Suturing forceps for microsurgery.

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：:We studied the clinical and histopathologic ocular findings in four related males with a newly recognized syndrome consisting of microphthalmos, microencephaly, mental retardation, agenesis of the corpus callosum, hypospadius, and cryptorchidism with X-linked recessive inheritance. The ocular abnormalities include mic...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Duker JS,Weiss JS,Siber M,Bieber FR,Albert DM

更新日期：1985-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective study of patients who underwent keratoplasty for keratoconus was done in 100 consecutive cases, of which 50 were penetrating keratoplasty procedures, and 50 were lamellar keratoplasty procedures. Each case was done by the same surgeon in both series. Criteria for patient selection were essentially the ...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Richard JM,Paton D,Gasset AR

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate and comment on published peer-reviewed literature for evidence of effectiveness of treatments for metastatic uveal melanoma. DESIGN:Analytical nonexperimental study of published peer-reviewed data. METHODS:Literature search and analysis of pertinent articles published between January 1, 1980 and J...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Augsburger JJ,Corrêa ZM,Shaikh AH

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To detect the prognostic factors associated with initial reattachment after primary pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) with gas tamponade for retinal detachment attributable to macular hole (MHRD). DESIGN:Retrospective, multicenter, interventional case series. METHODS:This study included 49 eyes of 48 patients with ...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Nakanishi H,Kuriyama S,Saito I,Okada M,Kita M,Kurimoto Y,Kimura H,Takagi H,Yoshimura N

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used wide-field color specular microscopy of the human corneal surface to study the morphologic changes that occur under extended-wear contact lenses. There was a shift in the frequency distribution of surface cells by size to larger cells, suggesting a prolonged residence time on the ocular surface. Other abnormal...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Lemp MA,Gold JB

更新日期：1986-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a retrospective study of 107 penetrating keratoplasties in 99 eyes (99 patients) performed from 1970 to 1979 at the Wills Eye Hospital. The follow-up periods ranged from one to 12 years (median, three years). Overall, 86 of the 107 transplants (80%) remained clear and 63 eyes (59%) achieved good to excell...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Cohen EJ,Laibson PR,Arentsen JJ

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report a case of an occult, metallic, anterior-chamber intraocular foreign body after uneventful phacoemulsification that was masquerading as chronic recalcitrant postoperative inflammation. DESIGN:Interventional case report. METHODS:A 73-year-old patient was referred to us for recalcitrant anterior-chambe...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Stangos AN,Pournaras CJ,Petropoulos IK

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the ability of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) to induce growth of neuronal processes in cultured trigeminal ganglion cells, and to accelerate neurite outgrowth and recovery of corneal sensitivity after creation of a corneal flap in a rabbit model of laser-assisted in situ...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Fukiage C,Nakajima T,Takayama Y,Minagawa Y,Shearer TR,Azuma M

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the outcome of primary anterior chamber vs secondary scleral-fixated intraocular lens (IOL) implantation in complicated cataract surgeries. DESIGN:Retrospective, comparative study. METHODS:A consecutive series of complicated cataract surgeries with primary anterior chamber (ACIOL) or secondary scle...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Chan TC,Lam JK,Jhanji V,Li EY

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the aqueous levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF) in patients with active polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) and choroidal neovascularization (CNV) secondary to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and pathologic myopia. DESIGN:Pros...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Tong JP,Chan WM,Liu DT,Lai TY,Choy KW,Pang CP,Lam DS

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether retinal arteriolar wall signs are associated with early age-related macular degeneration (AMD). DESIGN:Population-based cross-sectional study. METHODS:The Singapore Malay Eye Study (SiMES) is a population-based eye survey including 3,280 (78.7% response) persons aged 40 to 80 years. Retin...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Cheung CM,Cheung CY,Yang EL,Mitchell P,Wang JJ,Wong TY

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight patients with severe traumatic hyphemas underwent clot evacuation with vitrectomy instrumentation. The patients were followed up for periods of one to four years. No significant intraoperative complications were noted, but one eye developed a postoperative flat anterior chamber and another developed multiple sta...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： McCuen BW,Fung WE

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To document clinical features of uveitis in patients with familial juvenile systemic granulomatosis. DESIGN:Retrospective chart review. METHODS:Ophthalmologic examination, medical history, and clinical course in 16 patients from eight families examined at six academic medical centers. RESULTS:Of the 16 patie...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Latkany PA,Jabs DA,Smith JR,Rosenbaum JT,Tessler H,Schwab IR,Walton RC,Thorne JE,Maguire AM

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe intentional placement of intraocular lens haptics in the ciliary sulcus of patients with uveitis who are at high risk for postoperative posterior synechiae and lens dislocation. METHODS:We reviewed our experience with 16 eyes of 12 patients with uveitis who underwent cataract surgery with ciliary s...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Holland GN,Van Horn SD,Margolis TP

