Sentence examples for preserving visual function from inspiring English sources

To compare the alpha2-adrenergic agonist brimonidine tartrate 0.2% to the beta-adrenergic antagonist timolol maleate 0.5% in preserving visual function in low-pressure glaucoma.

However, lowering IOP itself is not always effective for preserving visual function in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG).

25 Early treatment of glaucoma is known to be critical in preserving visual function, and prompt diagnosis in SWS is important as glaucoma can be present from birth.

Although elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) is an important risk factor for ONH degeneration and retinal ganglion cell (RGC) death in glaucoma, lowering IOP is not always effective for preserving visual function in patients.

Also, our comparison of the changes in the participants' visual function with the gradual deterioration of visual function that would be expected based on previous studies, [ 27, 28] suggests a benefit of lutein supplementation in preserving visual function.

2 3 Lowering of IOP remains the only current therapeutic approach for preserving visual function in patients suffering from glaucoma and is the goal of currently available glaucoma treatment.

To examine whether MSCs preserved visual function after intravenous administration, we conducted the aforementioned functional tests that correlated very well with the morphological neuroprotective data.

Accurate and prompt diagnosis and treatment are important in order to preserve visual function [11].

To report four patients with aniridia, preserved visual function, and no detectable mutations in PAX6.

It would therefore be beneficial to develop treatments that preserve visual function through mechanisms other than lowering IOP.

In cases such as this, an emergent canthotomy/canthal cutdown may preserve visual function; however, time is imperative as permanent optic nerve injury can occur within minutes [10].