abstract：BACKGROUND:Oral trans-retinoic acid has recently been shown to be an effective treatment modality for acute promyelocytic leukemia. This type of drug differs from traditional tumoricidal agents by promoting differentiation of the malignant, immature cells. METHODS:The authors describe a patient with optic nerve infilt...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Brown DM,Kimura AE,Ossoinig KC,Weiner GJ

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study the effect of disposable extended-wear soft contact lenses on the corneal epithelium. METHODS:Thirteen healthy patients (1 male, 12 females; average age, 26.3 +/- 7.6 years) with or without histories of previous contact lens use were recruited for this study. Specular microscopic pictures of the corne...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Tsubota K,Yamada M

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dislocation of nuclear lens fragments during phacoemulsification can lead to a high incidence of glaucoma, uveitis, and poor visual acuity. The correct approach to these patients is uncertain. The authors report on eight patients who underwent pars plana vitrectomy with removal of lens fragments. METHODS:Ch...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Lambrou FH Jr,Stewart MW

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Some congenital superior oblique palsies are known to be due to anomalous or lax superior oblique tendons. This prospective study of 24 patients with a diagnosis of superior oblique palsy was performed to determine the prevalence and significance of anatomic tendon anomaly or laxity as diagnosed by traction ...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Plager DA

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The authors prospectively and longitudinally studied changes in optic disc topography during spontaneous reduction of intraocular pressure (IOP) in five monkeys with experimental glaucoma, using a computerized image analyzing system (Topcon IMAGEnet). METHODS:Glaucomatous optic neuropathy was produced in on...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Shirakashi M,Nanba K,Iwata K

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study is to examine the changes of blood-aqueous barrier function in cases of central or branch retinal vein occlusion. METHODS:In addition to fluorophotometry of the aqueous humor and posterior vitreous, the authors used a method that quantifies protein in the aqueous (aqueous flare) by me...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Miyake K,Miyake T,Kayazawa F

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Enhanced Vision Screening Program is a population-based vision screening program that has, at present, examined 59,782 children. Its main goal is to detect amblyopia, strabismus, and high refractive errors. An average of 11,910 4 1/2- to 5 1/2-year-old children are screened yearly. The current study dete...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： De Becker I,MacPherson HJ,LaRoche GR,Braunstein J,Cottle R,McIntyre LL,Kozousek V

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors conducted a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial to test whether the Schocket shunt with a larger shunt reservoir surface area would provide a lower final intraocular pressure than the double-plate Molteno implant. However, the Molteno implant produced a statistically lower intraocular pressure at 6 m...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Wilson RP,Cantor L,Katz LJ,Schmidt CM,Steinmann WC,Allee S

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors studied prospectively the incidence of and risk factors for high altitude retinal hemorrhages among 14 members of the 1989 American Everest Expedition. All subjects had comprehensive eye examinations and fundus photography performed at sea level before the expedition and again at the Mt. Everest Base Camp ...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Butler FK,Harris DJ Jr,Reynolds RD

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is an important cause of blindness among extremely low birth weight infants (birth weight less than or equal to 1000 g). In the 1990s, greater numbers of extremely low birth weight infants will survive, in part due to routine surfactant replacement therapy for neonatal respiratory dist...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Repka MX,Hudak ML,Parsa CF,Tielsch JM

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dry eye is a common problem and in its more severe form may be treated with punctal occlusion. Photothermal coagulation of the puncta with the argon laser has recently been advocated to occlude the lacrimal puncta. Its long-term efficacy has not been investigated. The authors examined 22 puncta that had been occluded ...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Benson DR,Hemmady PB,Snyder RW

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eyelid surgery for patients with ocular cicatricial pemphigoid is risky when there is unchecked perioperative inflammation. The authors performed buccal mucosal grafts on 42 eyelids (23 eyes) of 17 patients with ocular cicatricial pemphigoid whose disease was controlled by systemic immunosuppression. Results were grad...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Shore JW,Foster CS,Westfall CT,Rubin PA

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors studied the characteristics of 376 eyes of 361 patients with primary retinal detachment (RD) and surgical aphakia (103 eyes) or pseudophakia (273 eyes). Of the pseudophakic eyes, 17 had an iris-fixated intraocular lens (IOL), 111 had an anterior chamber (AC) IOL, and 145 had a posterior chamber (PC) IOL. O...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Yoshida A,Ogasawara H,Jalkh AE,Sanders RJ,McMeel JW,Schepens CL

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors studied intraobserver and interobserver agreement, under monoscopic and stereoscopic conditions, in estimating vertical cup-to-disc ratios and in assessing whether a disc had glaucomatous damage. Six glaucoma experts evaluated 75 optic disc photographs under both viewing conditions. The experts also re-eva...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Varma R,Steinmann WC,Scott IU

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The age distribution, frequency, and correlation among histologic macular changes, including formation of a basal laminar deposit, drusen, and thickening and calcification of Bruch's membrane, were studied by light microscopy. The authors studied 182 unpaired postmortem human maculae from patients between 8 and 100 ye...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： van der Schaft TL,Mooy CM,de Bruijn WC,Oron FG,Mulder PG,de Jong PT

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four cases are presented that illustrate a wide spectrum of ophthalmologic and systemic features of necrobiotic xanthogranuloma (NXG). Case 1 initially had signs of Cogan syndrome, and then developed chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Case 2, the first case of NXG to undergo autopsy, had progressive cicatricial lid retract...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Cornblath WT,Dotan SA,Trobe JD,Headington JT

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many techniques for repositioning dislocated posterior chamber implants described in the recent literature involve intricate intraocular manipulation of a needle or other sharp instrument. The author describes an improved sulcus fixation technique, which combines the best features of external and internal approaches. ...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Chan CK

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A reproducible model of an irregular corneal surface was developed to test the ability of the excimer laser to treat such surfaces. Using a 193-nm argon fluoride excimer laser set at a fluence of 160 mJ/cm2, repetition rate of 10 Hz, and 185 pulses, fresh de-epithelialized pig eyes underwent phototherapeutic ablations...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Fasano AP,Moreira H,McDonnell PJ,Sinbawy A

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When a flat chamber develops in an eye after filtration surgery, management depends on whether the cause is excessive filtration or aqueous misdirection (ciliary block or malignant glaucoma). This diagnosis is often based on the intraocular pressure: low pressure in excessive filtration, high pressure in aqueous misdi...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Wright MM,Grajewski AL

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective evaluation of 100 patients who wore disposable extended-wear contact lenses is presented. The patients were selected at random and were fitted with one of three lens brands approved for extended wear. There were 37 males and 63 females in the study. The mean age was 40.1 years (range, 14 to 76 years). ...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Maguen E,Tsai JC,Martinez M,Rosner I,Cot PC,Macy JI,Nesburn AB

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have suggested that diffuse field loss and localized visual field loss in glaucomatous patients may have different pathophysiologic mechanisms. Testing that hypothesis requires that some patients present with purely localized field loss and other patients with purely diffuse loss. This article describes...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Drance SM

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors reviewed the records of 302 eyes of 185 patients with diffuse diabetic macular edema with or without cystoid macular edema treated with modified grid laser photocoagulation between the years 1981 and 1990. Three years after initial grid treatment, visual acuity was improved in 14.5%, unchanged in 60.9%, an...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Lee CM,Olk RJ

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors prospectively studied 106 consecutive phakic eyes with acute posterior vitreous detachment to determine the correlation between anterior vitreous pigment granules and retinal breaks. Pigment granules were identified in 15 eyes (14.1%), all of which had either a flap or an operculated retinal break. A retin...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Brod RD,Lightman DA,Packer AJ,Saras HP

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Merkel cell carcinoma is an infrequent but highly aggressive cutaneous neoplasm. Previous reports of ocular involvement have included primary eyelid carcinomas, eyelid and orbital metastases, and a clinically diagnosed choroidal metastasis. The authors report the histopathologic documentation of a metastatic lesion to...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Purgason PA,Hornblass A,Harrison W

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retrobulbar hemorrhage associated with retrobulbar anesthesia has been construed as a contraindication to cataract surgery. Cancellation of the surgery results in disappointment for both the patient and surgeon. A retrospective study of 60 eyes was undertaken to evaluate the safety of proceeding with small-incision ph...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Cionni RJ,Osher RH

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystic intranasal masses were found in seven newborn infants with congenital dacryocystocele. The cysts were a direct extension of the nasolacrimal duct, located beneath the inferior turbinate. Nasal obstruction was present in three infants and was severe enough to cause respiratory distress in two neonates with bilat...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Grin TR,Mertz JS,Stass-Isern M

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten patients had large recession of four horizontal recti at one procedure for treatment of nystagmus. Six patients had congenital motor nystagmus, two had oculocutaneous albinism, and two had optic nerve hypoplasia. Anomalous head posture with null point was also present in five patients. The rectus muscles were plac...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Helveston EM,Ellis FD,Plager DA

