Stanford University Network for Diagnosis of Retinopathy of Prematurity (SUNDROP): telemedicine-based examination after laser photocoagulation for treatment-warranted retinopathy of prematurity

Purpose:This study assessed the efficacy and safety of early vitamin A (VA) supplementation to improve outcomes of retinopathy of prematurity in extremely preterm infants.Methods:A total of 262 eligible extremely preterm infants underwent randomization; of…

Antibiotic resistance among ocular pathogens: current trends from the ARMOR surveillance study (2009-2016) Randall K Thomas,1 Ron Melton,1 Penny A Asbell2 1Educators in Primary Eye Care, LLC, Concord, NC, USA; 2Department of Ophthalmology, Hamilton Eye Institute…

Purpose:To evaluate the progression of corneal endothelial changes in patients with Parkinson disease (PD) on long-term oral amantadine therapy.Methods:A prospective comparative longitudinal observational study of 90 patients (180 eyes) with PD on more than…

Purpose:To investigate factors associated with cystoid macular edema (CME) after Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) in Asian eyes.Methods:In this retrospective, interventional, consecutive case series, 77 eyes of 65 patients who underwent DMEK…

secutive patients. Nonparametric tests using SPSS software 25.0 to explore relationships between expressibility and probe findings.
Results:
Of 11,776 probed glands of 404 lids, 84% showed mechanical resistance (MR) and 16% showed no resistance (NR). Fixed…

Eye - <ArticleTitle Language="En" xml:lang="en">Macular OCT-angiography parameters to predict the clinical stage of nonproliferative diabetic...

Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography was used to measure the thicknesses of the ganglion cell layer–inner plexiform layer, inner nuclear layer (INL), and outer retinal layer in macular microstructures. The new aniseikonia test was used to measure…

nt with active proliferative diabetic retinopathy between May 2014 and December 2016 was conducted. Demographic data and encounter data were gathered for each emergency department visit. Compliance with follow-up was defined as a completed clinic visit as…

Background Dry eye disease (DED) affects more than 14% of the elderly population causing decrease of quality of life, high costs and vision impairment. Current treatments for DED aim at lubricating and controlling inflammation of the ocular surface. Development…

Social media has become a mainstay in today’s society as an easy and rapidly accessible
means to exchange information. There were 2.46 billion active social media users worldwide
as of 2017.1 Within medicine, use of social media has been growing significantly…

Purpose To compare the anterior capsulotomy edge tear strength created by manual continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis (CCC), femtosecond laser-assisted capsulotomy (FLACS), and selective laser capsulotomy (SLC).

Setting Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore…