In their recent article, Constantinou and associates reported clinical outcomes in patients who experienced infectious keratitis after penetrating keratoplasty. Their principal conclusion was that “prolonged use of corticosteroid eye drops…
Purpose To determine the indications for the addition of a transcaruncular approach along with detachment of the medial rectus muscle during the removal of small apical cavernous hemangiomas using an…
The study by Cheng and associates one short-term external buckling with pneumatic retinopexy treating retinal detachment with inferior retinal breaks gives us new insight. Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) with inferior breaks…
Purpose To evaluate the complications of cosmetic wide conjunctivectomy and postoperative topical mitomycin C application with or without bevacizumab injection. Design Cross-sectional cohort study. Methods Medical records of 1713 consecutive…
Purpose To identify the most common corneal transplant procedures, indications, coexisting ocular diseases, and outcomes in elderly patients, and to compare younger geriatric patients with super-geriatric patients. Design Retrospective case…
We read with interest the article by Hsu and associates on ocular flora and antibiotic resistance in patients undergoing cataract surgery. As the authors indicated, the most common prophylactic practice…
Purpose To estimate retinal ganglion cell (RGC) losses associated with visible glaucomatous localized retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) defects. Design Observational cross-sectional study. Methods A multicenter study of 198 normal…
Purpose To investigate the association of spontaneous drusen regression in intermediate age-related macular degeneration (AMD) with changes on fundus photography and fundus autofluorescence (FAF) imaging. Design Prospective observational case series….
