Purpose To correlate surgical difficulty of epiretinal membrane (ERM) removal with characteristics of ERM adherence seen by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). Design Prospective observational case series. Methods Surgical difficulty…
Purpose To evaluate the long-term anatomic features as assessed by optical coherence tomography (OCT) in patients with spontaneously closed full-thickness macular hole (MH). Design Retrospective, noncomparative, observational case series. Methods…
Purpose To investigate the potential influences that affect visual acuity (VA) outcome in a clinic-based cohort of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) patients undergoing anti–vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) treatment for…
Purpose To compare the macular choroidal thickness in 2 types of early dry-type myopic maculopathy. Design Prospective, observational, comparative study. Methods Patients with a refractive error of less than −8…
Purpose To test if the drug FK962 ( N -(1-acetylpiperidin-4-yl)-4-fluorobenzamide) facilitates axonal elongation and recovery of corneal sensitivity after creation of a corneal flap in rabbits. Design Animal study. Methods…
Purpose To investigate the value of whole-body positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) as a screening tool for patients with uveal metastasis. Design Retrospective observational case series. Methods setting: Clinical practice….
Becoming blind himself by age 21, William Moon (1818-94) developed the first widely-used means of reading for the blind: a tactile reading system termed “Moon.” It is a simpler reading…
Purpose To report the clinical outcomes of repeat autologous cultivated limbal epithelial transplantation in patients with recurrence of limbal stem cell deficiency after a failed primary procedure. Design Retrospective case…
Purpose To report a series of dislocations of the donor graft into the posterior segment associated with Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) and to identify possible risk factors for dislocation…
Purpose To develop and evaluate a new implantable collamer lens (ICL) sizing method that uses high-frequency ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM). Design Interventional case series. Methods ICL were implanted in 47 eyes…
