abstract：:Twenty-six eyes of 25 patients with chronic open-angle glaucoma and surgical aphakia with inadequate control of intraocular pressure (IOP) despite maximal medical treatment were treated with cyclocryotherapy, according to a prospective protocol and specific technique. (Neovascular and synechial glaucoma were excluded ...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Bellows AR,Grant WM

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the ultrastructure of the four types of dysplastic rosettes and compared them with retinoblastoma rosettes. Dysplastic rosettes have morphologic characteristics intermediate between the normal photoreceptor layer and retino-blastoma rosettes; Müller cells contribute to the formation of dysplastic but not ne...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Fulton AB,Craft JL,Howard RO,Albert DM

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 68-year-old white man with a documented family history of Reis-Bücklers' corneal dystrophy had a penetrating keratoplasty of the right eye in 1962. In 1977, vision decreased and foreign body sensation returned. Examination indicated a Reis-Bücklers' dystrophy that had appeared in the graft 15 years after the transpl...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Caldwell DR

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated carbonic anhydrase inhibitors in a crossover study with a placebo and random allocation of treatment administration. Drugs evaluated included acetazolamide tablets and Sequels, dichlorphenamide, ethoxzolamide, methazolamide, and an ascorbic acid placebo. The best tolerated drug was acetazolamide Sequels. ...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Lichter PR,Newman LP,Wheeler NC,Beall OV

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 61-year-old white woman, who had progressive arthritis over a two-year period, developed bilateral peripheral corneal degeneration. The superior cornea thinned to a thickness of approximately two thirds of normal. She died suddenly in the hospital and a primary occlusive vasculitis of the anterior ciliary arteries w...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Austin P,Green WR,Sallyer DC,Walsh FB,Kleinfelter HT

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 6-year-old boy with a visual acuity of 6/30 (20/100) in each eye had a diffuse corneal epithelial disruption that was most severe in the interpalpebral area. Corneal anesthesia was demonstrated with the Cochet-Bonnet aesthesiometer. Artificial tears, lubricant ointments, and taping of the eyelids were unsuccessful i...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Carpel EF

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In three cases infarction in the inferotemporal prelaminar portion of the optic disk resulted in shallow cupping and arcuate visual field defects. Such changes occurred acutely, were not progressive, and required no treatment. ...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Lichter PR,Henderson JW

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A clinicopathologic and follow-up study of 56 intraocular medulloepitheliomas in the Registry of Ophthalmic Pathology revealed a mean age of five years at the time of definitive diagnosis, most patients having had a delay in surgical therapy of more than one year after onset of signs or symptoms. Histologic evidence o...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Broughton WL,Zimmerman LE

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To establish the enzyme defect in gyrate atrophy, we measured the activity of ornithine aminotransferase in phytohemagglutinin stimulated lymphocytes in a patient with gyrate atrophy, her daughter, and three normal controls. The patient's cells had no detectable ornithine aminotransferase activity and the daughter's c...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Kaiser-Kupfer MI,Valle D,Del Valle LA

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:I used a soft-tip suction needle during a vitrectomy procedure to life glass foreign bodies away from the retina so they could be more easily and safely grasped with foreign-body extraction forceps. The use of the instrument reduces the chance of inadvertent scraping of glass fragments or instruments against the retin...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Coleman DJ

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We believe axoplasmic transport alteration is the anatomic substrate for formation of drusen of the optic disk. In familial cases the cause of axoplasmic transport alteration may be related to the presence of a genetically determined, small, crowded optic nerve head. We believe these congenitally elevated nerve heads ...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Spencer WH

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical recession of the inferior oblique muscle is simpler to perform if the inferior rectus muscle, rather than either the lateral rectus muscle or the inferior oblique muscle insertion, is used as a landmark. We measured 200 consecutive autopsy eyes to determine the distance from the commonly used 8-mm recession s...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Apt L,Call NB

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 55-year-old woman developed a skin rash and lipid deposition centrally in previously normal corneas. Despite a family history of coronary artery disease, no serum lipid abnormality was detected. Lipid droplets and granules were deposited throughout the corneal epithelium and stroma. Histochemical stains were positiv...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Friedlaender MH,Cavanagh HD,Sullivan WR,Gallagher MJ,Dickersin GR

