abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the rate of progressive visual field (VF) loss and associated factors for structural or functional progression in preperimetric open-angle glaucoma (OAG). DESIGN:Longitudinal, observational study. METHODS:We included 127 eyes of 127 preperimetric OAG patients who were treated with topical medic...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Kim KE,Jeoung JW,Kim DM,Ahn SJ,Park KH,Kim SH

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the efficacy of spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD OCT) compared to indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) in detecting idiopathic polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) and in differentiating between PCV and occult choroidal neovascularization (CNV). DESIGN:Retrospective observational...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： De Salvo G,Vaz-Pereira S,Keane PA,Tufail A,Liew G

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine if asymmetry in thickness of the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL), ganglion cell layer, ganglion cell complex, and total retina between upper and lower macula halves can predict glaucoma. DESIGN:Retrospective case-control series. METHODS:One hundred twenty-two eyes of 122 patients (30 normal eyes...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Yamada H,Hangai M,Nakano N,Takayama K,Kimura Y,Miyake M,Akagi T,Ikeda HO,Noma H,Yoshimura N

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the prevalence of and risk factors associated with dry eye syndrome (DES) in South Korea. DESIGN:Cross-sectional study. METHODS:In 2010 and 2011, 11,666 subjects, ranging in age from 19 to 95, were randomly selected as nationally representative participants in the Korea National Health and Nutr...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Ahn JM,Lee SH,Rim TH,Park RJ,Yang HS,Kim TI,Yoon KC,Seo KY,Epidemiologic Survey Committee of the Korean Ophthalmological Society.

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To provide a systematic classification of fundus autofluorescence (FAF) patterns in patients affected by Best vitelliform macular dystrophy. DESIGN:Cross-sectional prospective study. METHODS:Patients affected by Best vitelliform macular dystrophy at different stages of the disease were prospectively enrolled ...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Parodi MB,Iacono P,Campa C,Del Turco C,Bandello F

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate changes in anterior chamber depth (ACD) and angle width after neodymium-yttrium-aluminum-garnet (Nd:YAG) laser capsulotomy. DESIGN:Prospective interventional case series. METHODS:In a single institution, 43 eyes of 43 consecutive pseudophakic patients with symptomatic posterior capsule opacificati...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Eliaçık M,Bayramlar H,Erdur SK,Demirci G,Gülkılık G

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess whether successful surgical intervention for intermittent exotropia, or the timing of intervention, has any effect on the development of mental illness. DESIGN:Retrospective, observational case series. METHODS:All patients (<19 years of age) diagnosed with intermittent exotropia in Olmsted County, M...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Kilgore KP,Barraza RA,Hodge DO,McKenzie JA,Mohney BG

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To critically assess the evidence base regarding outcomes following cataract surgery in uveitic cases. DESIGN:Systematic evidence-based review and meta-analysis. METHODS:A comprehensive search query was performed on MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINHAL, and CENTRAL databases. Relevant publications were identified by revie...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Mehta S,Linton MM,Kempen JH

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the frequency of ocular adverse effects associated with vemurafenib (PLX4032) treatment for metastatic cutaneous melanoma. DESIGN:Retrospective review of the clinical study reports from the clinical pharmacology, phase 1, phase 2, and phase 3 trials of vemurafenib. METHODS:The vemurafenib clinica...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Choe CH,McArthur GA,Caro I,Kempen JH,Amaravadi RK

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the relationship between delayed patchy choroidal filling and morphologic and functional outcomes among eyes treated with ranibizumab or bevacizumab. DESIGN:Cohort study. METHODS:Comparison of Age-related Macular Degeneration Treatment Trials participants were assigned randomly to ranibizumab or ...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Gewaily DY,Grunwald JE,Pistilli M,Ying GS,Maguire MG,Daniel E,Ostroff CP,Fine SL,CATT Research Group.

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the impact of cataract surgery on subfoveal choroidal thickness and central retinal thickness in the elderly. DESIGN:Prospective observational case series. METHODS:This cohort study included 29 eyes of 29 patients with senile cataract, but no previous ocular surgery or other ocular abnormality. Al...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Noda Y,Ogawa A,Toyama T,Ueta T

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate changes in postoperative refractive outcomes following combined phacoemulsification and pars plana vitrectomy for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) compared with other retinal diseases. DESIGN:Retrospective observational case-control study. METHODS:A total of 55 patients who had combined sur...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Cho KH,Park IW,Kwon SI

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We hypothesized that major American dietary patterns are associated with risk for age-related macular degeneration (AMD). DESIGN:Cross-sectional study. METHODS:We classified 8103 eyes in 4088 eligible participants in the baseline Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS). They were classified into control (n = 27...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Chiu CJ,Chang ML,Zhang FF,Li T,Gensler G,Schleicher M,Taylor A

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the impact of Bruch membrane pathology on the choroid in pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE). DESIGN:Monocenter cross-sectional prospective case series. METHODS:The study included 61 eyes of 51 patients with PXE and 54 eyes of 54 normal subjects. The diagnosis of PXE was based on skin biopsy, geneti...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Gliem M,Fimmers R,Müller PL,Brinkmann CK,Finger RP,Hendig D,Holz FG,Charbel Issa P

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe the immune alterations associated with age-related macular degeneration (AMD); and, based on these findings, to offer an approach to possibly prevent the expression of late disease. DESIGN:Perspective. METHODS:Review of the existing literature dealing with epidemiology, models, and immunologic fin...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Nussenblatt RB,Lee RW,Chew E,Wei L,Liu B,Sen HN,Dick AD,Ferris FL

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the co-occurrence of acute ischemic stroke and acute retinal artery occlusion (RAO). DESIGN:Retrospective observational case series. METHODS:We included 33 consecutive patients with acute RAO who underwent diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging within 7 days of the onset of visual symptoms....

