abstract：:Fine-needle aspiration was used as a primary orbital diagnostic technique in 156 patients. A 20-mm syringe, a 22-gauge, 3.75-cm needle, and a plastic pistol grip were used. Local anesthetic was not necessary. When the needle is in the lesion, small to-and-fro movements with a minimum of angulation are helpful. The asp...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Kennerdell JS,Slamovits TL,Dekker A,Johnson BL

更新日期：1985-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have written a program in BASIC language which stores, recalls, and manipulates a limited amount of clinical information that we use in teaching and clinical practice. The program runs on an IBM personal computer with Microsoft DOS and BASIC. An illustrative search routine uses simple data simulation of the results...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Lugo M,McPherson SD Jr

更新日期：1985-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with chronic forms of blepharochalasis often develop eyelid deformities characterized by blepharoptosis and prolapse of the orbital fat and lacrimal gland. Some individuals have an acquired form of blepharophimosis, secondary to the dehiscence of the canthal tendons. In this late stage of the condition, the t...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Custer PL,Tenzel RR,Kowalczyk AP

更新日期：1985-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In 98 patients, 112 eyes with chronic closed-angle or combined glaucoma were operated on using filtering iridocycloretraction, including preparation of two limbal-based scleral strips that were introduced through scleral incisions into the anterior chamber and the supraciliary space. The intraocular pressure was contr...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Nesterov AP,Kolesnikova LN

更新日期：1985-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Deposits resembling foreign-body giant cells, which can be seen on specular reflex slit-lamp examination, were studied in vivo with a wide-field specular microscope using a low-power dipping cone lens in three cases of posterior chamber lens implantation. The deposits seen as iris pigment on routine examination showed...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Ohara K

更新日期：1985-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The haptic of a semiflexible anterior chamber intraocular lens (Kelman Quadraflex) broke inside the eye of a 70-year-old man. No history of major eye or head trauma could be elicited from the patient. Clinical manifestations included inferior corneal edema progressing toward the optical axis resulting from a free-floa...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Maguen E,Nesburn AB,Jackman N,Macy JI

更新日期：1985-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases of bacterial endophthalmitis following corneal transplantation resulted from suture abscesses that were initiated by loose or broken exposed sutures. Histopathologic examination clearly demonstrated that the infection gained access to the anterior chamber by following a deeply placed suture that traversed ...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Confino J,Brown SI

更新日期：1985-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The duration of reduction in intraocular pressure after single-dose administration of three concentrations of piloplex and the vehicle of the drug was evaluated in 12 patients with open-angle glaucoma in a randomized, double-masked, crossover study. Piloplex lowered intraocular pressure in a dose-related fashion, with...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Klein HZ,Lugo M,Shields MB,Leon J,Duzman E

更新日期：1985-01-15 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：:Of a series of 57 formerly amblyopic patients who attained equal visual acuities (20/20 or better in each eye), only 29 were able to alternate after treatment. The oldest patient was 5 years old. The pattern visual-evoked response of the previously amblyopic eye in nonalternators showed a reduced amplitude as compared...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Campos EC,Gulli R

更新日期：1985-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last four years we treated 82 consecutive patients (83 eyes) with retinal detachments complicated by proliferative vitreoretinopathy. We used pars plana vitrectomy combined with a broad scleral buckle, cryotherapy to the retinal breaks, and a temporary intraocular gas bubble. The retina was successfully rea...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： de Bustros S,Michels RG

更新日期：1984-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Induced prolonged complementary chromatopsia in four subjects (two men, 26 and 34 years old, and two women, 34 and 45 years old) was documented by abnormal responses to pseudoisochromatic color plates 30 minutes after cessation of monochrome video display terminal use. This phenomenon was unrelated to preexisting colo...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Khan JA,Fitz J,Psaltis P,Ide CH

更新日期：1984-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventeen patients (ten women and seven men, 23 to 72 years old) with stromal herpetic disease were treated with topical and oral acyclovir for 14 days. Of the 12 patients with disciform edema, five showed minimal improvement, four showed no change, and three showed worsening of their disease. Of the five patients wit...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Sanitato JJ,Asbell PA,Varnell ED,Kissling GE,Kaufman HE

