Purpose To explore the relationship between the visual field index (VFI) and the visual field mean deviation (MD) in glaucoma patients with moderately advanced perimetric damage and to identify the…
Purpose To summarize the epidemiology of pathologic myopia and myopic choroidal neovascularization (CNV) and their impact on vision. Design Systematic literature review of all English-language studies evaluating the epidemiology and…
Purpose To develop a score along with an estimated probability of disease for detecting angle closure based on anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS OCT) imaging. Design Cross-sectional study. Methods…
Purpose To evaluate intraocular pressure (IOP) after phacoemulsification in patients with medically controlled open-angle glaucoma (OAG), and examine the association of biometric variables to IOP changes. Design Retrospective case series….
Unoperated cataract remains the most common cause of blindness worldwide, even though the disorder can be effectively and inexpensively treated with a standard surgical procedure. Visual impairment attributable to unoperated…
In this issue, Amparo and associates purport that tear osmolarity has little utility in assessing therapeutic changes in dry eye patients. We will explain how this faulty conclusion is a…
In this issue of the Journal , Drs. Slabaugh, Bojikian, Moore, and Chen report the effects of phacoemulsification cataract surgery on intraocular pressure in their patients with medically-controlled open-angle glaucoma….
Purpose To describe the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of fungal isolates to natamycin and voriconazole, and to compare these MICs to previous ocular susceptibility studies. Design Experimental laboratory study using…
Purpose To test whether single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the 4 vitamin D family genes ( DHCR7 , CYP2R1 , CYP27B1 , and CYP24A1 ) previously associated with several autoimmune…
