The disinfection of contact lenses contaminated with adenovirus.

abstract：:We performed visual contrast sensitivity testing with Regan's low-contrast letter charts on 30 patients with optic neuropathies and good Snellen visual acuity. Results of this testing were compared with color vision and the presence of an afferent pupillary defect. Regan's low-contrast letter charts were found to be 9...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Drucker MD,Savino PJ,Sergott RC,Bosley TM,Schatz NJ,Kubilis PS

更新日期：1988-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To establish the medium-term repeatability of the iPad perimetry app Melbourne Rapid Fields (MRF) compared to Humphrey Field Analyzer (HFA) 24-2 SITA-standard and SITA-fast programs. DESIGN:Multicenter longitudinal observational clinical study. METHODS:Sixty patients (stable glaucoma/ocular hypertension/glauc...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Prea SM,Kong YXG,Mehta A,He M,Crowston JG,Gupta V,Martin KR,Vingrys AJ

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the efficacy of intravitreous fomivirsen sodium, an antisense oligonucleotide, for newly diagnosed peripheral cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). DESIGN:Randomized treatment intervention clinical trial. METHODS:A multicenter, prospective, and r...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Vitravene Study Group.

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the incidence of new chorioretinal lesions in children with toxoplasmosis diagnosed after, and therefore not treated during, their first year. DESIGN:Prospective longitudinal cohort study. METHODS:Thirty-eight children were evaluated in Chicago between 1981 and 2005 for new chorioretinal lesions....

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Phan L,Kasza K,Jalbrzikowski J,Noble AG,Latkany P,Kuo A,Mieler W,Meyers S,Rabiah P,Boyer K,Swisher C,Mets M,Roizen N,Cezar S,Sautter M,Remington J,Meier P,McLeod R,Toxoplasmosis Study Group.

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE/METHODS:I reviewed the motility of two patients who had binocular vertical diplopia after cataract operations with peribulbar anesthesia. RESULTS/CONCLUSIONS:The binocular diplopia in these patients was a result of inferior rectus muscle overaction in the absence of restriction or weakness of the antagonist mu...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Muñoz M

更新日期：1994-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a retrospective study of 45 eyes of 45 patients with chronic open-angle glaucoma to evaluate the rate of progression of scotomas. "Scotoma mass" was calculated and regressed on time to obtain the rate of visual field change. Twenty-two eyes (49%) showed a linear type of progression, nine (20%) showed a cu...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Mikelberg FS,Schulzer M,Drance SM,Lau W

更新日期：1986-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary oculomotor nerve synkinesis is almost always caused by an intracavernous meningioma or aneurysm. We treated a patient who had signs of primary oculomotor nerve synkinesis from an unruptured extracavernous aneurysm located at the junction of the internal carotid artery and the posterior communicating artery. Th...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Varma R,Miller NR

更新日期：1994-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare tear film thickness between normal subjects and aqueous tear deficiency dry eye patients by tear interferometry. DESIGN:Prospective case-control study. METHODS:Central precorneal tear film thickness was measured noninvasively using an interference thin-film thickness measurement device (Quore MSPA1...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Hosaka E,Kawamorita T,Ogasawara Y,Nakayama N,Uozato H,Shimizu K,Dogru M,Tsubota K,Goto E

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate persistency of pharmacotherapy in primary open-angle glaucoma suspects (glaucoma suspects) treated with latanoprost and timolol. DESIGN:Retrospective, cohort study using the Protocare Sciences managed care database; approximately 3 million members in commercial health maintenance organizations and ...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Schwartz GF,Reardon G,Mozaffari E

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate whether correction for atypical birefringence pattern (ABP) using scanning laser polarimetry with enhanced corneal compensation (SLP-ECC) reduces the severity of ABP compared with variable corneal compensation (SLP-VCC) and improves the correlation with visual function. DESIGN:Prospective observ...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Sehi M,Guaqueta DC,Feuer WJ,Greenfield DS,Advanced Imaging in Glaucoma Study Group.

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the natural history of Stargardt disease (STGD1) using fixation location and fixation stability. DESIGN:Multicenter, international, prospective cohort study. METHODS:Fixation testing was performed using the Nidek MP-1 microperimeter as part of the prospective, multicenter, natural history study...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Schönbach EM,Strauss RW,Kong X,Muñoz B,Ibrahim MA,Sunness JS,Birch DG,Hahn GA,Nasser F,Zrenner E,Sadda SR,West SK,Scholl HPN,ProgStar Study Group.

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 42 patients studied who had fundus flavimaculatus and Stargardt's disease, most had reduced visual acuity due to an atrophic macular lesion. Family histories were consistent with autosomal-recessive inheritance. In some young patients, the yellow-white flecks developed with time, while in some older patients the fl...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Hadden OB,Gass JD

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the ability of hypothermic infusion fluid to reduce the risk of light damage to the retina from the intraocular fiberoptic probe during vitreous surgery. Following vitrectomy, we exposed the retina of rabbits to light from an intraocular fiberoptic probe during infusion of fluid at body temperature (39 C) ...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Rinkoff J,Machemer R,Hida T,Chandler D

更新日期：1986-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe retrobulbar hemorrhage may occur as a complication of a retrobulbar injection or from blunt or sharp injury to the orbit during an orbital or periorbital operation. When the patient with a severe retrobulbar hemorrhage does not respond to intermittent ocular massage, or paracentesis, or a lateral canthotomy, pr...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Liu D