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We undertook an in vitro investigation of the role of the design of the eyedrop dispenser in bacterial contamination. The nozzle tips of pipette and squeeze bottles containing Fluress (pH 5.0) were inoculated with 10 microliter of an ocular isolate of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (5.5 X 10(5) bacteria/ml). Cultures of singl...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Coad CT,Osato MS,Wilhelmus KR

更新日期：1984-11-01 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：:We conducted a two-part study to determine whether any positive association between the use of allopurinol and the development of cataracts could be demonstrated. Study 1 included 251 Boston-area patients hospitalized for cataract and 753 matched controls. Two cataract patients were regular allopurinol users as compar...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Jick H,Brandt DE

更新日期：1984-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyloid fibrils occurring in primary and myeloma-associated (AL), secondary (AA), and certain neuropathic hereditary forms of systemic amyloidosis can be distinguished biochemically or immunohistologically as being composed of immunoglobulin light chain, protein AA, or prealbumin respectively. All types of systemic an...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Gorevic PD,Rodrigues MM,Krachmer JH,Green C,Fujihara S,Glenner GG

更新日期：1984-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetazolamide's usefulness in the treatment of the glaucomas is limited by the systemic side effects that often accompany its oral administration, and topical administration was initially thought to have no effect upon the intraocular pressures of human and rabbit eyes. Recent studies, however, have shown the usefulne...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Flach AJ,Peterson JS,Seligmann KA

更新日期：1984-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of diabetic retinopathy was lower in a rural diabetic population when compared to the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy in medical center clinic populations. Adult-onset (Type II) diabetics were at greater risk for developing diabetic retinopathy shortly after diagnosis than newly diagnosed cases of ju...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Kollarits CR,Kiess RD,Das A,Hall AM,Jordan EL Jr,Donovan JE

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nerve fiber counts of 16 normal human optic nerves from subjects aged 3.5 to 82 years showed a significant effect of age (P = .0207). The delay between death or enucleation and fixation also significantly affected the result (P = .0078). The mean (+/- S.E.M.) count for the 16 nerves was 1,244,005 +/- 20,033 fibers, gi...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Balazsi AG,Rootman J,Drance SM,Schulzer M,Douglas GR

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ophthalmomyiasis interna caused severe intraocular inflammation and loss of vision in two eyes. In the first eye, the organism was found in the vitreous and created a severe uveitis; a second-stage larva of Hypoderma lineatum was later removed from the anterior chamber. Phthisis bulbi ensued with loss of all vision. I...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Edwards KM,Meredith TA,Hagler WS,Healy GR

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Samples from the center of a wide-field specular micrograph adequately assessed cell density and frequency distribution of cell areas. A preliminary analysis of the spread of values indicated whether an increased sample size was required. An algorithm determined how large a sample taken from the central photograph (th...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Hirst LW,Auer C,Abbey H,Cohn J,Kues H

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of ten patients (six girls and four boys ranging in age from 17 months to 9 1/2 years) with congenital third nerve palsies showed that not all cases are benign without other signs of focal neurologic damage. Six of the ten children showed some degree of pupillary involvement, five had signs of oculomotor synki...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Balkan R,Hoyt CS

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the Octopus automated perimeter, we conducted visual measurements on four separate occasions during a four-week period in six subjects with normal eyes. In 11 of 12 eyes, we found at least one point at which the threshold for light detection determined for that point showed a variance of more than 4 dB between t...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Wilensky JT,Joondeph BC

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used fluorophotometry and pachymetry to examine the longer-term (more than three months) postoperative effects in the anterior segment of extracapsular lens extraction with and without posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation. Fluorophotometry was performed after oral administration of fluorescein solution (...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Sawa M,Sakanishi Y,Shimizu H

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the effects of two beta-adrenergic blocking agents on cardiopulmonary function, we investigated two topical ophthalmologic preparations, betaxolol 1% and timolol 0.5%, in nine patients (eight men and one woman, ranging in age from 25 to 69 years) with reactive airway disease. The randomized, double-masked,...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Schoene RB,Abuan T,Ward RL,Beasley CH

