Anti–vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy has rapidly become the current standard treatment for exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Although the anti-VEGF drugs currently applied to the eye have only…
Media Type: Textbook Synopsis: This book is an 8 th edition of the classic textbook originally published by Drs. Shaffer and Becker in 1961. The goal is “to provide, in…
Media Type: Textbook Synopsis: The scope of oculoplastic cosmetic procedures continues to expand in both range and depth of understanding. Pearls and Pitfalls in Cosmetic Oculoplastic Surgery ambitiously reviews many…
Media Type: Handbook/textbook Synopsis: Alastair Denniston and Philip Murray have followed up the first edition of the Oxford Handbook of Ophthalmology with an excellent, very thorough handbook that is useful…
Marco A. Zarbin, MD, is this year’s recipient of the Heed Award. Dr. Zarbin, a previous Heed Fellow, received the award at the annual alumni luncheon of the Society of…
Purpose To design a surgical procedure for correcting globe dislocation in strabismus in high myopia (highly myopic strabismus). Design Prospective, interventional case series. Methods We examined 36 eyes of 21…
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) and Toxic Epidermal necrolysis (TEN) are recognized as two of the most devastating ocular surface disorders and are extremely difficult to treat both at the acute and…
Purpose To evaluate the hypothesis that changes in nutritional status could be partly responsible for observed increases in myopia prevalence among Chinese children. Design Cross-sectional cohort study. Methods Rural Chinese…
Purpose To test the reliability and validity of questionnaires shortened from the National Eye Institute 25-item Vision Function Questionnaire (NEI VFQ-25). Design Cross-sectional, multicenter cohort study. Methods Reliability was assessed…
