Purpose To investigate whether cataract surgery was beneficial in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) receiving monthly ranibizumab injections in the ANCHOR (Anti-VEGF Antibody for the Treatment of Predominantly…
Purpose To report pathologic evaluation and diagnostic yield of an aspiration cutter-assisted biopsy of anterior segment tumors. Design Retrospective, consecutive, interventional case series. Methods Fifty-five eyes of 55 patients with…
Purpose To report the results and complications of an aspiration cutter-assisted anterior segment tumor biopsy performed under viscoelastic. Design Retrospective, consecutive, interventional case series. Methods Fifty-five patients with anterior segment…
Purpose To determine whether deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) using acellular glycerol-cryopreserved corneal tissue (GCCT) could prevent allograft rejection in high-risk corneas. Design Prospective, randomized, comparative study. Methods settings: The…
Purpose To report the results of oral mucosal graft for reconstruction of corneas with total limbal stem cell deficiency. Design Retrospective, interventional case series. Methods Seven patients (7 eyes) with…
Purpose To compare the postoperative macular thickness changes using optical coherence tomography (OCT) in eyes that underwent deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) and penetrating keratoplasty (PKP). Design Prospective, nonrandomized clinical…
Purpose To present the long-term results after simultaneous photorefractive keratectomy followed by corneal collagen cross-linking for keratoconus. Design Prospective, interventional, consecutive case series. Methods In this study, 26 patients (31…
The first major surgery done in Antarctica was an enucleation, performed during the British Antarctic Expedition of 1907-09 commanded by Sir Ernest Shackleton. Aeneas Mackintosh was the second officer of…
Purpose To compare the postoperative conjunctival inflammation around the surgical site after pterygium surgery using either amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT) or free conjunctival autograft. Design Prospective, randomized, interventional study. Methods…
Purpose To evaluate the safety and efficacy of using fibrin glue in cases of recurrent pterygium treated with pterygium excision and conjunctival autograft combined with mitomycin C. Design Retrospective, interventional…
