Purpose To evaluate outcomes in birdshot chorioretinopathy following intravitreal implantation of a fluocinolone acetonide–containing drug delivery device. Design Retrospective, multicenter, interventional case study. Methods University- and community-based tertiary care. Twenty-two…
Purpose To measure ophthalmodynamometric pressure (ODP) during vitrectomy in patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR). Design Prospective, interventional, consecutive case series. Methods This study included 75 eyes of 75 patients…
Purpose To determine the origin of fundus autofluorescence (AF) patterns in central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC). Design Retrospective, observational case series. Methods We retrospectively studied 30 consecutive eyes of 30 patients…
Purpose To investigate whether sleep-disordered breathing is a risk factor for iris and/or angle neovascularization in patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR). Design Cross-sectional comparative case series. Subjects and Methods…
Purpose To investigate the association of intraocular concentrations of inflammatory factors and improvement of macular edema after vitrectomy for patients with macular edema in branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO). Design…
The first suggestion that the two optic nerves partially crossed in the chiasm was made by Isaac Newton in a 1682 private letter to William Briggs, a physician who had…
Purpose To evaluate the morphologic retinal and choroidal changes after verteporfin photodynamic therapy (PDT) with and without ranibizumab for polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography. Design Retrospective, comparative…
Purpose To describe the spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) features of choroidal tumors imaged using enhanced depth imaging (EDI) technique. Design Prospective observational case series. Methods One tumor each from…
Purpose To demonstrate the correlation of ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM) features of iris melanoma with histopathology. Design Retrospective analysis of medical records. Methods The medical records of patients that underwent surgery…
The randomized clinical trial is the gold standard for evaluating a therapy, providing the highest evidence for the practice of evidence-based medicine. However, not all randomized clinical trials are informative…
