Purpose To investigate tear function and prevalence of dry eye disease (DED) in visual display terminal (VDT) users. Design Cross-sectional study. Methods Six hundred and seventy-two young and middle-aged Japanese…
Purpose To determine whether liquid culture media are helpful in the diagnosis of infectious keratitis. Design Retrospective noncomparative case series. Subjects and Methods This is a retrospective review of microbiology…
Purpose To determine the lifetime risk and duration of blindness in patients with manifest open-angle glaucoma (OAG). Design Retrospective chart review. Methods We studied glaucoma patients who died between January…
Purpose To identify the optimal dose of a novel Rho kinase inhibitor, K-115, by assessing dose dependency of the intraocular pressure (IOP)-lowering effects and the safety in patients with primary…
Purpose To validate and evaluate the reliability of retinal vessel diameter measurements by optical coherence tomography (OCT). The effects of age and hypertension on vessel diameter were also examined. Design…
Purpose To describe a series of patients with geographic atrophy independent of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) in pseudoxanthoma elasticum and to report progression over time. Design Retrospective observational case series. Methods…
Purpose To determine the percentage of ranibizumab-treated patients with retinal vein occlusion (RVO) who had resolution of edema for at least 6 months after the last injection, along with factors and…
Purpose To investigate the predictive factors for diabetic macular ischemia progression through the analysis of fluorescein angiography (FA) parameters. Design Retrospective, longitudinal study. Methods Data were collected from 79 eyes…
Purpose To study the prevalence and 3-dimensional (3-D) tomographic features of focal choroidal excavations in eyes with central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) using swept-source optical coherence tomography (OCT). Design Prospective, cross-sectional…
Purpose To evaluate changes in contrast sensitivity after surgery for macula-on rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD). Design Prospective, interventional, consecutive, case-control study. Methods This study included 84 eyes of 84 patients…
