The Vitreous Gel: More than Meets the Eye
Purpose To reexamine the role of the vitreous gel in ocular health and disease based on recent information in the ophthalmic literature. Design Perspective. Methods Review, analysis, and discussion of…
Late Varicella-Zoster Virus Dendriform Keratitis in Patients With Histories of Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus
Purpose To describe the characteristics and course of late varicella-zoster virus (VZV) dendriform keratitis in patients with histories of herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO); to describe responses of corneal lesions to…
Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography: A Comparison of Modern High-Resolution Retinal Imaging Systems
Purpose To provide a review of commercially available spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD OCT) systems in clinical ophthalmology. Design Perspective. Methods Review of current manufacturer information, selected articles from the…
From the Laboratory to the Clinic: Molecular Genetic Testing in Pediatric Ophthalmology
Purpose To review the current state of molecular genetic testing as it relates to pediatric ophthalmology and to discuss its uses. Design Review and evaluation of available molecular genetic testing….
Propensity Score Methods
The design of nonrandomized studies for causal effect estimation is an important enterprise. Although propensity score methods are now standard statistical tools in many branches of medical research and epidemiology…
When Should Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Treatment Be Stopped in Age-Related Macular Degeneration?
Anti–vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy has rapidly become the current standard treatment for exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Although the anti-VEGF drugs currently applied to the eye have only…
Are You Compliant With Addressing Glaucoma Adherence?
C. Everett Koop, the former U.S. Surgeon General, famously remarked, “Drugs don’t work in patients who don’t take them.” Researchers define “compliance” as the extent to which patients take medications…
