The randomized clinical trial is the gold standard for evaluating a therapy, providing the highest evidence for the practice of evidence-based medicine. However, not all randomized clinical trials are informative…
Predicting how health reform may affect the training of future ophthalmologists has never been more difficult. To better understand the factors that will affect tomorrow’s residents, it is critical to…
“What’s in a name?” —William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet , Act 2, scene 2, lines 1–2 “Then you should say what you mean” —Lewis Carroll. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland A…
The main abnormality leading to outflow impairment in angle-closure glaucoma is mechanical obstruction of the trabecular meshwork by the peripheral iris. In most cases, this angle-closure process precedes a rise…
Media Type : Textbook (Hardcover) Synopsis : Ophthalmic surgery is a precise, technically challenging specialty. While there is obviously no substitute for hands-on experience and clinical instruction in the operating…
Media Type : Textbook (Hardcover) Synopsis : Diabetic retinopathy, the most common cause of blindness in the young adult population in the United States, truly deserves its own comprehensive textbook—and…
Media Type : Textbook (Hardcover) Synopsis: Diabetic retinopathy prevalence in the United States will dramatically increase in the near future, and it is vital for those caring for these patients…
The article “Comparison of the Correlation between Optic Disc Rim Area and Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness in Glaucoma and Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy,” by Suh and associates, reported…
Purpose To evaluate the effect of size and accommodative characteristics of fixation targets on the distant angle of deviation in patients with intermittent exotropia in the context of interobserver and…