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed two consecutive series of cataract extractions in patients with moderate to severe myopia for the incidence of postoperative retinal detachment. One series consisted of 122 intracapsular cataract extractions without surgical loss of vitreous and the other series consisted of 151 extracapsular (phacoemulsif...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Jaffe NS,Clayman HM,Jaffe MS

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated albumin and IgG concentrations in the aqueous humor of 41 patients before intracapsular cataract extraction (primary samples) and at the end of surgery (secondary samples). Albumin and IgG concentrations were determined in all samples by means of a quantitative fluoroimmunoassay. A short-term topical a...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Stur M,Grabner G,Dorda W,Zehetbauer G

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted electrophysiologic tests of the toxic effects of fluorouracil on 26 albino rabbit eyes. Fluorouracil concentrations of 10(-7) g/ml, 10(-6) g/ml, and 10(-5) g/ml produced no significant changes in the b-wave amplitudes of the electroretinogram. A concentration of 10(-4) g/ml, however, reduced the b-wave am...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Nao-i N,Honda Y

更新日期：1983-11-01 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

abstract：:New criteria for diagnosing congenital stationary night blindness include loss of the oscillatory potentials in the photopic and bright-flash dark-adapted electroretinogram, and atrophy or dysplastic changes, or both, in the optic nerve head. Ten patients (seven male and three female, ranging in age from 6 to 19 years...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Heckenlively JR,Martin DA,Rosenbaum AL

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although asymmetric or unilateral optic disk swelling is unusual in patients with increased intracranial pressure, we treated three such patients. Two (a 31-year-old man and a 31-year-old woman, both of whom were overweight) had benign intracranial hypertension. The third patient (a 64-year-old man) had a posterior fo...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Sedwick LA,Burde RM

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We implanted nine intraocular lenses for the aphakic correction of congenital monocular cataracts in eight children (eight eyes). During follow-up periods ranging from 18 to 50 months in six children, there were no major complications connected to the surgery. Parental cooperation with treatment for amblyopia was sati...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： BenEzra D,Paez JH

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrashort, Q-switched or mode-locked, neodymium-YAG laser pulses focused within 2 mm of the retina caused reproducible retinal damage in four eyes of two monkeys and in four eyes of three rabbits. The distance of the laser focus from the retina for clinically observed threshold retinal damage was characterized for pu...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Bonner RF,Meyers SM,Gaasterland DE

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten patients with Stargardt's disease and 14 with fundus flavimaculatus underwent thorough ophthalmic examinations, retinal photography, and, when possible, fluorescein angiography. Retinal function was also assessed by static and kinetic perimetry, the Farnsworth-Munsell 100-hue test, electro-oculography, and electro...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Moloney JB,Mooney DJ,O'Connor MA

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A consecutive group of 67 patients (70 eyes) with senile cataract underwent extracapsular cataract extraction and implantation of a Shearing posterior chamber intraocular lens. After two years of follow-up, there was an 11% +/- 2% decrease in central cell density (P less than .001), a 20% +/- 2% decrease in superior c...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Azen SP,Hurt A,Steel D,Wilson J,Reinig J,Bernstein J,Bedi M,Smith RE

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the ability of the Friedmann visual field analyzer to determine visual threshold and the depth of visual field defects, we correlated the visual threshold determined kinetically (Goldmann perimeter) with the static threshold (Friedmann analyzer) in various parts of the central field. We found the following...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Hicks BC,Anderson DR

更新日期：1983-05-01 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：:Four patients (three men, 32, 43, and 53 years old, and one 37-year-old woman) with syphilitic neuroretinitis had cerebrospinal fluid evidence of neurosyphilis. Therapy failed in one patient given penicillin G benzathine intramuscularly and it may have failed in a second patient. Another treatment failure occurred in ...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Folk JC,Weingeist TA,Corbett JJ,Lobes LA,Watzke RC

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured lower eyelid length in 288 healthy subjects to establish a norm and then in 95 patients with complaints of intractable photophobia, foreign-body sensation, chronic tearing, or chronic recurrent conjunctivitis. The difference in length was statistically significant (34.25 +/- 2.43 mm for healthy men vs 36.5...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Liu D,Stasior OG

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00