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Editor: The paper by Shimada and associates describes an elegant study in which repeated application of a low concentration (0.25%) of povidone-iodine was used intraoperatively to reduce intraocular bacterial load…

We thank Fernandes and associates for their interest in our study and for actually using our method clinically in their cataract surgeries. For periocular disinfection, 10% povidone-iodine is used in…

Editor: We read with great interest the article “Reduction of anterior chamber contamination rate after cataract surgery by intraoperative surface irrigation with 0.25% povidone-iodine,” by Shimada and associates. We congratulate…

Purpose To describe the natural course of adult-onset foveomacular vitelliform dystrophy using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). Design Retrospective study. Methods We reviewed the charts of all consecutive patients with…

Purpose To evaluate fusional convergence and associations with control in children with intermittent exotropia (XT). Design Retrospective case series. Methods Sixty-four children (median age 7 years) with intermittent XT were…

Purpose To determine the concentration of the pro-angiogenic vascular endothelial growth factor VEGF 165 (VEGF) and the anti-angiogenic VEGF 165b in vitreous samples of patients with branch retinal vein occlusion…

Purpose To compare pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) with combined PPV and scleral buckle (SB) for the repair of noncomplex primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD). Design Retrospective, nonrandomized, interventional case series….

Purpose To determine longitudinal rates of ocular complications after anti–vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) treatment for neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in a nationally representative longitudinal sample. Design Retrospective, longitudinal…