Purpose To determine the predictive value of ophthalmic screening tests with visually significant eye disease in a cohort of American Indian/Alaskan Natives from the Pacific Northwest. Design Validity assessment of…
Purpose To identify risk factors for device exposure and intraocular infection following implantation of a glaucoma drainage device. Design Retrospective case series. Methods The medical records of adult patients undergoing…
Purpose To evaluate distance and near image quality after hybrid bi-aspheric multifocal central presbyLASIK treatments. Design Consecutive case series. Methods Sixty-four eyes of 32 patients consecutively treated with central presbyLASIK…
Purpose To explore whether cataract surgery contributes to the progression of wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD). Design Retrospective cohort study. Methods Retrospective review was performed of consecutive patients with…
Purpose To evaluate the long-term effect of a single-piece hydrophobic acrylic intraocular lens (IOL), AcrySof SN60AT (Alcon Laboratories, Fort Worth, Texas, USA), on the development of posterior capsule opacification (PCO)…
Purpose To evaluate a novel Zernike algorithm to differentiate 3-dimensional (3-D) corneal thickness distribution of corneas with keratoconus (KC) from normal corneas. Design A retrospective development and evaluation of a…
Purpose To compare the outcomes of phacoemulsification with toric intraocular lens implantation vs phacoemulsification with monofocal intraocular lens implantation followed by photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) for correction of pre-existing astigmatism. Design…
Purpose To report the surgical outcome of “sealing the gap” in treating symblepharon caused by various etiologies other than recurrent pterygium. Design Retrospective, interventional case series. Methods Sixteen eyes of…
Purpose To compare the efficacy and safety of iris fixation with scleral fixation in surgical repositioning of dislocated intraocular lenses (IOLs). Design Retrospective, consecutive, comparative interventional case series. Methods setting…
Purpose To report the ocular complications of primary Sjögren syndrome (SS) in men. Design Retrospective cohort study. Methods setting : Tertiary-care SS center. patient population : Total of 163 consecutive…
