Purpose To describe the clinical features and management of ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN) after corneal graft. Design Retrospective case series of 4 patients. Methods Four eyes of 4 patients…
Purpose To evaluate the effects of the Boston Ocular Surface Prosthesis (Boston Foundation for Sight, Needham, Massachusetts, USA) on visual acuity (VA) and visual functioning in patients with severe corneal…
Purpose To investigate the possibility of replacing the metaplastic ocular surface with nasal mucosa, and to evaluate the results of autologous nasal and oral mucosal transplantation in cicatricial ocular surface…
Purpose To describe the ocular injuries related to airsoft gun bullets, investigate the ballistics of airsoft bullets, record real-time impact of the bullets on an eye, and investigate the histopathologic…
Purpose To reexamine the role of the vitreous gel in ocular health and disease based on recent information in the ophthalmic literature. Design Perspective. Methods Review, analysis, and discussion of…
Purpose To describe the characteristics and course of late varicella-zoster virus (VZV) dendriform keratitis in patients with histories of herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO); to describe responses of corneal lesions to…
Purpose To provide a review of commercially available spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD OCT) systems in clinical ophthalmology. Design Perspective. Methods Review of current manufacturer information, selected articles from the…
Purpose To review the current state of molecular genetic testing as it relates to pediatric ophthalmology and to discuss its uses. Design Review and evaluation of available molecular genetic testing….
The design of nonrandomized studies for causal effect estimation is an important enterprise. Although propensity score methods are now standard statistical tools in many branches of medical research and epidemiology…
C. Everett Koop, the former U.S. Surgeon General, famously remarked, “Drugs don’t work in patients who don’t take them.” Researchers define “compliance” as the extent to which patients take medications…