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effectiveness of trabeculectomy with adjunctive low-dose 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) as the initial surgical procedure in uncomplicated glaucoma was evaluated retrospectively in a consecutive series of 52 patients (mean follow-up, 18.6 +/- 11.7 mos) and 74 control subjects. The cumulative 2-year success (intraocular pre...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Liebmann JM,Ritch R,Marmor M,Nunez J,Wolner B

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors studied 11 eyes of 10 patients who complained of a recent decrease in vision and whose eyes had the clinical appearance of stage 5 retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) as diagnosed by the presence of a dense, opaque retrolenticular membrane. Patients ranged in age from 4 to 33 years, and birth weights ranged f...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Bradford JD,Trese MT

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical and specular microscopic results of 40 cases (39 patients) of penetrating keratoplasty during which a Kelman-style anterior chamber intraocular lens was implanted were reviewed retrospectively. Thirty-one pseudophakic eyes received an intraocular lens exchange and nine aphakic eyes received a secondary in...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Hassan TS,Soong HK,Sugar A,Meyer RF

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 9-year-old boy was diagnosed with fundus flavimaculatus in his left eye. The boy's fellow eye was enucleated at 16 months of age for retinoblastoma. The authors reviewed the material submitted for histopathologic examination and found that the retinal pigment epithelial cells demonstrated increased autofluorescence ...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Steinmetz RL,Garner A,Maguire JI,Bird AC

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten patients, all younger than 50 years of age, had a temporal cilioretinal artery occlusion associated with a nonischemic central retinal vein occlusion. On fluorescein angiography, the cilioretinal artery eventually filled in all but one eye. The cilioretinal artery showed pulsations on fluorescein angiography in fi...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Schatz H,Fong AC,McDonald HR,Johnson RN,Joffe L,Wilkinson CP,de Laey JJ,Yannuzzi LA,Wendel RT,Joondeph BC

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glaucoma after pediatric cataract surgery, once well recognized, now occurs only rarely after modern lensectomy/vitrectomy. The authors performed directed glaucoma evaluations of 34 eyes of 26 children. Based on intraocular pressures of 26 mmHg or greater, glaucoma was diagnosed in 8 (24%) eyes of 7 (27%) children. Gl...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Simon JW,Mehta N,Simmons ST,Catalano RA,Lininger LL

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS), a multicenter collaborative clinical trial supported by the National Eye Institute, was designed to assess whether argon laser photocoagulation or aspirin treatment can reduce the risk of visual loss or slow the progression of diabetic retinopathy in patients wit...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors：

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical features of 290 patients with scleral inflammation were reviewed to determine whether a classification based on the anatomical site and clinical appearance of the disease at presentation reflected its natural history. The authors' results confirm that the majority of patients remain in the same clinical c...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Tuft SJ,Watson PG

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perfluoropropane (C3F8) was injected into nine eyes of six cynomolgus monkeys. In all nine eyes, macular changes consistent with the development of a macular cyst were noted within 3 months after injection. On fluorescein angiography, there was no evidence of retinal vascular leakage associated with the macular cysts....

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Repka MX,Bressler NM,D'Anna SA

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Topical carbonic anhydrase inhibitors MK-507 and sezolamide hydrochloride (previously known as MK-417) were compared in a double-masked, randomized, placebo-controlled study in 82 patients with bilateral primary open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension. MK-507 was given every 8 or 12 hours, sezolamide every 8 hours,...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Lippa EA,Schuman JS,Higginbotham EJ,Kass MA,Weinreb RN,Skuta GL,Epstein DL,Shaw B,Holder DJ,Deasy DA

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors evaluated a series of 145 consecutive patients with metastases from uveal melanoma, after proton beam irradiation, to assess the effect of early diagnosis and treatment for metastases on survival. Metastases were diagnosed between 7 weeks and 8.3 years (median, 2.4 years) after proton beam irradiation. Mos...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Gragoudas ES,Egan KM,Seddon JM,Glynn RJ,Walsh SM,Finn SM,Munzenrider JE,Spar MD

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Granulomatous uveitis has infrequently been described as a manifestation of the autoimmune phenomena of multiple sclerosis (MS). The authors describe six cases of anterior granulomatous uveitis in patients with MS. All six patients had features of iridocyclitis and three patients had features of periphlebitis, which w...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Lim JI,Tessler HH,Goodwin JA

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven cases of hypofunctioning trabeculectomies or full-thickness filters were treated using the Q-switched neodymium:YAG (Nd:YAG) laser delivered either transconjunctivally, gonioscopically, or by a combination approach. In four eyes, internal laser revision was attempted initially. Internal revision was successful i...

journal_title：Ophthalmology

authors： Latina MA,Rankin GA

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00