OPHTHALMOLOGY
Simultaneous Bilateral Endophthalmitis After Immediate Sequential Bilateral Cataract Surgery: What’s the Risk of Functional Blindness?
I applaud Li and associates for their thoughtful discussion concerning the risk of endophthalmitis after immediate bilateral cataract surgery. The punch line is this: that in view of burgeoning health…
Chorioretinal Folds: Associated Disorders and a Related Maculopathy
We read the recent article “Chorioretinal Folds: Associated Disorders and a Related Maculopathy,” by Olsen and associates, with great interest. The authors describe a large case series of patients with…
The Maccabi Glaucoma Study: Prevalence and Incidence of Glaucoma in a Large Israeli Health Maintenance Organization
Purpose To investigate the prevalence and incidence of glaucoma in a large health maintenance organization (HMO) in Israel. Design A population-based retrospective cohort study, conducted using electronic medical database. Methods…
Intracameral Triamcinolone Acetonide in Glaucoma Surgery: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial
Purpose To evaluate the efficacy and safety of intracameral triamcinolone acetonide (TA) in glaucoma surgery. Design Prospective randomized clinical trial. Methods setting : Institutional—Wills Eye Hospital. study population : Patients…
Long-Term Results After Proton Beam Therapy for Retinal Papillary Capillary Hemangioma
Purpose To evaluate the potential benefit and risk of proton beam therapy in the treatment of symptomatic retinal papillary capillary hemangioma. Design Retrospective interventional case series. Methods This study included…
Gray Hyper-Reflective Subretinal Exudative Lesions in Exudative Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Purpose To investigate the effects of ranibizumab 0.5 mg on gray hyper-reflective subretinal lesions diagnosed by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD OCT) in patients with exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Design…
Paracentral Acute Middle Maculopathy in Nonischemic Central Retinal Vein Occlusion
Purpose To better characterize a novel spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) presentation, termed paracentral acute middle maculopathy, to describe this finding in patients with nonischemic central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO),…
Predicting the Need for Surgical Intervention in Pediatric Orbital Cellulitis
Purpose To investigate the predictive value of the complete ophthalmic examination at first presentation in foreseeing the need for surgery in patients with pediatric orbital cellulitis. Design Retrospective observational case…
