventy-five students with VI (visually impairment and blindness), aged 10–15 years ...