The Changing Face of Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma in the United States: Demographic and Geographic Changes From 2011 to 2050

Jan 12, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on The Changing Face of Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma in the United States: Demographic and Geographic Changes From 2011 to 2050

Purpose To examine how demographic and geographic variations in US populations from 2011 to 2050 will contribute to estimated numbers of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) cases. Design Cross-sectional study. Methods…

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Time-Periodic Characteristics in the Morphology of Idiopathic Central Serous Chorioretinopathy Evaluated by Volume Scan Using Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography

Jan 12, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Time-Periodic Characteristics in the Morphology of Idiopathic Central Serous Chorioretinopathy Evaluated by Volume Scan Using Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography

Purpose To investigate the time-period characteristics associated with morphologic changes in idiopathic central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) using volume scans acquired by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). Design Retrospective, observational, cross-sectional…

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Depression, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, and Dry Eye Syndrome: A Study Utilizing the National United States Veterans Affairs Administrative Database

Jan 12, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Depression, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, and Dry Eye Syndrome: A Study Utilizing the National United States Veterans Affairs Administrative Database

Purpose To study the scope of dry eye syndrome (DES) in veterans on a national level and to evaluate the relationship between psychiatric diagnoses and DES. Design Case-control study. Methods…

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Prediction of Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy after Retinal Detachment Surgery: Potential of Biomarker Profiling

Jan 12, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Prediction of Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy after Retinal Detachment Surgery: Potential of Biomarker Profiling

Purpose To investigate the potential of a combined assessment of clinical risk factors and biomarker profiling in the prediction of proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) after retinal detachment surgery. Design Retrospective case-control…

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Development and Validation of a Standardized Tool for Reporting Retinal Findings in Abusive Head Trauma

Jan 12, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Development and Validation of a Standardized Tool for Reporting Retinal Findings in Abusive Head Trauma

Purpose To develop and validate a robust standardized reporting tool for describing retinal findings in children examined for suspected abusive head trauma. Design A prospective interobserver and intraobserver agreement study….

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Visual Field and Ocular Safety During Short-Term Vigabatrin Treatment in Cocaine Abusers

Jan 12, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Visual Field and Ocular Safety During Short-Term Vigabatrin Treatment in Cocaine Abusers

Purpose To evaluate the ocular safety of short-term vigabatrin treatment of cocaine abuse. Design Multicenter, prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-masked, parallel assignment study. Methods Cocaine addicts were randomized to receive vigabatrin…

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Economic Evaluation of Endothelial Keratoplasty Techniques and Penetrating Keratoplasty in The Netherlands

Jan 12, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Economic Evaluation of Endothelial Keratoplasty Techniques and Penetrating Keratoplasty in The Netherlands

Purpose To evaluate cost-effectiveness of penetrating keratoplasty (PK), femtosecond laser-assisted Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty (FS-DSEK), and Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK). Design Cost-effectiveness analysis based on data from a…

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Reporting Visual Acuities

Jan 12, 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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