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This study aims to describe the structural changes and surgical outcomes of full-thickness macular holes (FTMHs) induced by vitreomacular traction with broad vitreomacular attachment (VMA).
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A retrospective analysis of idiop…
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To describe the clinical characteristics, management, and outcomes of toddlers (under the age of 3) diagnosed with familial exudative vitreoretinopathy.
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In this retrospective study, patients diagnosed with familial exudativ…
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To assess the intersession repeatability of reading performance measures in patients with previously treated neovascular age-related macular degeneration and good best-corrected visual acuity (≥20/40 Snellen).
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Ninety-one pa…
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To investigate surgical results for medium-sized (251–400 µm) macular holes (MHs).
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This retrospective observational study involved 266 eyes of 262 consecutive patients who underwent internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling …
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Manual extraction of spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) reports is time and resource intensive. This study aimed to develop an optical character recognition (OCR) algorithm for automated data extraction from Cirrus SD-OC…
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To evaluate the predictive characteristics of fellow-eye geographic atrophy (GA) without neovascularization in patients with unilateral Type 3 macular neovascularization.
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This retrospective study included 84 patients who were diagnosed with unilateral Type 3 macular neovascularization. Patients who developed fellow-eye neovascularization and those exhibiting GA without neovascularization at the final follow-up were included in the neovascularization and GA groups, respectively. The patient demographics and baseline fellow-eye characteristics were compared between the two groups.
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The mean follow-up period was 40.5 ± 11.5 months after diagnosis. Patients included in the GA group (n = 28) were significantly older (mean 77.4 ± 5.2 years vs. 74.2 ± 5.8 years, P = 0.016), had significantly thinner subfoveal choroidal thickness (mean 109.4 ± 36.8 µm vs. 173.1 ± 77.6 µm, P
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To compare the efficacy and safety of pars plana vitrectomy with and without internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling for macular hole (MH).
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A systematic literature search on Ovid MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane Library, and Google Scholar was performed from January 2000 to 2023. The primary outcome was the final best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA). Secondary outcomes included MH closure rates and the need for repeat surgery. The authors performed a random-effects meta-analysis on Review Manager 5.4.
Results:
Fourteen studies on 880 eyes were included. Pars plana vitrectomy with and without ILM peel achieved a similar final BCVA (P = 0.66). However, pars plana vitrectomy without ILM peeling achieved a significantly better final BCVA in eyes with closed MHs (WMD = 0.05 logMAR, 95% CI, 0.01–0.10, P = 0.02). Pars plana vitrectomy with ILM peeling achieved a significantly higher primary MH closure rate (RR = 1.21, 95% CI, 1.04–1.42, P = 0.02) and lower incidence of MH reoperation (RR = 0.19, 95% CI, 0.11–0.33, P
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To report the vision-related quality of life in patients with diabetic macular edema (DME) in a population-based study.
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In this cross-sectional study, we analyzed 1,659 subjects with type 2 diabetes. Questionnaires were administered to assess the patient’s vision-related quality of life. Diabetic macular edema severity was graded according to the established protocols. A subject’s DME score ranged from 1 (no DME in either eye) to 7 (severe bilateral DME) using predefined criteria.
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Composite 25-item National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI-VFQ-25) scores for participants with DME were 88.9 (interquartile range [IQR]: 76.2–94.9) compared with 92.0 (IQR: 82.7–96.0) for those without DME (P