Purpose To investigate the efficacy and safety of intravitreal ranibizumab for the treatment of nonproliferative macular telangiectasia (MacTel) type 2. Design Prospective, open-label, uncontrolled, nonrandomized interventional clinical trial. Methods One…
Purpose To compare long-term change in corneal astigmatism with advancing age between eyes that underwent sutureless cataract surgery and those that did not undergo surgery. Design Case-control study. Methods A…
Purpose To determine outcome of cataract surgery in severely subluxated traumatic cataracts. Design Noncomparative case series. Methods Retrospective review of cataract surgery in all consecutive eyes with at least 6…
The common misconception in superficial histories of medicine is that Joseph Lister (1827—1912) singlehandedly revolutionized surgery by applying the new germ theory to the care of the surgical patient, and…
Purpose To evaluate the physical functioning of Ethiopian trichiasis surgery patients before and 6 months after surgery. Design Nested cohort study. Methods This study was nested within the Surgery for…
Purpose To report the long-term functional and anatomic outcomes of osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis and tibial bone keratoprosthesis; to analyze the influence of clinical factors, such as surgical technique, primary diagnosis, age, and…
Purpose To study the corneal nerves in patients with chronic bullous keratopathy. Design Prospective observational case series with histologic evaluation. Methods We studied 25 eyes of 25 bullous keratopathy patients…
Purpose To evaluate integration of amniotic membrane into the corneal stroma using laser scanning in vivo confocal microscopy and anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT). Design Prospective noncomparative interventional case…
Purpose To evaluate the effect of systemic oxygen therapy in the management of acute ocular chemical and thermal burns. Design Prospective, nonrandomized, comparative, interventional case series. Methods Twenty-four eyes of…
Purpose To identify the 23 amino acid profiles in human tear fluids, and to evaluate whether the ocular disease conditions reflect the amino acid profiles. Design Laboratory investigation. Methods We…
