Purpose To develop a novel method of posterior fixation suture augmented by the application of Marlex mesh and to evaluate the surgical results in a rabbit model. Design Animal study….
Purpose To evaluate objectively the accommodative response in patients who have intermittent exotropia with a dominant eye. Design Observational cohort study. Methods setting: Institutional. patients: One hundred thirty-three patients younger…
Purpose To report the repeatability of a digital head-posture measuring system when used to record anomalous head postures in children. Design Prospective study and clinical laboratory investigation. Methods Using a…
Purpose To determine the incidence of neonatal endogenous endophthalmitis in the United States between 1998 and 2006 and to identify associated risk factors. Design Retrospective cohort study. Methods We used…
Purpose To evaluate possible changes in the collagen and elastic components of the subepithelial connective tissue of human pterygium. Design Immunohistochemical study. Methods Immunohistochemical staining using antitropoelastin, anti-fibulin-2, and anti-fibulin-3…
Among the stranger bits of old folk traditions was the association of smallpox and the color red. It advised that the patient dress in red clothes, consume red food and…
Purpose To examine the shift in astigmatic error following the use of oral propranolol as first-line treatment for periocular capillary hemangioma. Design Retrospective observational study. Methods study population: Three healthy…
Purpose To assess visual results and compare methods of measuring central corneal thickness (CCT) and corneal opacity thickness (COT) in patients with corneal opacities induced by epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (EKC) and…
Purpose To assess the use of a new polygonal trephination pattern for penetrating keratoplasty (PK) assisted by femtosecond laser. Design Prospective, nonrandomized clinical study. Methods Sixteen eyes underwent decagonal PK….
Purpose To evaluate complications and clinical outcomes of Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty in eyes with preexisting anterior chamber intraocular lenses. Design Retrospective review. Methods Thirty-one patients who underwent Descemet…