更新日期：1993-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the records of 1,323 patients with retinoblastoma treated here between 1922 and 1978. Twenty-eight patients underwent bilateral enucleation alone and received no additional treatment for their advanced tumors. Of the 28 patients, 22 (92%) survived. Four patients were lost to follow-up, and two died of meta...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Abramson DH,Ronner HJ,Ellsworth RM

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine patients with polyradiculomyeloneuropathy after acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis (AHC) infection were studied serologically. All except one patient had neutralization titers larger than or equal to 1:16 against the prototype J670/71 strain of AHC virus in at least one of their serum samples. The development of a ...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Hung TP,Green IJ,Sung SM

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with presumed ocular histoplasmosis syndrome were typed for HLA-A, B, C, and DR antigens. It was found that 21 (81%) of 26 of the presumed ocular histoplasmosis syndrome patients with disciform macular scarring and 8 (62%) of 13 of the presumed ocular histoplasmosis syndrome patients with peripheral atrophic ...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Meredith TA,Smith RE,Duquesnoy RJ

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe ocular motility in patients having genetically characterized dominant cerebellar ataxia. DESIGN:Observational case series. METHOD:Nine ataxic adults having the following molecular genetic diagnoses underwent ophthalmic examination and ocular motility recordings: four with spinocerebellar ataxia ty...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Durig JS,Jen JC,Demer JL

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Cooling can reduce clinical symptoms and pain caused by traumatic swelling or fracture of extremities. We obtained subjective and objective measures of the effects of cooling of the eyes after cataract surgery. METHODS:Twenty patients with bilateral cataracts were enrolled in this study. For each patient, an i...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Fujishima H,Yagi Y,Toda I,Shimazaki J,Tsubota K

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-two of 23 obligate female carriers in nine families with known X-chromosome-linked retinitis pigmentosa were detected on the basis of abnormal full-field electroretinograms (ERGs). Only 14 of these carriers had fundus findings characteristic of the carrier state. Electroretinograms of carriers were either reduc...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Berson EL,Rosen JB,Simonoff EA

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We treated 23 consecutive cases of giant retinal tears with inverted retinal flaps. We used pars plana vitrectomy together with an intravitreal bubble to unfold the posterior retinal flap, combined with cryotherapy to cause a chorioretinal adhesion and a broad scleral buckle. The vitrectomy was done after applying cry...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Vidaurri-Leal J,de Bustros S,Michels RG

更新日期：1984-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Photic retinopathy was produced in two patients after a 60-minute exposure to light from an operating room microscope (Zeiss OpMi 6). The first patient had a blind eye with clear (phakic) media and a normal-appearing retina. A 60-minute exposure produced an oval gray lesion in the posterior pole at the level of the pi...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Robertson DM,Feldman RB

更新日期：1986-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinal tacks that can be easily placed and removed allow precise intraocular control of retinal fixation in the repair of complicated retinal detachments. We used this technique in 41 consecutive cases of complicated retinal detachment. In 37 cases follow-up was six months or more. We achieved reattachment of the pos...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： de Juan E Jr,McCuen BW 2nd,Machemer R

更新日期：1986-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report the clinical outcome and complications of intravitreal injections of crystalline cortisone in patients undergoing pars plana vitrectomy for treatment of proliferative diabetic retinopathy. METHODS:The prospective, interventional case series study included 29 consecutive patients (29 eyes) who underwe...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Jonas JB,Hayler JK,Söfker A,Panda-Jonas S

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the retinal surface in the human eye in normal and diseased states we used laser scanning tomography. The confocal arrangement of the laser tomographic scanner permits examination of retinal topography in the axis perpendicular to the retinal surface. The eyes examined with the laser tomographic scanner inclu...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Bartsch DU,Intaglietta M,Bille JF,Dreher AW,Gharib M,Freeman WR

更新日期：1989-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Senior-Loken syndrome is a rare hereditary disease that combines a disorder resembling familial juvenile nephronophthisis with retinitis pigmentosa. Retinitis pigmentosa is even less frequently associated with exudative retinopathy. The patient, a 15-year-old boy, had hereditary renal-retinal dystrophy combined with a...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Schuman JS,Lieberman KV,Friedman AH,Berger M,Schoeneman MJ

更新日期：1985-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Six patients (five men and one woman, 19 to 57 years old) with laboratory-proven fungal corneal infections were successfully treated with topical ketoconazole, a synthetic imidazole derivative. No signs of progression of the corneal infection were seen after the antifungal therapy was initiated. The clinical signs of ...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Torres MA,Mohamed J,Cavazos-Adame H,Martinez LA

更新日期：1985-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-nine suture removals from 20 eyes (21 patients) on which penetrating keratoplasty had been performed were analyzed in a nonrandomized consecutive study to evaluate the role of computer-assisted corneal topography in selective suture removal to reduce astigmatism. Topographic guidance for suture removal resulted...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Strelow S,Cohen EJ,Leavitt KG,Laibson PR

更新日期：1991-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess quantitatively the cumulative effect of hyperglycemia on lens transparency in patients with juvenile type 1 diabetes mellitus. METHODS:Subjects were 30 patients (30 eyes) with type 1 diabetes mellitus who had well-documented records on the duration of diabetes mellitus and condition of glycemic contr...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Kato S,Shiokawa A,Fukushima H,Numaga J,Kitano S,Hori S,Kaiya T,Oshika T

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the ophthalmic examination, photographs document both normal and pathologic findings in patients. Thus, they constitute an invaluable part of the medical record. High-quality external photographs, produced quickly and inexpensively, are particularly helpful as a surgeon's reference in blepharoplasty, blepharoptosis...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Lloyd WC 3rd,Shore JW

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00