Purpose:
To describe and evaluate the effectiveness of the modified Carlevale intraocular lens (IOL) fixation technique, using two vitrectomy ports as lens plug fixation sites.
Materials and Methods:
This prospective, consecutive, interventi…
Purpose:
To introduce a cost-efficient device for transillumination in the management of uveal melanoma.
Methods:
Todorich Illuminated Depressor is a ball-point depressor, designed to work with the 23-, 25- and 27-gauge Alcon Constellation e…
Purpose:
To explore clinical efficacy of vitrectomy combined with intravitreal antibiotics in treating severe endophthalmitis after open-globe trauma in patients.
Methods:
The records of all patients who received vitrectomy combined with intravitreal for the severe post-traumatic endophthalmitis with light perception or worse between 2010 and 2022 were retrospectively reviewed. Patients received vitrectomy combined with intravitreal antibiotics, repeated intravitreal antibiotics with or without vitreous aspiration, and retinal repair after the infection was controlled. Efficacy of severe post-traumatic endophthalmitis was analyzed.
Results:
One hundred and twenty-one patients (121 eyes) were included in this study. The mean BCVA improved from 4.03 ± 0.18 logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution to 1.75 ± 1.41 logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution (P
Purpose:
To analyze the annual prevalence of ocular vascular occlusion in relation to COVID-19 infection and vaccination status in a prospective study.
Methods:
All patients were examined for an active severe acute respiratory syndrome coron…
Purpose:
To perform an unsupervised machine learning clustering of patients with punctate inner choroidopathy (PIC) and provide new insights into the significance of pachychoroid disease features in PIC eyes.
Methods:
Retrospective multicenter study, including 102 eyes from 82 patients diagnosed with PIC. Demographics, clinical data, and multimodal imaging, including fundus photography, optical coherence tomography, and indocyanine green angiography, were collected. Clusters of eyes were identified, and multilevel logistic regression analysis was performed to compare between-group differences.
Results:
Using 17 clinical features, two distinct clusters of patients with PIC were identified. Cluster 1 patients were characterized by older age, high myopia, myopic maculopathy features, thin choroids, multiple lesions, and a higher likelihood of developing patchy chorioretinal atrophy. Cluster 2 consisted of younger age, emmetropia or low myopia, thick choroids, choroidal vascular hyperpermeability on late-phase indocyanine green angiography, and high prevalence of focal choroidal excavation. These features exhibited significant differences (P
Purpose:
To determine the longitudinal changes in the morphologic features of dome-shaped macula in highly myopic eyes.
Methods:
Patients with a dome-shaped macula and high myopia (spherical equivalent
Background/Purpose:
Within the evolving landscape of healthcare in the United States (US), delineating the demographic nuances and financial implications of emergent conditions, such as rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD), is paramount. This st…
Purpose:
To investigate the 10-year visual outcome and chorioretinal atrophy after a single intravitreal ranibizumab injection followed by a pro re nata regimen for myopic macular neovascularization in pathologic myopia, and to identify the factors…
Background/Purpose:
To evaluate clinical outcomes and assess genotype–phenotype correlations in patients with familial exudative vitreoretinopathy (FEVR).
Methods:
Clinical charts of 40 patients with FEVR were reviewed. FEVR was staged per P…