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pregnant rabbits in their first and second "trimesters" of gestation were used in a controlled study to evaluate the teratogenicity of fluorescein sodium. Injections of the drug were given in doses comparable to those planned for human administration. No abortions or defects apparent at birth or as delayed manifestati...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： McEnerney JK,Wong WP,Peyman GA

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The end-stage or involutional phase of proliferative diabetic retinopathy may result in stabilization of vision for long periods of time. However, the clinical resemblance to the progressive tapetoretinal degenerations suggests that marked functional impairment of the retina is present in such eyes. We studied 19 eyes...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Ramsay WJ,Ramsay RC,Purple RL,Knobloch WH

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An infant girl with failure to thrive and bilateral retinoblastoma had a translocation of the long arm of chromosome 13 to the short arm of the X chromosome, and possible loss of a portion of the q 14 band. The lack of other major organ malformations in this patient emphasized the importance of considering chromosomal...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Cross HE,Hansen RC,Morrow G 3rd,Davis JR

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the Cochet-Bonnet esthesiometer, we evaluated the corneal sensation of 11 patients with unilateral Adie's tonic pupil. We eliminated six other patients with bilateral Adie's pupil or disease that lowered corneal sensation. An observed unfamiliar with each patient's condition tested 12 clock hour positions in the...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Purcell JJ Jr,Krachmer JH,Thompson HS

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenesis of reversible cupping of the optic disk in congenital glaucoma was examined by two approaches. Human fetal, neonatal, and adult eyes were examined by histochemistry and electron microscopy to delineate the embryologic development of the optic nerve head. While the neural, glial, and vascular elements ...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Quigley HA

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 79-year-old man initially had a perforated corneal ulcer of his blind right eye. The next day a spontaneous expulsive choroidal hemorrhage occurred just before scheduled enucleation. Histopathologic examination of the enucleated eye revealed a severe necrosis of several posterior ciliary arteries in the expulsive ch...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Perry HD,Hsieh RC,Evans RM

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used 2.15 to 2.3% collodion in amyl acetate to form a replica of the corneal surface epithelium in vivo in seven rabbit eyes and ten human eyes. When it was peeled off the replica removed superficial epithelial cells in patches. The corneal epithelium regenerated within one week. Repeated applications at weekly int...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Missotten L,Maudgal PC

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 2,000-g infant boy had many features of the Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome (prenatal growth deficiency and developmental retardation, microcephaly with unusual facies, hypospadias, and feeding difficulties) as well as sclerocornea. The association of this rare eye finding with this rare congenital syndrome is unique. Su...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Harbin RL,Katz JI,Frias JL,Rabinowicz IM,Kaufman HE

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of rapid freezing and thawing was tested in vitro on 100 human hard nuclear cataracts before ultrasonic emulsification. After phacocryolysis the interspace between lens fibers increased, and the normally closely packed fibers appeared to loosen. This seemed to soften the hard cataract, thereby facilitating ...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Liu HS,Tolentino FI,Greiner JV

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 35-year-old woman with Engelmann's disease and systemic lupus erythematosus developed spontaneous luxation of the globe and glaucoma. Radiological studies demonstrated increased sclerosis of the orbital bones and decreased orbital volumes, the probable cause of the luxation and the glaucoma. The glaucoma was control...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Brodrick JD

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 76 members of a large pedigree with familial aniridia, 61% of the 38 affected patients had visual acuity of 6/9 (20/30) or better and only 5% had acuity of 6/60 (20/200) or worse. Cataracts were present in 18% of affected patients; glaucoma in 13%; and strabismus in 34%. Sixteen percent of affected patients had str...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Elsas FJ,Maumenee IH,Kenyon KR,Yoder F

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the clinical and microscopic appearances of the optic nerve head in squirrel monkeys with optic nerve degeneration produced by optic nerve transection at the orbital apex. The ophthalmoscopic development of optic disk pallor coincided with the loss of nerve fiber bundles and the rearrangement of the remaini...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Quigley HA,Anderson DR

