Purpose To evaluate the safety and efficacy of topical bevacizumab in the treatment of corneal neovascularization. Design Prospective, nonrandomized, interventional case series. Methods setting: Institutional, multicenter clinical trial. study population:…
Purpose To investigate the progression rates of superior and inferior hemifield defects and each hemifield in bihemifield defects in normal-tension glaucoma patients and to compare the progression rates of each…
Purpose To evaluate the morphologic features of the photoreceptor layer (by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography) and functional parameters in patients with a lamellar macular hole. Design Prospective, multicenter, observational case…
Purpose To characterize the phenomenon of dissociation of the 2 components of the sustained-release fluocinolone acetonide implant (Retisert; Bausch & Lomb) during removal or exchange procedures, or both, and to…
Purpose To assess clinical outcomes and tear cytokine levels in patients with moderate and severe meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) after treatment with oral minocycline and artificial tears versus artificial tears…
Purpose To report the effect of repeated corneal swabbing in patients with microsporidial keratoconjunctivitis. Design Retrospective noncomparative case series. Methods Sixteen eyes of 14 healthy patients with microsporidial keratoconjunctivitis were…
Purpose To compare the clinical course of Nocardia species keratitis with keratitis resulting from other bacterial organisms and to assess the effect of corticosteroids as adjunctive therapy using data collected…
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…
Purpose To present a new complication of persistent corneal edema after collagen cross-linking (CXL) in keratoconus patients. Design Retrospective case series of postoperative corneal edema after CXL. Methods study population:…
In a recent issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association ( JAMA ), Etminan and associates report in a case-control study that the use of oral fluoroquinolones is…