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 29-year-old white man developed a corneal ulcer following trauma to his left cornea by a piece of wire. Tritirachium roseum, a saprophytic fungus, was cultured from corneal scrapings and demonstrated in the corneal button by histopathologic examination. ...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Rodrigues MM,Laibson P

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report a case of primary intraocular lymphoma possessing bilaterally identical monoclonal rearrangements of the immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH) gene. DESIGN:Observational case report. METHODS:A 78-year-old woman with bilateral vitritis, subretinal infiltrates in the right eye, and no involvement of the ce...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Higashide T,Takahira M,Okumura H,Torisaki M,Sakurai M,Shirao Y,Sugiyama K

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a prospective randomized clinical trial on the use of 2% hydroxypropyl methylcellulose and 1% sodium hyaluronate in the anterior chamber during anterior capsulotomy and nuclear expression in extracapsular cataract extraction with posterior chamber lens implantation in 70 patients. Both viscoelastic substa...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Liesegang TJ,Bourne WM,Ilstrup DM

更新日期：1986-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the safety of rAAV.sFlt-1 subretinal injection in neovascular age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD) over 36 months. DESIGN:Phase 1 dose escalation trial. METHODS:Eight subjects with advanced, treatment-experienced wet AMD were randomly assigned (3:1) to treatment and non-gene therapy control gr...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Constable IJ,Lai CM,Magno AL,French MA,Barone SB,Schwartz SD,Blumenkranz MS,Degli-Esposti MA,Rakoczy EP

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2b is a syndrome, often familial, characterized by medullary carcinoma of the thyroid gland, pheochromocytoma, and many mucosal neuromas in patients who frequently have a marfanoid habitus. The ophthalmic findings are distinctive and include conjunctival and eyelid neuromas, keratocon...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Riley FC Jr,Robertson DM

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed 115 scleral-buckling procedures for primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachments in which the argon endolaser drained subretinal fluid. The laser was set at 0.80 to 1.25 W and 0.5 second; the endolaser probe was held adjacent to, but not touching, the choroid. The procedure was successful in 112 of 115 (97....

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Fitzpatrick EP,Abbott D

更新日期：1993-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report on the presence of retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) humps in high myopia, and to describe the distinctive features from pathologic RPE detachments and choroidal neovascularizations (CNVs). DESIGN:Retrospective cross-sectional study. METHODS:Charts and imaging studies of highly myopic patients presen...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Marchese A,Carnevali A,Sacconi R,Centoducati T,Querques L,Bandello F,Querques G

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the correlation between tear film lipid layer thickness and other objective measurements such as tear film break-up time (TBUT), upper and lower meibomian gland losses, and Schirmer 1 test in patients with obstructive meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) and normal controls. DESIGN:Cross-sectional stu...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Eom Y,Lee JS,Kang SY,Kim HM,Song JS

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 253.7-nm ultraviolet light with an intensity of 1,100 microW/cm2 was tested for its germicidal activity against contact lenses and storage solutions contaminated with various corneal pathogens. The exposure time necessary to reduce a concentration of organisms from 10(6)/ml to less than 10/ml was 30 seconds for Stap...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Dolman PJ,Dobrogowski MJ

更新日期：1989-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study compared the outcomes after Descemet's membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) in pseudophakic patients with the outcomes after DMEK combined with cataract surgery (triple-DMEK) in patients with Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy (FED). DESIGN:Retrospective, single-institution, interventional, consecutiv...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Shahnazaryan D,Hajjar Sese A,Hollick EJ

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate whether retinal vessel abnormalities are associated with early or late age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in adult Chinese. DESIGN:Population-based prevalence study. METHODS:The Beijing Eye Study included 4439 (83.4%) subjects of 5324 living in a rural area or urban region of Greater Beijing, ...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Xu L,Wang S,Li Y,Jonas JB

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Intraindividual comparison of tilt and decentration of three-piece foldable intraocular lenses (IOLs) with 6-mm optics and different edge design and material. DESIGN:Prospective randomized study. METHODS:Twenty-five patients with senile cataract (group I) received a foldable silicone, sharp optic edge IOL in ...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Baumeister M,Neidhardt B,Strobel J,Kohnen T

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective study of 415 consecutive eyes operated on for retinal detachment, there were no apparent retinal breaks in 41 eyes. Examination of the most likely site for breaks during, or shortly after, cryotherapy was helpful in detecting tiny breaks in several cases. All detachments without apparent breaks were o...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Griffith RD,Ryan EA,Hilton GF

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 17-year old girl received prednisone and azathioprine for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus. She developed a fever and hallucinations 18 months later; cryptococcal meningitis was diagnosed. An internal ophthalmoplegia with loss of accommodation and dilation of the pupils developed together with bilateral...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Lesser RL,Simon RM,Leon H,Siegel N

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Minute multiple dust particles enclosed in long stick mucous filaments may remain hidden in the recesses of the upper fornix for considerable periods of time. They produce the subjective sensations of grittiness or smarting. After repeated maneuvers of eversion of the upper eyelid and blinking, the nasal end of the m...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Villaseca A

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00