Glaucoma & Cataract, Prof. Eytan Blumenthal

List of Publications- by Prof. Blumenthal

Steroid Induced Glaucoma (Article In Hebrew)

Sapir-Pichhadze R, Blumenthal EZ. Harefuah. 2003 Feb;142(2):137-40, 157. Department of Opthalmology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel. ABSTRACT: Steroid treatment has gained notoriety due to its tendency to induce multiple side effects, including a variety of ocular side effects. Administration of local, regional, inhalation or systemic steroids may induce the development of ocular hypertension, which might […]

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Bridging Analog And Digital Video In The Surgical Setting

Miron H, Blumenthal EZ J Cataract Refract Surg. 2003 Oct;29(10):1874-7. Comment in: J Cataract Refract Surg. 2004 Oct;30(10):2032-3. Department of Ophthalmology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. ABSTRACT: Editing surgical videos requires a basic understanding of key technical issues, especially when transforming from analog to digital media. These issues include an understanding of compression-decompression (eg,

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A Two-Compartment Model Of The Human Retina

Sisak S, Banin E, Blumenthal EZ. Med Hypotheses. 2004;62(5):808-16. Department of Ophthalmology, Brasov County Hospital, Brasov, Romania. ABSTRACT: PURPOSE: In this article we question a basic concept in retinal pathology, which views the retina as composed primarily of neural elements, in a single compartment. METHODS: We suggest an alternative approach, centering on the epithelial-glial elements

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Photo Quiz: Painful Red Eye After Surgery

Am Fam Physician. 2004  1;70(1):155-156.   A patient presented to the emergency department with blurred vision, eye pain, and redness after corneal graft transplantation (Figure 1, note the radial black sutures). On physical examination, the patient had a painful red eye and decreased visual acuity. Slit-lamp examination (Figure 1, thick arrows show vertical line of slit-lamp illumination) revealed an intense

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Photo Quiz: Abnormal Ocular Findings

Am Fam Physician. 2003 Sep 1;68(5):933-934.   A 78-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes of 15 years’ duration presented for a regular checkup. Abnormal ocular fundus findings were seen bilaterally, as shown in Figure 1. She complained of mild blurred vision (visual acuity was 20/40 in both eyes), and she mentioned that she had previously been diagnosed with “early

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