Purpose To assess whether alcohol consumption is associated with the long-term incidence of cataract or cataract surgery. Design Population-based prospective cohort study. Methods A total of 3654 persons aged 49+…
Purpose To evaluate the long-term effectiveness of improved ocular alignment using a suture/T-plate anchoring platform system. Design Retrospective, noncomparative, interventional case series. Methods setting: Institutional. study population: Seven consecutive patients…
The AJO encourages authors to report the visual acuity in the manuscript using the same nomenclature that was used in gathering the data provided they were recorded in one of…
Purpose To evaluate acute-onset postoperative endophthalmitis occurring at an academic medical center and to compare rates over the last 25 years at a single institution. Design Retrospective, consecutive case series….
Purpose To evaluate binocular visual acuity (VA), contrast sensitivity, and stereopsis in myopic patients after laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK)-induced monovision. Design Prospective, observational study. Methods We performed a prospective…
Purpose To compare the functional and the anatomic outcomes of a combined surgery and consecutive surgery for macular hole and cataract extraction. Design Multicenter, retrospective, comparative case series. Patients One…
Purpose To evaluate the visual and refractive results and the incidence of complications after laser subepithelial keratectomy (LASEK) enhancement using mitomycin C (MMC) after a previous LASEK procedure with MMC….
Purpose To determine whether meibomian gland disease, a major contributor to dry eye syndrome, is associated with dyslipidemia. Design Retrospective case-control study. Methods setting: Clinical practice. patient or study population:…
Purpose To evaluate the intraoperative use of handheld Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) during Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) to assess the donor-host interface. Design Prospective, observational case series….
Purpose To evaluate a polyethylene glycol–based hydrogel bandage for its ability to secure sutureless pars plana vitrectomy sclerotomies. Design Laboratory investigation. Methods Twenty-gauge (20-G) and twenty-three gauge (23-G) sclerotomies were…
