Pharmacokinetic Study of Vitreous and Serum Concentrations of Triamcinolone Acetonide After Posterior Sub-Tenon’s Injection

Jan 12, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Pharmacokinetic Study of Vitreous and Serum Concentrations of Triamcinolone Acetonide After Posterior Sub-Tenon’s Injection

Purpose To compare a theoretical pharmacokinetic model of triamcinolone acetonide after posterior sub-Tenon’s injection with experimental serum and undiluted vitreous triamcinolone acetonide concentrations obtained during pars plana vitrectomy. Design Clinical-practice,…

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Graft Rejection Following Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty: Features, Risk Factors, and Outcomes

Jan 12, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Graft Rejection Following Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty: Features, Risk Factors, and Outcomes

Purpose To investigate the clinical features, risk factors, and treatment outcomes following immunologic graft rejection in eyes that have undergone Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK). Design Retrospective case review….

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Surgical and Visual Outcomes of the Type I Boston Keratoprosthesis for the Management of Aniridic Fibrosis Syndrome in Congenital Aniridia

Jan 12, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Surgical and Visual Outcomes of the Type I Boston Keratoprosthesis for the Management of Aniridic Fibrosis Syndrome in Congenital Aniridia

Purpose To report the clinical features and surgical management of aniridic fibrosis syndrome using the type I Boston Keratoprosthesis (KPro). Design Interventional case series. Methods Retrospective chart review of 9…

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AJO History of Ophthalmology Series

Jan 12, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on AJO History of Ophthalmology Series

The search for an effective treatment for retinal detachment involved many false hypotheses and misconceived surgical techniques, even after De Wecker and Leber in 1875 and 1882 proposed that retinal…

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Reduced-Fluence Photodynamic Therapy Combined With Intravitreal Bevacizumab for Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy

Jan 12, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Reduced-Fluence Photodynamic Therapy Combined With Intravitreal Bevacizumab for Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy

Purpose To evaluate the efficacy and safety of reduced-fluence photodynamic therapy (PDT) combined with bevacizumab for polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV). Design Prospective, noncomparative, interventional case series. Methods Sixteen treatment-naïve patients…

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Peripheral Exudative Hemorrhagic Chorioretinopathy: Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy and Hemodynamic Modifications

Jan 12, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Peripheral Exudative Hemorrhagic Chorioretinopathy: Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy and Hemodynamic Modifications

Purpose To investigate choroidal vascular abnormalities in peripheral exudative hemorrhagic chorioretinopathy, using dynamic ultrawide-field fluorescein angiography (FA) and indocyanine green angiography (ICGA). Design Prospective observational case series. Methods This institutional…

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Correlation Between Plasma Pentosidine Concentrations and Retinal Hemodynamics in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Jan 12, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Correlation Between Plasma Pentosidine Concentrations and Retinal Hemodynamics in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Purpose To investigate whether plasma pentosidine, a well-defined advanced glycation end product, is associated with retinal hemodynamic abnormalities in patients with type 2 diabetes. Design Prospective cross-sectional study. Methods Forty-two…

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Multimodal Fundus Imaging in Choroidal Osteoma

Jan 12, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Multimodal Fundus Imaging in Choroidal Osteoma

Purpose To describe the morphologic features of calcified and decalcified choroidal osteomas using multimodal imaging and correlate these findings with a previous histopathologic study. Design Retrospective observational case series. Methods…

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