Corneal transplantation has evolved toward selective tissue transplantation over the last decade, with many corneal diseases being treated by a variety of anterior and posterior lamellar graft procedures. Surgeons have…
Historically, safety and efficacy have been the most important considerations in evaluating new therapies. With rapidly accelerating healthcare expenditures, increasing attention has been paid to the costs of new procedures….
Giani A, Cigada M, Choudhry N, Deiro AP, Oldani M, Pellegrini M, Invernizzi A, Duca P, Miller JW, Staurenghi G. Reproducibility of retinal thickness measurements on normal and pathologic eyes…
In their recent article, Kato and Associates described the outcomes of topography-guided conductive keratoplasty (TGCK) for advanced keratoconus in 21 eyes. The authors concluded that TGCK is effective in reshaping…
What are we to do with the results by Day and associates? Using real-world Medicare billing data, they report that scleral buckling (SB) and pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) have the…
Purpose To evaluate the multilayer Gore-Tex patch as temporary coverage of deep, noninfectious corneal defects. Design Retrospective, interventional case series. Methods Setting: University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany. Patient population:…
Having read the article by Wykoff and Associates, we were impressed to read that the endophthalmitis rate at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute (BPEI) was 2.8 per 10 000 for…
