One-Year Outcomes After Retinal Detachment Surgery Among Medicare Beneficiaries: What Is the Message?
What are we to do with the results by Day and associates? Using real-world Medicare billing data, they report that scleral buckling (SB) and pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) have the…
Multilayered Gore-Tex Patch for Temporary Coverage of Deep Noninfectious Corneal Defects: Surgical Procedure and Clinical Experience
Purpose To evaluate the multilayer Gore-Tex patch as temporary coverage of deep, noninfectious corneal defects. Design Retrospective, interventional case series. Methods Setting: University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany. Patient population:…
Factors Influencing the Incidence of Postoperative Endophthalmitis
Having read the article by Wykoff and Associates, we were impressed to read that the endophthalmitis rate at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute (BPEI) was 2.8 per 10 000 for…
Effects of Green Diode Laser in the Treatment of Pediatric Coats Disease
Purpose To review the effect of green diode laser ablation therapy on retinal structure and functional outcome in patients with advanced Coats disease. Design Retrospective, interventional case series. Methods Fourteen…
Outcomes of a Protocol-Based Management for Zone 1 Retinopathy of Prematurity: The Indian Twin Cities ROP Screening Program Report Number 2
Purpose To report the outcomes of zone 1 aggressive posterior retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) treated with aggressive laser photocoagulation by a protocol-based approach over a 10-year period. Design Prospective, interventional…
Intralesional Triamcinolone Acetonide Injection Versus Incision and Curettage for Primary Chalazia: A Prospective, Randomized Study
Purpose To compare treatment outcomes of intralesional triamcinolone acetonide (TA) injection with incision and curettage (I&C) for primary chalazia. Design Prospective, randomized clinical trial. Methods setting: Institutional. study population: Ninety-four…
The Sparkle of the Eye: The Impact of Ocular Surface Wetness on Corneal Light Reflection
Purpose To measure the sparkle of the human eye evaluated by the intensity of corneal light reflection in normal subjects and dry eye patients to investigate whether ocular surface wetness…
Pre-seasonal Treatment With Topical Olopatadine Suppresses the Clinical Symptoms of Seasonal Allergic Conjunctivitis
Purpose To evaluate the effectiveness of pre-seasonal treatment with topical olopatadine on the reduction of clinical symptoms of seasonal allergic conjunctivitis (SAC). Design Prospective interventional case series. Methods Eleven patients…
