John Keats (1795-1821): Physician and Surgeon
Soon after his mother died in 1810, John Keats at the age of 14 was apprenticed to a local physician. In 1815, he then registered as a medical student at…
Recurrent Orbital Varices After Surgical Excision With and Without Prior Embolization With n-Butyl Cyanoacrylate
Purpose To report a series of 4 recurrent orbital varices after resection, 2 of which were embolized with cyanoacrylate glue before surgery. Design Retrospective case series. Methods Charts of all…
Optic Disc Planimetry, Corneal Hysteresis, Central Corneal Thickness, and Intraocular Pressure as Risk Factors for Glaucoma
Purpose To determine whether corneal hysteresis and central corneal thickness are independent risk factors for glaucoma. Design A cross-sectional population-based cohort study. Methods Associations were tested between corneal hysteresis, measured…
Spinoza as an Optician
Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677), famous as a philosopher and pillar of the rational Enlightenment, for many years actually earned his living as a maker of telescopic lenses. He was knowledgeable about…
Hemorrhagic Retinal Infarction Due to Inadvertent Overdose of Cefuroxime in Cases of Complicated Cataract Surgery: Retrospective Case Series
Purpose To present 4 patients that developed hemorrhagic retinal infarction attributable to inadvertent overdose of cefuroxime after cataract surgery. Design Case series. Subjects and Methods Surgery in 4 patients was…
Randomized, Prospective, Comparative Trial of EX-PRESS Glaucoma Filtration Device versus Trabeculectomy (XVT Study)
Purpose To compare the clinical outcomes of the EX-PRESS glaucoma filtration device placed under a partial-thickness scleral flap with trabeculectomy. Design Randomized, prospective, multicenter trial. Methods A total of 120…
Impact of Crystalline Lens Opacification on Effective Phacoemulsification Time in Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery
Purpose To compare effective phacoemulsification time in cataract surgery performed by manual phacoemulsification vs femtosecond laser-assisted lens fragmentation. Design Retrospective, consecutive, nonrandomized, comparative case series. Methods The setting was the…
Axial Biometry of the Entire Eye Using Ultra-Long Scan Depth Optical Coherence Tomography
Purpose To assess the repeatability of axial biometry of the entire eye using ultra-long scan depth optical coherence tomography (OCT) and to investigate the agreement with IOLMaster measurements (Carl Zeiss…
Rotational Stability of a Single-Piece Toric Acrylic Intraocular Lens: A Pilot Study
Purpose To evaluate the visual performance and rotational stability of the Tecnis Toric 1-piece intraocular lens (IOL) during the first 3 postoperative months. Design Prospective, single-center study. Methods In this…
In Vivo Imaging of Cortical Vitreous Using 1050-nm Swept-Source Deep Range Imaging Optical Coherence Tomography
Purpose To image the cortical vitreous, determine the prevalence of the bursa premacularis and space of Martegiani, and measure the dimensions of the bursa using the new 1050-nm swept-source deep…