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The original (1969) classification of the Eye Changes of Graves' Disease has been retained except for Classes 1 and 3. Class 1 has been limited so that proptosis of 23 mm or greater is placed in Class 3, even if the patient is asymptomatic. Grading of Classes 1 and 2 has been left to the individual physician or clinic...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Werner SC

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dimensions of the Westheimer function are stable across populations and in time and vary with the eccentricity of fixation. The function is thus useful to assess whether an individual is fixing centrally and if not to estimate the degree of eccentricity of fixation. We identified both summation and inhibition-like...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Enoch JM,Johnson CA

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lamellar keratoplasty was done in 18 eyes with keratoconus in an attempt to obtain a more satisfactory postoperative refractive error than that after penetrating keratoplasty. The refractive error after lamellar keratoplasty was better than that after 7.5-mm penetrating keratoplasties, but the vision was not as good. ...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Wood TO

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 13-year-old girl suddenly experienced ataxia, bilateral external ophthalmoplegia, and areflexia. She was previously healthy but several family members had had a flu-like illness. Cerebrospinal fluid punctures demonstrated a persistent lymphocytosis and protein elevation. Clinical improvement occurred in several mont...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Weintraub MI

更新日期：1977-03-01 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

abstract：:Digital A-scan ultrasonography provided a digital display of intraocular distances with an overall accuracy of 0.05 mm. Since the control setting was easy and calibration was unnecessary, the time of measurement is reduced and hence the apparatus is useful in clinical practice. ...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： van der Heijde GL,Meinema AJ,Vlaming MS

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 7 1/2-year-old boy died of the Jansky-Bielschowsky type of neuronal ceroidlipofuscinosis. Although an electroretinogram showed reduced activity, pigmentary retinal atrophy was not demonstrable by ophthalmoscopy two years before death. At autopsy, the retina had severe loss of photoreceptor cells, pigment displacemen...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Goebel HH,Zeman W,Damaske E

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunofluorescence, histological, and electron microscopic observations were made on rabbit corneas from animals with experimentally induced stromal keratitis following intracorneal injection with the RE strain of herpes simplex virus. Electron microscopic observations were also made on human corneas obtained from pat...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Metcalf JF,Kaufman HE

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A microsurgical modification of the Rizzuti scleral fixation forceps for corneal and cataract surgery employs Bonn 0.12-mm teeth on an angled handle with an appropriate curve between the teeth to fix the tissue more adequately to allow accurate placement of sutures. ...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Lieberman DM

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryotherapy was an effective modality in the treatment of basal cell carcinoma in the eyelid and periorbital area and cured 93% of the 29 lesions in 25 patients. This method was especially advantageous in patients with blood clotting disorders; those with medical contraindications to, or who refused, classical surgery...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Bullock JD,Beard C,Sullivan JH

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 5-month-old infant girl died of familial lymphohistiocytosis. The central nervous system showed widespread perivascular infiltration of the cerebral pia and arachnoid, the cerebral white matter and deep gray matter, the cerebellum, and brain stem by lymphocytes, benign appearing histiocytes, and macrophages with ery...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Appen RE,Weber SW,de Venecia G,Rhein GM

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corneas for penetrating keratoplasty that have been excised from the globe for storage ordinarily require punching of the donor tissue from the posterior surface. They may be trephined from the anterior surface when they are mounted on an instrument that forms a seal around the scleral rim of the excised cornea, allow...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Ward DE,Nesburn AB

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four patients observed for a three- to four-year period had a hole in an epiretinal membrane overlying the macula that mimicked a macular hole. In two patients the clinical appearance remained essentially constant. In one, the epiretinal membrane contracted further, reducing the apparent macular hole to a slit and cau...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Allen AW Jr,Gass JD

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In human and primate eyes treated with cyclocryotherapy, the epithelial and capillary elements of the ciliary processes were destroyed and replaced by fibroblast-like cells. The trabecular mesh-work and Schlemm's canal were histologically affected by cyclocryotherapy. Damage to the angle structures impaired aqueous ou...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Quigley HA

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transmission characteristics of a new filter combination for fluorescein angiography were selected on the basis of in vivo measurements of the excitation and emission spectra of fluorescein dye during its transit in the fundus. This combination of filters was characterized by separation of 530 nm between the spect...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Delori F,Ben-Sira I,Trempe C

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00