Evaluation of the lacrimal drainage system.

abstract：:We studied the macrostructural characteristics of papillary changes of the upper tarsal conjunctiva associated with the wearing of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) contact lenses. Fifty subjects with elevated conjunctival papillae greater than 0.3 mm in diameter were studied. Macrostructural characteristics recorded wer...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Korb DR,Allansmith MR,Greiner JV,Henriquez AS,Herman JP,Richmond PP,Finnemore VM

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specular microscopy was done on 65 long-term hard contact lens (CL) wearers and controls matched for age, sex, race, and refractive error. There was no difference in mean endothelial cell size between the two groups, although median cell area was slightly smaller in the CL group. Standard deviation and coefficient of ...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Yamauchi K,Hirst LW,Enger C,Rosenfeld J,Vogelpohl W

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the independent impact of the incidence and progression of diabetic retinopathy (DR) on visual functioning (VF). DESIGN:Population-based cohort study. PARTICIPANTS:A total of 518 participants aged 40 to 80 years (baseline visit 2007-2009 and second visit 6 years later, 2013-2015), with diabetes...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Gupta P,Liang Gan AT,Kidd Man RE,Fenwick EK,Kumari N,Tan G,Mitchell P,Sabanayagam C,Wong TY,Cheng CY,Lamoureux EL

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Genome-wide association studies and targeted sequencing studies of candidate genes have identified common and rare variants that are associated with age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Whole-exome sequencing (WES) studies allow a more comprehensive analysis of rare coding variants across all genes of the ge...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Corominas J,Colijn JM,Geerlings MJ,Pauper M,Bakker B,Amin N,Lores Motta L,Kersten E,Garanto A,Verlouw JAM,van Rooij JGJ,Kraaij R,de Jong PTVM,Hofman A,Vingerling JR,Schick T,Fauser S,de Jong EK,van Duijn CM,Hoyng CB

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether interleukin (IL)-6 or vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) influences macular edema in patients with central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO). DESIGN:Retrospective case-control study. PARTICIPANTS:Twenty-seven patients who had macular edema with CRVO and 16 patients with nonischemic...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Noma H,Funatsu H,Mimura T,Harino S,Hori S

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review of 693 patients with bilateral retinoblastoma and 18 patients with unilateral/germinal retinoblastoma was carried out to find the incidence, time, course and pattern of second nonocular tumors in retinoblastoma survivors. Of 688 patients who survived therapeutic radiation for retinoblastoma, 89 developed seco...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Abramson DH,Ellsworth RM,Kitchin FD,Tung G

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the vitreoretinal interface of the asymptomatic fellow eyes of patients with unilateral macular holes (MHs) with that of the asymptomatic fellow eyes of patients with other retinal diseases and with that of healthy eyes. DESIGN:Retrospective, observational cross-sectional study. PARTICIPANTS:This s...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Kumagai K,Hangai M,Larson E,Ogino N

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rotational ipsilateral penetrating autokeratoplasty is useful in the treatment of certain nonprogressive corneal scars. The procedure alleviates difficulties with the availability of donor tissue and with graft rejection. A method is presented for determining the maximum clear central corneal area that can be obtained...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Bourne WM,Brubaker RF

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A low cost microcomputer was used to: (1) word process and edit this manuscript, (2) create a patient file storage and retrieval system, (3) transcribe and store information from video display such as wide-angle fundus photographs and fluorescein angiograms, (4) plot data points in graphic display mode, (5) solve comp...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Donoso LA,Magargal LE,Sanborn G,Nagy R

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate safety and efficacy of an intracorneal inlay for the correction of hyperopia. DESIGN:A prospective, nonrandomized, noncomparative, 2-center study. PARTICIPANTS:Thirty-four hyperopic eyes were implanted with a hydrogel intracorneal inlay (Permavision, Anamed, Lake Forest, CA). Preoperative hyperopi...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Mulet ME,Alio JL,Knorz MC

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate extraocular muscle surgery associated with plaque brachytherapy for choroidal melanoma. DESIGN:Single-center retrospective cohort study. PARTICIPANTS:Three hundred twenty-nine eyes of 329 consecutive patients with clinically diagnosed choroidal melanoma. INTERVENTION:Palladium 103 plaque brachy...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Nagendran ST,Finger PT,Campolattaro BN

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of and personal factors associated with noncompliance with American Diabetes Association (ADA) guidelines for vision care in a population-based sample of adult Latinos with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). DESIGN:Population-based cross-sectional study. PARTICIPANTS:Eight hundred ...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Paz SH,Varma R,Klein R,Wu J,Azen SP,Los Angeles Latino Eye Study Group.

