The Icepick Operation
Well-meaning but controversial, even Kafkaesque, was the surgical technique introduced by the American neurologist Walter Freeman to treat severe mental illness in the 1940s and 1950s. The Portuguese neurologist Egas…
OPHTHALMOLOGY
Reporting Visual Acuities
The AJO encourages authors to report the visual acuity in the manuscript using the same nomenclature that was used in gathering the data provided they were recorded in one of…
Naming the Precursors of Conjunctival Melanoma
Dr Folberg provided me with one of my most rewarding professional collaborations when we joined forces in the late 1980s to write a pair of papers on benign conjunctival melanocytic…
Terrien Marginal Degeneration: Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes
We read with interest the article on Terrien marginal degeneration by Chan and associates. The authors mentioned that 7 out of 25 patients (28%) had unilateral disease. However, they did…
Conversion to Aflibercept After Prior Anti-VEGF Therapy for Persistent Diabetic Macular Edema
Purpose To evaluate the short-term functional and anatomic outcomes of patients with persistent diabetic macular edema (DME) who were converted from bevacizumab and/or ranibizumab to aflibercept. Design Retrospective, interventional, noncomparative,…
Influence of Eyelid Pressure on Fluorescein Staining of Ocular Surface in Dry Eyes
We have read with great interest the article by Yoshioka and associates. The study used a novel measurement system that they developed for measuring eyelid pressure. The results showed that…
Protocols for Studies of Intraocular Lens Formula Accuracy
We read with interest the editorial by Hoffer and associates and appreciate the authors’ efforts to standardize methods for studies assessing the accuracy of intraocular lens (IOL) power calculations. However,…
