OPHTHALMOLOGY

Book review

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Media Type: Textbook Synopsis: In this era of “Googling” our questions when taking care of patients, Drs. Fekrat and colleagues provide concise, practical answers to 49 questions/dilemmas that may come…

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Quality of Cataract Surgery

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Although cataract is recognized as the leading cause of blindness, together uncorrected refractive error after cataract surgery and complications of surgery often form the second-leading cause of blindness. Poor vision…

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We thank Dr Razeghinejad for his interest in our article on 3-year follow-up of the Tube Versus Trabeculectomy Study. The study found a progressive increase in the use of glaucoma…

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Keratoprosthesis in China

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The article “Global Corneal Blindness and the Boston Keratoprosthesis Type 1” by Ament and associates illustrates the substantial global burden of visual impairment and the relief of this burden afforded…

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We appreciate the interest and comments about our article. Drs Tariq and Mitchell state that some literature on Stratus OCT report retinal thinning in diabetics with minimal or no diabetic…

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Intraocular Pressure and Related Systemic and Ocular Biometric Factors in a Population-Based Study in Japan: The Kumejima Study

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Purpose To examine the distribution of intraocular pressure (IOP) and its related systemic and ocular biometric factors in a population-based study in a southwestern island of Japan. Design Cross-sectional, population-based…

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Bevacizumab vs Ranibizumab for Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Early Results of a Prospective Double-Masked, Randomized Clinical Trial

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A recent report in the American Journal of Ophthalmology describes the results from a prospective, randomized, double-masked clinical comparison of bevacizumab and ranibizumab for treatment of patients with age-related macular…

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