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine when posterior vitreous detachments (PVDs) develop after phacoemulsification and aspiration combined with foldable intraocular lens implantation. DESIGN:Prospective, consecutive case series. PARTICIPANTS:A total of 575 eyes without a PVD preoperatively were studied prospectively and followed for ...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Hikichi T

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The goal of the study was to assess the affect of early surgical resection of capillary hemangiomas on the induced astigmatism of infants. DESIGN:Cohort study. PARTICIPANTS:Three infants younger than 9 months of age are included. INTERVENTION:Total resection of the astigmatism-inducing hemangiomas was perf...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Plager DA,Snyder SK

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review of all cases of aponeurotic repair done since 1980 by the author identified 140 patients and 174 eyelids. An acceptable result at 6 weeks was defined as a lid level within 1 mm of the desired level achieved in 74% of lids with acquired ptosis. The amount of ptosis present preoperatively was the major factor i...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Berlin AJ,Vestal KP

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The authors prospectively studied visual outcome, relapse, complications, and survival of patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related cytomegalovirus (CMV) treated with high-dose intravitreous ganciclovir (2 mg/0.1 ml) injections. The outcomes were compared with those of patients treated ...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Young S,Morlet N,Besen G,Wiley CA,Jones P,Gold J,Li Y,Freeman WR,Coroneo MT

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Regression and undertreatment after initial photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) in higher myopes is not unusual. Patients frequently desire 20/20 uncorrected vision, which necessitates retreatments or enhancements. However, the safest and most efficacious way to treat these patients has not yet been establishe...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： George SP,Johnson DG

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent establishment of a rare book collection as part of the American Academy of Ophthalmology Foundation Museum gives Academy members additional access to an important facet of our ophthalmic heritage. Many 17th and 18th century works, such as those of Cotton Mather and Philip Syng Physick, long remained in manu...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Albert DM

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Superior sulcus deformity is a late sequela of surgical anophthalmos. Many methods have been proposed to treat this difficult problem. A technique using autogenous costal cartilage that has resulted in satisfactory repair is presented. In addition to standard photographs and exophthalmometry measurements to follow the...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Sutula FC,Thomas O

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate associations between dietary intake, including modest supplement intake, of antioxidant vitamins and zinc at baseline and the 5-year incidence of early age-related maculopathy (ARM). DESIGN:Population-based cohort study. PARTICIPANTS:From 1992 through 1994, 3654 persons aged 49 years or more ...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Flood V,Smith W,Wang JJ,Manzi F,Webb K,Mitchell P

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare 2.0 mg ranibizumab (RBZ) injections with 0.5 mg RBZ for eyes with center-involved diabetic macular edema (DME). DESIGN:Randomized, controlled, double-masked (to the dose), interventional, multicenter clinical trial. PARTICIPANTS:A total of 152 patients (152 eyes) with DME. METHODS:Eligible eyes we...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Sepah YJ,Sadiq MA,Boyer D,Callanan D,Gallemore R,Bennett M,Marcus D,Halperin L,Hassan M,Campochiaro PA,Nguyen QD,Do DV,READ-3 Study Group.

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the cost of phacoemulsification with foldable lenses with that of manual small-incision cataract surgery (SICS) in a hospital setting. DESIGN:Average cost comparision between 2 surgical techniques. PARTICIPANTS:Four hundred patients and 4 surgeons. METHODS:A single masked randomized controlled cli...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Gogate P,Deshpande M,Nirmalan PK

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The authors studied the etiology of acquired ptosis in the young to middle-aged adult population with specific attention to the role of rigid contact lens use. METHODS:The study consisted of all patients between the ages of 15 and 50 years with acquired ptosis who presented between April 1986 and May 1994. Pot...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Kersten RC,de Conciliis C,Kulwin DR

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The authors attempt to establish a relation between hard contact lens wear and upper eyelid ptosis. METHODS:This study consists of two parts. In the first part, the authors compare the unilateral or bilateral ptosis that developed during hard contact lens wear in 17 patients with the involutional ptosis that d...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： van den Bosch WA,Lemij HG

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report the 24-month anatomic and Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) response after primary intravitreal bevacizumab (Avastin; Genentech, Inc., San Francisco, CA; 1.25 or 2.5 mg) in patients with diffuse diabetic macular edema (DDME). In addition, a comparis...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Arevalo JF,Sanchez JG,Wu L,Maia M,Alezzandrini AA,Brito M,Bonafonte S,Lujan S,Diaz-Llopis M,Restrepo N,Rodríguez FJ,Udaondo-Mirete P,Pan-American Collaborative Retina Study Group.

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To present ophthalmic patient time-tradeoff vision utilities for quantifying vision-related quality-of-life when the fellow eye still has good vision. These utilities are important for performing reliable cost-utility analyses. DESIGN:Consecutive time-tradeoff vision utilities were obtained from ophthalmic pat...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Brown GC,Brown MM,Stein JD,Smiddy WE,Ophthalmic Utility Research Study Group.

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the efficacy of amblyopia treatment in children identified through a community photoscreening program. DESIGN:Case series. PARTICIPANTS:We included 125 children diagnosed with amblyopia after referral from a photoscreening program. METHODS:Retrospective chart review of 125 amblyopic children ide...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Teed RG,Bui CM,Morrison DG,Estes RL,Donahue SP

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report quantitative changes in the anterior segment configuration after clear corneal incision phacoemulsification and foldable intraocular lens (IOL) implantation by means of ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM). DESIGN:Prospective, nonrandomized, comparative (self-controlled) trial. PARTICIPANTS:Twenty-one eye...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Pereira FA,Cronemberger S

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes the history of visual prostheses, with emphasis on the development of the Argus II retinal prosthesis system (Second Sight Medical Products, Inc., Sylmar, CA). A brief overview of cortical electrical stimulation in the blind is provided, followed by an account of the design and development of re...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Humayun MS,de Juan E Jr,Dagnelie G

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing suspicion that topical ocular miotic therapy in selected persons may precipitate retinal detachments. This is a rare event and probably does not occur in patients free of retinal pathology. Data supporting a possible cause and effect relationship, obtained from the National Registry of Drug-Induced...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Beasley H,Fraunfelder FT

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00