AJO History of Ophthalmology Series
The use of air to attempt to reattach the retina predates Jules Gonin’s discovery of the underlying etiology of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. In the 1930’s, Rosengren frequently used air to…
Early Vitrectomy for Vitreous Hemorrhage Associated With Retinal Tears
Purpose To evaluate outcome of early surgery in vitreous hemorrhage, presumably associated with retinal tears. Design Retrospective, noncomparative interventional case series. Methods We included 40 consecutive cases in 39 patients…
Inhibition of Corneal Neovascularization by Topical Bevacizumab (Anti-VEGF) and Sunitinib (Anti-VEGF and Anti-PDGF) in an Animal Model
Purpose To evaluate the effects of topically applied bevacizumab and sunitinib on experimentally induced corneal neovascularization. Design Experimental animal study. Methods Thirty-six New Zealand rabbits were involved. One eye per…
Patients With an Acute Zonal Occult Outer Retinopathy–like Illness Rapidly Improve With Valacyclovir Treatment
Purpose To describe 3 cases of an acute zonal occult outer retinopathy–like illness responsive to valacyclovir hydrochloride. Design Retrospective, interventional case series. Methods Three patients were treated with valacyclovir and…
Reporting Visual Acuities
The AJO encourages authors to report the visual acuity in the manuscript using the same nomenclature that was used in gathering the data provided they were recorded in one of…
Ophthalmic Manifestations of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis and Relation to SCORTEN
Purpose To evaluate the severity of ocular involvement of patients with Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS), toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), and SJS/TEN overlap, and to investigate the relationship of the SCORTEN (a…
Topography-Guided Conductive Keratoplasty: Treatment for Advanced Keratoconus
Purpose To evaluate the use of topography-guided conductive keratoplasty in eyes with keratoconus. Design Interventional case series. Methods We examined 21 eyes in 21 patients with advanced keratoconus. Topography-guided conductive…
An Anterior Chamber Toxicity Study Evaluating Besivance, AzaSite, and Ciprofloxacin
Purpose We determined whether Besivance (Bausch & Lomb), AzaSite (Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc; both with DuraSite bioadhesive [InSite Vision, Inc]) and ciprofloxacin are toxic inside the anterior chamber. Design Randomized, masked,…
Host and Graft Thickness after Descemet Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty for Fuchs Endothelial Dystrophy
Purpose To determine relationships between vision, forward scatter, and total corneal and graft thicknesses after Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK). Design Prospective, cohort study. Methods Forty-four eyes with Fuchs endothelial…
Prognosis of Upper Eyelid Epiblepharon Repair in Down Syndrome
Objective To evaluate the recurrence rate after upper eyelid epiblepharon repair in patients with Down syndrome. Design Retrospective, observational study. Methods Total of 578 Korean children (21 with Down syndrome…
