Purpose To explore the structural features of juvenile X-linked retinoschisis using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT). Design Retrospective, observational cross-sectional study. Methods Eighteen male patients (34 eyes) who were diagnosed…
Purpose To clarify the relationship between evaluation items of sleep-disordered breathing and diabetic retinopathy in detail. Design Cross-sectional comparative study. Methods Sixty-eight consecutive nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy and 151 proliferative diabetic…
Purpose To determine whether the statin class of drug is protective against exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Design Case-control study. Methods The study was conducted at Kaiser Permanente Southern California….
Purpose To evaluate the efficacy of photodynamic therapy with verteporfin with intravitreal bevacizumab for polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy. Design Retrospective case study. Methods This study included 29 treatment-naïve patients with polypoidal…
Purpose To explore whether monthly intravitreal ranibizumab injections are associated with a lower rate of new choroidal neovascularization (CNV) in fellow eyes of patients with unilateral neovascular age-related macular degeneration….
Purpose To measure the tear meniscus dynamics in aqueous tear deficiency dry eye patients using optical coherence tomography. Design Clinical research study of a laboratory technique. Methods Twenty-five aqueous tear…
Purpose To evaluate the safety and tolerability of ranibizumab given via subconjunctival injection in patients with primary pterygium undergoing pterygium surgery with autograft placement. Design Prospective, open-label pilot study. Methods…
Purpose Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty is a new technique for the replacement of diseased corneal endothelium with healthy donor endothelium. During this procedure, manipulation of the donor endothelium–Descemet membrane layer…
Purpose To report the therapeutic efficacy of intracameral voriconazole injection in the treatment of fungal endophthalmitis resulting from keratitis. Design Retrospective, single-institution, consecutive case series. Methods Microbiologic and medical records…
Purpose To evaluate rates of change measured with scanning laser polarimetry with enhanced corneal compensation (GDx ECC) and compare them to those measured using the variable corneal compensation (GDx VCC)…
