Purpose To evaluate whether retro-backplate retroprosthetic membrane is correlated with risk of melt in patients with a type I Boston Keratoprosthesis (KPro). Design Retrospective, observational case series. Methods Study of…
Purpose To evaluate the therapeutic effects of topical tacrolimus ointment on refractory inflammatory ocular surface diseases. Design Retrospective interventional consecutive case series. Methods In Severance Hospital, Seoul, South Korea, 0.02%…
Purpose To identify clinical, demographic, immunologic, and health-related quality-of-life data from a cohort of vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) patients with the onset of the disease after puberty (VKC-like disease). Design Retrospective,…
Soon after the discovery of “visual purple” or rhodopsin by physiologist Franz Boll of the University of Rome in 1876, Wilhelm “Willy” Friedrick Kühne (1837-1900), a physiologist and Helmhotz’s successor…
Purpose To increase the vaccination rate and identify barriers to administration of the vaccine against herpes zoster by having ophthalmologists screen and provide the vaccine. Design Prospective interventional cohort study….
Purpose To determine the value of anterior chamber paracentesis with polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in patients with anterior uveitis. Design Retrospective observational case series. Methods setting : Bascom Palmer Eye…
Purpose To explore the association of angiographic nonperfusion in focal and diffuse recalcitrant diabetic macular edema (DME) in diabetic retinopathy (DR). Design A retrospective, observational case series of patients with…
Media Type: Textbook Synopsis: The diagnosis and treatment of children with retinoblastoma have been incredibly successful since the past half century in improving survival and cure, eye preservation and, occasionally,…
Media Type: Book series Synopsis: The overwhelming sea of new knowledge added to the field of pediatric ophthalmology, constantly, makes it difficult for clinicians to grasp every single detail in…
Purpose To describe racial variations in the prevalence of refractive errors among adult white, Chinese, Hispanic, and black subjects in the United States. Design Cross-sectional data from a prospective cohort…
