Purpose To report the results of a 2-year follow-up study of Japanese polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) patients treated with reduced-fluence photodynamic therapy (PDT) monotherapy. Design Prospective interventional case series. Methods…
Purpose To evaluate 4-year treatment results of neovascular age-related macular degeneration with ranibizumab using a variable dosing regimen. Design Retrospective, single-center chart review. Methods This was a retrospective single-center study…
Purpose To assess whether the pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PXS) is associated with the long-term incidence of cataract or cataract surgery. Design Population-based cohort study. Methods The Blue Mountains Eye Study examined…
Purpose To present the current understanding of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) pathogenesis, based on clinical evidence, epidemiologic data, histopathologic examination, and genetic data; to provide an update on current and…
Purpose To investigate the functional and morphologic midterm outcome of phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) for Thiel-Behnke corneal dystrophy diagnosed by gene-mutation analysis. Design Retrospective, single-center clinical study. Methods Between July 2001…
Purpose To compare visual, refractive, topographic, and corneal higher-order aberration outcome at the 2-year follow-up after customized photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) followed by cross-linking (CXL) as a single procedure versus CXL…
Purpose To perform a comparative cost-effectiveness analysis of Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) and penetrating keratoplasty (PK) for corneal endothelial disease. Design Retrospective cost-effectiveness analysis. Methods This cost-effectiveness analysis…
Purpose To determine the spectrum of conjunctival flora and the antibiotic susceptibility profiles of patients undergoing cataract surgery at a Midwestern university. Design Prospective in vitro laboratory investigation of a…
Purpose To estimate the probability of allograft rejection, graft failure, and recurrent keratoconus (KC) and to assess vision-specific quality of life 20 to 25 years after corneal transplantation for KC….
Purpose To define the cytologic composition of the double-layered epithelial lining of dacryops (lacrimal duct cyst), improve histopathologic diagnosis, and better understand pathogenesis. Design Clinicopathologic retrospective study with immunohistochemical studies…
