Purpose To compare macular vasculature in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and atrophic nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION). Design Prospective, cross-sectional study. Methods Thirty-seven eyes with moderate and…
Purpose Choriocapillaris (CC) imaging of normal eyes with swept-source optical coherence tomographic angiography (SS-OCTA) was performed, and the percentage of CC flow deficits (FD%) and the average area of CC…
Purpose To evaluate the associated factors of conversion of ocular myasthenia gravis (OMG) to generalized myasthenia gravis (GMG) among patients with seropositive acetylcholine receptor antibody (AchR Ab). Design Retrospective cohort…
Purpose To characterize the clinical features of patients with direct immunofluorescence (DIF)-negative mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP). Design Retrospective case series. Methods Thirty-six patients who underwent a conjunctival biopsy for suspected…
What a difference time makes! A total of 45 years has passed since the American Journal of Ophthalmology published my first editorial. Then, I had faulted most clinical reports in…
12 Why Femtosecond Laser for Intracorneal Rings? Efekan Coskunseven, Ioannis G. Pallikaris, and Onurcan Sahin Summary Why femtosecond laser (FSL) for intracorneal rings? The advantages of FSL technology in intracorneal…
1 Basics of Femtosecond Technology Georg Schüle Summary Due to the optical transparency of the eye lasers are widely used in ophthalmology. Femtosecond lasers in particular allow the very precise…
10 Femtosecond Laser–Assisted Keratoplasty: Penetrating with Different Cut Profiles Nilufer Yesilirmak, Juan F. Battle, Zachary Davis, and Sonia H. Yoo Summary This chapter presents different femtosecond laser cut profiles in…
16 The Femtosecond Laser in the Surgical Treatment of Presbyopia in the Lens: Options and Limitations Mateusz M. Kecik and Ronald R. Krueger Summary Presbyopia correction has been in the…
19 Crucial Steps I: Capsulotomy Mark Cherny Summary The capsulotomy is a most critical step in cataract surgery. Femtosecond laser allows great precision and consistency in forming capsulotomies. A thorough…
