Purpose To assess intraoperative variation of corneal thinnest point in keratoconic patients undergoing riboflavin/ultraviolet type A (UV-A) cross-linking treatment using noncontact time-domain optical pachymetry. Design Prospective, noncomparative interventional study. Methods…
Purpose To evaluate the efficacy of corneal debridement in the treatment of clinically diagnosed cases of microsporidial keratoconjunctivitis. Design Prospective, double-masked randomized clinical trial. Methods Patients with clinical features such…
Purpose To compare the outcomes between implantable collamer lenses (ICLs), 1 with and 1 without a central artificial hole. Design Comparative study. Methods We included 65 eyes of 65 patients…
Purpose To evaluate dry eye and meibomian gland dysfunction after cataract surgery. Design Prospective observational case series. Methods We studied 58 eyes of 48 patients who underwent phacoemulsification and evaluated…
Retinal arterial ischemia, whether transient or permanent, is a form of anterior circulation ischemic stroke caused by decreased blood flow in the ophthalmic branches of the internal carotid artery. Transient…
Purpose To investigate the impact of Bruch membrane pathology on the choroid in pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE). Design Monocenter cross-sectional prospective case series. Methods The study included 61 eyes of 51…
We read with interest the article by Nouri-Mahdavi and associates evaluating the ganglion cell/inner plexiform layer (GC/IPL) measurements in early glaucoma. They found no significant improvement in performance of GC/IPL…
Purpose To describe a model for calculating induced stress on corneal incisions during intraocular lens implantation, and to compare the nozzles of common injectors using 2 incision sizes. Design Experimental…
Purpose To report the prevalence and causes of strabismus in children with eyelid ptosis diagnosed in a well-defined population over a 40-year period. Design Retrospective, population-based cohort study. Methods We…
