Purpose To evaluate the prevalence of dry eye syndrome (DES) and its associated risk factors in a US Veterans Affairs population receiving ocular care services. Design Retrospective study. Methods settings:…
Purpose To identify patient characteristics influencing treatment outcomes of allograft corneal rejection. Design Retrospective case file review. Methods Files containing details of first episode of corneal allograft rejections in patients…
Purpose To evaluate the effect of vitrectomy timing on outcomes for patients with crystalline retained lens fragments receiving vitrectomy 3+ days after cataract surgery. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis of…
Purpose To review the role of intervisit intraocular pressure (IOP) fluctuation as an independent risk factor for glaucoma. Design Perspective after literature review. Methods Analysis of pertinent publications in the…
Purpose To discuss the current role of laser therapies in the management of retinal vascular and neovascular diseases. Design Perspective. Methods Laser’s role in the management of diabetic retinopathy, age-related…
Intraocular injections of anti–vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) agents have yielded dramatic improvements in the management of a wide variety of neovascular ocular diseases including age-related macular degeneration (AMD), diabetic…
Purpose To correlate macular structural changes by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) with functional changes by scanning laser ophthalmoscope (SLO) microperimetry testing in patients with sickle cell hemoglobinopathies. Design Prospective,…
Jalali and associates must be congratulated for their prospective series in which they report improved outcomes of laser photoablation for aggressive posterior retinopathy of prematurity (APROP). The authors emphasized the…
Purpose To evaluate the efficacy and safety of monthly intravitreal ranibizumab for the treatment of choroidal neovascularizations (CNV) secondary to angioid streaks (AS) in pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE). Design Twelve-month prospective,…
