RETINA

Purpose:

To identify structural markers of active retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in foveal and parafoveal retinal layers using hand-held optical coherence tomography.

Methods:

Hand-held optical coherence tomography images (n = 278) were acquired from a prospective mixed cross-sectional longitudinal observational study of 87 participants (23–36 weeks gestational age; n = 30 with ROP, n = 57 without ROP) between 31 and 44 weeks postmenstrual age excluding treated ROP and features of cystoid macular edema. Six retinal layer thicknesses from the fovea to the parafovea were analyzed at five locations up to 1,000 µm, temporally and nasally.

Results:

The mean outer retinal thickness during active ROP increased at the fovea and parafovea from postmenstrual age 33 weeks to 39 weeks (P

Purpose:

The authors aimed to elucidate the factors related to effective lens position, tilt, and decentration of scleral fixed intraocular lenses (IOLs) with a flanged haptic technique in an artificial eye model using anterior segment optical coherence tomography.

Methods:

Two bent 27-gauge needles were passed through a 1.0- or 2.0-mm scleral tunnel, 2.0 mm posterior to the limbus and 180° apart. Both haptics of a three-piece IOL were docked with guide needles and externalized. Factors related to the IOL position were analyzed using anterior segment optical coherence tomography and a stereomicroscope.

Results:

The 1.0-mm scleral tunnel induced a significantly longer effective lens position than the 2.0-mm tunnel and suture fixation (P

Purpose:

To investigate the imaging features preceding the occurrence of type 3 (T3) macular neovascularization (MNV) using tracked spectral-domain optical coherence tomography.

Method:

From a cohort of eyes with T3 MNV and ≥ 12 months of previously tracked spectral-domain optical coherence tomography, T3 lesions that developed above soft drusen were selected for optical coherence tomography analysis. Retinal imaging findings at the location where type T3 MNV occurred were analyzed at each follow-up until the onset of T3 MNV. The following optical coherence tomography parameters were assessed: drusen size (height and width), outer nuclear layer/Henle fiber layer thickness at the drusen apex, and the presence of intraretinal hyperreflective foci, retinal pigment epithelium disruption, incomplete retinal pigment epithelium and outer retina atrophy, and complete retinal pigment epithelium and outer retina atrophy.

Results:

From a cohort of 31 eyes with T3 MNV, T3 lesions developed above soft drusen in 20 eyes (64.5%). Drusen showed progressive growth (P

Purpose:

To investigate the association between visual outcomes and choroidal changes in patients with macula-off rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.

Methods:

This study retrospectively reviewed 63 eyes of patients with macula-off rhegmatogen…

Purpose:

To investigate recent trends in the cumulative incidence and treatment patterns of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in Japan.

Methods:

A retrospective multicenter cohort was conducted from 2011 to 2020 using the Diagnosis Procedure Combination inpatient database. Preterm newborns with birth weight 1,500 g.

Conclusion:

The cumulative incidence of ROP increased in infants with birth weight

Background:

Several ocular diseases have been reported in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), especially retinal vascular occlusion. This study aimed to examine the risk of retinal vascular occlusion after COVID-19 diagnosis.

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Purpose:

Analyze the peripheral vitreoretinal interface with widefield optical coherence tomography.

Methods:

Retrospective chart analysis and widefield optical coherence tomography in 120 consecutive cases of rhegmatogenous pathology.

Results:

There were 166 lesions in 120 eyes, including 106 horseshoe tears, 22 operculated holes, 30 nonoperculated holes, six giant tears, and two peripheral lamellar defects followed for 6.1 ± 1.2 months. Posterior vitreous detachment was present in all eyes (101/101, 100%) with tears and operculated holes, but only in 5/19 eyes (26.3%) with nonoperculated holes (P

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Purpose:

To report a novel technique for refixation of dislocated CZ70BD intraocular lens (IOL).

Methods:

Vitrectomy trocars are placed along the horizontal meridian 5 mm apart. A CV-8 Gore-Tex suture is introduced through a bare sclerotomy …