Purpose To investigate the prevalence and degree of macular thinning on optical coherence tomography (SDOCT) in African-American female patients with asymptomatic sickle cell disease. Design Prospective comparative case series. Methods…
Purpose To evaluate the effects of previously reported host genetics factors that influence cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis incidence, progression to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), and efficacy of highly active antiretroviral…
Purpose To assess the risks of vitrectomy for the removal of primary and secondary vitreous opacities. Design Retrospective, nonrandomized, interventional case series. Methods We reviewed the results of 116 consecutive…
Purpose To study the prognostic factors that influence best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) outcome in patients with secondary epiretinal membrane (ERM) after retinal detachment surgery. Design Retrospective case series. Methods Forty-two…
Purpose To estimate the rate of macular hole formation in fellow eyes with a perifoveal posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) and early stage 1 intrafoveal lesions in patients with a unilateral…
Purpose To investigate the progression of vascular lesions of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) as viewed with indocyanine green angiography and the visual prognosis of these eyes. Design Retrospective case study….
Purpose To investigate functional abnormalities in eyes with central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC). Design Observational case series. Methods Sixteen eyes with CSC were enrolled. Autofluorescence densitometry was performed to measure the…
Purpose To evaluate the effect of low-fluence photodynamic therapy (PDT) on central retinal sensitivity and fixation stability as compared with standard-fluence PDT for treating chronic central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC). Design…
Purpose To evaluate changes in the prevalence of antiplatelet (aspirin, clopidogrel) and anticoagulation (warfarin) therapy and its possible relationship to postoperative bleeding in vitreoretinal surgery (VRS) patients. Design Observational, retrospective…
Purpose To critically review the treatment of traumatic optic neuropathy. Design A perspective of clinical and basic science studies related to traumatic optic neuropathy and its treatment. Methods Published clinical…
