World War I and its Collateral Damage to the Eye Journals
During the severe paper shortage of the First World War there was strong political and economic pressure in both the United States and Britain to combine the journals. Each medical…
Visual Impairment and Blindness Due to Macular Diseases Globally: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Purpose To estimate the number of people visually impaired or blind due to macular diseases except those caused by diabetic maculopathy. Design Meta-analysis. Methods Based on the Global Burden of…
Disparities in Visual Impairment by Immigrant Status in the United States
Purpose To examine differences in visual impairment between immigrants and natives in the United States (US). Design This is a cross-sectional study of clinical vision examination data from the 2003–2008…
Reproducibility of Circumpapillary Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Measurements Using Handheld Optical Coherence Tomography in Sedated Children
Purpose To determine the intra- and intervisit reproducibility of circumpapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) measures using handheld optical coherence tomography (OCT) in sedated children. Design Prospective cross-sectional and longitudinal…
Surgical Correction of Childhood Intermittent Exotropia and the Risk of Developing Mental Illness
Purpose To assess whether successful surgical intervention for intermittent exotropia, or the timing of intervention, has any effect on the development of mental illness. Design Retrospective, observational case series. Methods…
The Incidence of Neovascular Subtypes in Newly Diagnosed Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Purpose To determine the frequency of neovascularization subtypes as determined by fluorescein angiography (FA) alone vs FA and optical coherence tomography (OCT) grading in age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Design Retrospective…
Characteristics of the Retinal Surface After Internal Limiting Membrane Peeling in Highly Myopic Eyes
Purpose To document the characteristics of the retinal surface using en face optical coherence tomography (OCT) after internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling during pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) for myopic macular…
Optical Coherence Tomography–Based Measurement of Drusen Load Predicts Development of Advanced Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Purpose To determine whether baseline drusen load, as measured using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD OCT), is a useful predictor of development of advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Design Retrospective cohort…
Study of Subretinal Exudation and Consequent Changes in Acute Central Serous Chorioretinopathy by Optical Coherence Tomography
Purpose To investigate the characteristics of subretinal exudation and consequent morphologic changes in acute central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT). Design Prospective, observational, cross-sectional case series….
Serum and Plasma Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Concentrations Before and After Intravitreal Injection of Aflibercept or Ranibizumab for Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Purpose To evaluate serum and plasma vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) concentrations in neovascular age-related macular degeneration patients treated bimonthly with an intravitreal injection of aflibercept or ranibizumab. Design Prospective,…
