Purpose:To evaluate the effectiveness of prophylactic 360° laser treatment in the fellow eye of patients with unilateral idiopathic giant retinal tear (GRT) to prevent the occurrence of a (macula-off) retinal detachment.Methods:We conducted a retrospective…

Refractive correction with multifocal intraocular lenses after radial keratotomy

Purpose:To describe and evaluate the efficacy of a novel technique, scleral needling (SN), for securing 23- and 25-gauge leaking sclerotomies in microincision vitrectomy surgery.Methods:A retrospective comparative review of consecutive cases of 23- and 25…

Précis:The novel proposed algorithm using deep learning classifier and polar transformation technique can be an economical as well as an effective tool for early detection of glaucomatous RNFL defect.Purpose:The main purpose of this study was to develop novel…

families (parents and siblings) of 131 consecutive newly diagnosed RB patients, including 262 parents and 23 siblings, revealed spontaneously regressed RB in at least 1 parent of 10 (8%) patients and active RB in at least 1 sibling of 3 (2%) patients. Of…

ABSTRACTBackground. Existing studies suggest that dietary vitamins and carotenoids might be associated with a reduced risk of age-related cataract (ARC), altho

Purpose:Among eyes with proliferative diabetic retinopathy, identify whether baseline characteristics impact the benefit of ranibizumab over panretinal photocoagulation (PRP) in DRCR.net Protocol S.Methods:Participants had proliferative diabetic retinopathy…

This cohort study assesses and validates the Dutch Crosslinking for Keratoconus (DUCK) score, a novel clinical assessment tool for crosslinking treatment in patients with keratoconus.

To compare the effects of a topical intraocular pressure (IOP)-lowering medication for preventing an IOP increase after cataract surgery in eyes with …

Aim To evaluate clinical comorbidities and steroid use as risk factors for central serous retinopathy (CSR).

Methods Using national insurance databases, we conducted a case–control study of beneficiaries with an incident diagnosis of CSR between 2007 and…

Purpose:To establish the prevalence and risk factors for intravitreal dexamethasone implant migration into the anterior chamber in eyes with macular edema.Methods:This was a multicenter, retrospective, observational chart review of data that included patients…

Background/Aim To analyse ultrawide-field fluorescein angiography (UWF-FA) images of diabetic retinopathy using a novel software that automatically calculates microaneurysm (MA) and non-perfusion area.

Methods Two hundred UWF-FA images of treatment-naïve…

To evaluate the safety and efficacy of OTX-101, a novel aqueous nanomicellar formulation of cyclosporine (0.09%), in the treatment of patients with dr…

Purpose of reviewTo review the development of hypersonic vitrectomy and present the first case series in the United States.Recent findingsFrom 27 September 2017 to 4 December 2017, 64 patients underwent hypersonic vitrectomy with 20 patients having conventional…

Risk of aphakic glaucoma after pars plana-lensectomy with and without removal of the peripheral lens capsule

Ocular Surgery News | The results of a 3-year trial recently published in The Lancet provide compelling evidence that selective laser trabeculoplasty performed as a first-line treatment in newly diagnosed cases of glaucoma and ocular hypertension provides…

Objectives Online patient feedback is a growing phenomenon but little is known about health professional attitudes and behaviours in relation to it. We aimed to...