Purpose To compare the clinical outcomes of two treatment approaches for bilateral nasolacrimal duct obstruction (NLDO) in infancy. Design Multicenter, randomized clinical trial. Methods We studied 57 infants between the…
The article by Burkholder and associates is a useful addition to the literature in that it highlights the relatively uncommon complication of inadvertent trypan blue staining of the posterior capsule…
Purpose To examine movement of the internal canalicular orifice with blinking and lacrimal drainage under endonasal endoscopic observation after dacryocystorhinostomy. Design Observational anatomic study. Methods Twenty internal canalicular orifices (right…
Purpose To report the risk factors and microbiological profile of pediatric microbial keratitis cases in a tertiary care hospital in Hong Kong. Design Retrospective study. Methods Case records of patients…
Purpose To determine the effect of general anesthesia on the accommodative tone in children. Design Cohort study in an academic practice. Methods In children under 12 years of age who…
Purpose To describe the relationships of selected candidate genes to the prevalence of early age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in a cohort of whites, blacks, Hispanics, and Chinese Americans. Design Cross-sectional…
Purpose To examine if myopia is a risk factor for age-related cataract. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis. Methods A systematic review of the literature was performed using PubMed and Embase…
Purpose To estimate the age- and sex-specific prevalence of early age-related macular degeneration (AMD; drusen and retinal pigment abnormalities) and late AMD (exudative AMD and geographic atrophy) in the Japanese…
Purpose To analyze dome-shaped maculas topographic features and related serous retinal detachment (SRD) in eyes with myopic staphyloma. Design Retrospective, observational case series. Methods We reviewed the records of 48…
Purpose To investigate the morphologic characteristics of macular commotio retinae using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SDOCT) and develop a grading system for traumatic photoreceptor damage. Design Retrospective, observational case series….
