Purpose To provide a review of commercially available spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD OCT) systems in clinical ophthalmology. Design Perspective. Methods Review of current manufacturer information, selected articles from the…
Purpose To review the current state of molecular genetic testing as it relates to pediatric ophthalmology and to discuss its uses. Design Review and evaluation of available molecular genetic testing….
The design of nonrandomized studies for causal effect estimation is an important enterprise. Although propensity score methods are now standard statistical tools in many branches of medical research and epidemiology…
Anti–vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy has rapidly become the current standard treatment for exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Although the anti-VEGF drugs currently applied to the eye have only…
C. Everett Koop, the former U.S. Surgeon General, famously remarked, “Drugs don’t work in patients who don’t take them.” Researchers define “compliance” as the extent to which patients take medications…
Media Type: Textbook Synopsis: This book is an 8 th edition of the classic textbook originally published by Drs. Shaffer and Becker in 1961. The goal is “to provide, in…
Media Type: Textbook Synopsis: The scope of oculoplastic cosmetic procedures continues to expand in both range and depth of understanding. Pearls and Pitfalls in Cosmetic Oculoplastic Surgery ambitiously reviews many…
Media Type: Handbook/textbook Synopsis: Alastair Denniston and Philip Murray have followed up the first edition of the Oxford Handbook of Ophthalmology with an excellent, very thorough handbook that is useful…
Marco A. Zarbin, MD, is this year’s recipient of the Heed Award. Dr. Zarbin, a previous Heed Fellow, received the award at the annual alumni luncheon of the Society of…
