The Effect of General Anesthesia and Strabismus Surgery on the Intellectual Abilities of Children: A Pilot Study

Jan 12, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on The Effect of General Anesthesia and Strabismus Surgery on the Intellectual Abilities of Children: A Pilot Study

Purpose To determine the influence of general anesthesia and strabismus surgery on children’s intellectual abilities. Design Prospective, observational study. Methods settings: Institutional. patients: Children 5 to 10 years of age…

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Long-term Outcomes of Undercorrection Versus Full Correction After Unilateral Intraocular Lens Implantation in Children

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Purpose To evaluate the impact of full correction vs undercorrection on the magnitude of the myopic shift and postoperative visual acuity after unilateral intraocular lens (IOL) implantation in children. Design…

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Glare’s Causes, Consequences, and Clinical Challenges After a Century of Ophthalmic Study

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Purpose To provide a multidisciplinary synthesis of scientific information on disability, discomfort, dazzling, and scotomatic (photostress) glare. Design Perspective. Methods Analysis and integration of relevant historical and contemporary publications on…

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We thank Dr Kim for his insight into our article. Our study is not as well designed as the ARCANE study, because we did not follow up sensitivity to antibiotics…

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Antibiotic Use and Antimicrobial Resistance

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I read with great interest the article by Alabiad and associates entitled, “Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles of Ocular and Nasal Flora in Patients Undergoing Intravitreal Injections.” I would like to commend…

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We thank Drs Huising and McGwin for commenting on our article. Although we acknowledge that defining the study as a prospective, case-control one may appear incorrect and apparently misleading, we…

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We appreciate the interest and comments of Aktas and associates concerning our article. They reviewed our study and reported their concerns about the absence of further examination of participants such…

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Prophylactic Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty in the Prevention of Intraocular Pressure Elevation After Intravitreal Triamcinolone Acetonide Injection

Jan 12, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Prophylactic Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty in the Prevention of Intraocular Pressure Elevation After Intravitreal Triamcinolone Acetonide Injection

In the article titled “Prophylactic Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty in the Prevention of Intraocular Pressure Elevation After Intravitreal Triamcinolone Acetonide Injection,” by Bozkurt and associates, the authors mentioned that the intraocular…

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Aqueous Humor Levels of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Before and After Intravitreal Bevacizumab in Type 3 Versus Type 1 and 2 Neovascularization: A Prospective, Case-Control Study

Jan 12, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Aqueous Humor Levels of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Before and After Intravitreal Bevacizumab in Type 3 Versus Type 1 and 2 Neovascularization: A Prospective, Case-Control Study

The recently published study by Dell’omo and associates is described as a prospective case-control study; however, this is incorrect. The study participants were selected based on previously untreated type 1,…

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We thank Lee and associates for their interest and comments regarding our paper, “Combined intravitreal ranibizumab and photodynamic therapy for retinal angiomatous proliferation.” We had an interest in reading the…

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