Use of the Patient Acceptable Symptom State and the Minimal Clinically Important Difference to Evaluate the Outcomes of Cataract Extraction

Jan 16, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Use of the Patient Acceptable Symptom State and the Minimal Clinically Important Difference to Evaluate the Outcomes of Cataract Extraction

Purpose To determine the minimal clinically important difference and the patient acceptable symptom state for visual acuity and visual function, 2 key visual outcomes for patients undergoing cataract extraction, as…

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Reporting Visual Acuities

Jan 16, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on 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…

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Risk Factors for Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma and Pseudoexfoliative Glaucoma in the Thessaloniki Eye Study

Jan 16, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Risk Factors for Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma and Pseudoexfoliative Glaucoma in the Thessaloniki Eye Study

Purpose To investigate risk factors for primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and pseudoexfoliative glaucoma (PEXG) in the Thessaloniki Eye Study. Design Cross-sectional, population-based study. Methods Randomly selected subjects 60 years of…

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AJO History of Ophthalmology Series

Jan 16, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on AJO History of Ophthalmology Series

There are two different traditions about the giant Cyclopes of ancient Greece. Polyphemus, the Cyclope blinded by Odysseus in the Odyssey , is depicted as a malevolent monster, but curiously,…

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Intraocular Interleukin-17 and Proinflammatory Cytokines in HLA-A29–Associated Birdshot Chorioretinopathy

Jan 16, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Intraocular Interleukin-17 and Proinflammatory Cytokines in HLA-A29–Associated Birdshot Chorioretinopathy

Purpose To determine the levels of 23 immune mediators in paired aqueous humor (AqH) and serum samples from patients with birdshot chorioretinopathy (BSCR). Design Single-centre case-control study. Methods A multiplex…

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