Purpose To evaluate the role of protein energy malnutrition and immunization profile in cases of atraumatic microbial keratitis in preschool children. Design Retrospective case analysis. Methods Case records of all…
Purpose To report clinical outcomes of the treatment of ocular Demodex folliculorum with oral ivermectin. Design Noncomparative, interventional case series. Methods Setting. Institutional. Study Population . Twenty-four eyes of 12…
Purpose To compare anterior lamellar keratoplasty (ALK) with the reference surgical technique (penetrating keratoplasty [PK]) for risk of rejection. Design Retrospective, comparative case series. Methods setting: Institutional. patients: One hundred…
Purpose To investigate the effect of culture conditions of donor tissue on functional outcome after Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty. Design Retrospective, single-center, consecutive case series. Methods Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty…
Purpose To describe myofibroblastic metaplasia of corneal endothelial cells in 2 cases with impaired visual function despite complete graft adherence after Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK). Design Interventional case series….
Purpose To investigate the prevalence and degree of macular thinning on optical coherence tomography (SDOCT) in African-American female patients with asymptomatic sickle cell disease. Design Prospective comparative case series. Methods…
Purpose To evaluate the effects of previously reported host genetics factors that influence cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis incidence, progression to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), and efficacy of highly active antiretroviral…
Purpose To assess the risks of vitrectomy for the removal of primary and secondary vitreous opacities. Design Retrospective, nonrandomized, interventional case series. Methods We reviewed the results of 116 consecutive…
Purpose To study the prognostic factors that influence best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) outcome in patients with secondary epiretinal membrane (ERM) after retinal detachment surgery. Design Retrospective case series. Methods Forty-two…
Purpose To estimate the rate of macular hole formation in fellow eyes with a perifoveal posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) and early stage 1 intrafoveal lesions in patients with a unilateral…