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Lee J,Kim SW,Lee SC,Kwon OW,Kim YD,Byeon SH

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the long-term results of 2-muscle surgery in children with primary large-angle exotropia, comparing 10 mm bilateral lateral rectus recession (BLR) with unilateral lateral rectus recession-medial rectus resection (recess/resect). DESIGN:Retrospective case series. METHODS:Eighty-six children with ex...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Kim KE,Yang HK,Hwang JM

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the repeatability of automated retinal and choroidal thickness measurements with swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS OCT) and the frequency and type of scan artifacts. DESIGN:Prospective evaluation of new diagnostic technology. METHODS:Thirty healthy subjects were recruited prospectivel...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Mansouri K,Medeiros FA,Tatham AJ,Marchase N,Weinreb RN

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the prognostic implication of subfoveal choroidal thickness on treatment outcome after intravitreal ranibizumab injections for typical exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD). DESIGN:Retrospective study. METHODS:A total of 40 eyes of 37 patients who completed 6-month follow-up were ana...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Kang HM,Kwon HJ,Yi JH,Lee CS,Lee SC

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the characteristics of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RD) in patients with previous laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) and compare them to RD in patients with previous laser assisted subepithelial keratomileusis (LASEK) and myopic patients with no previous refractive surgery. DESIGN:Retrospec...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Kang HM,Lee CS,Park HJ,Lee KH,Byeon SH,Koh HJ,Lee SC

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To provide evidence-based recommendations for diabetic macular edema (DME) management based on updated information from publications on DME treatment modalities. DESIGN:Perspective. METHODS:A literature search for "diabetic macular edema" or "diabetic maculopathy" was performed using the PubMed, Cochrane Libr...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Mitchell P,Wong TY,Diabetic Macular Edema Treatment Guideline Working Group.

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To use micro-ribonucleic acid (microRNA) profiles in the vitreous for differential diagnosis of primary vitreoretinal lymphoma and uveitis. DESIGN:Prospective cross-sectional study. METHODS:This prospective cross-sectional study included 17 diffuse large B-cell primary vitreoretinal lymphoma and 12 uveitis pa...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Tuo J,Shen D,Yang HH,Chan CC

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To provide a detailed review of current clinical guidelines for the diagnosis, work-up and treatment of autoimmune retinopathy and to preview briefly possible future therapies. DESIGN:Perspective based on literature review and clinical expertise. METHODS:Interpretation of current literature, relying on the au...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Grange L,Dalal M,Nussenblatt RB,Sen HN

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of fungal isolates to natamycin and voriconazole, and to compare these MICs to previous ocular susceptibility studies. DESIGN:Experimental laboratory study using isolates from a randomized clinical trial. METHODS:The Mycotic Ulcer Treatment Trial I was a ...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Lalitha P,Sun CQ,Prajna NV,Karpagam R,Geetha M,O'Brien KS,Cevallos V,McLeod SD,Acharya NR,Lietman TM,Mycotic Ulcer Treatment Trial Group.

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To identify which presenting features of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) suggest the presence of multiple retinal breaks and to ascertain relevant patterns in retinal break location. DESIGN:Observational single-center case series. METHODS:We collected data from 851 eyes undergoing surgery for RRD betw...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Shunmugam M,Shah AN,Hysi PG,Williamson TH

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the safety and efficacy of orthokeratology as a nonsurgical treatment for myopia in children with alternate methods, such as soft contact lenses, rigid gas permeable lenses, and spectacles, throughout multiple studies. DESIGN:Perspective with literature review. METHODS:Analysis of recent studies to...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Koffler BH,Sears JJ

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate cataract risk associated with the use of atypical antipsychotics. DESIGN:Retrospective, nested case-control study. METHODS:A large health claims database (The British Columbia Ministry of Health Databases) from British Columbia, Canada, was used from January 2000 through December 2007. Cases we...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Pakzad-Vaezi KL,Etminan M,Mikelberg FS

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate whether peripapillary choroidal thickness in perimetrically affected eyes of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) patients differs from that in perimetrically unaffected fellow eyes and eyes of healthy controls. DESIGN:Retrospective, comparative, cross-sectional study. METHODS:Thirty-one POAG pat...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Li L,Bian A,Zhou Q,Mao J

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the frequency and types of systemic findings in patients with apparently isolated uveal coloboma. DESIGN:Cross-sectional observational study. METHODS:setting: Single-center ophthalmic genetics clinic. study population: Ninety-nine patients with uveal coloboma seen at the National Eye Institute....

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Huynh N,Blain D,Glaser T,Doss EL,Zein WM,Lang DM,Baker EH,Hill S,Brewer CC,Kopp JB,Bardakjian TM,Maumenee IH,Bateman BJ,Brooks BP

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the effect of macular reticular pseudodrusen on retinal function using multiple imaging methods. DESIGN:Prospective cross-sectional study. METHODS:Thirteen eyes with reticular pseudodrusen, but without any other macular abnormality or glaucoma, and 20 normal eyes were evaluated. All subjects under...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Ooto S,Ellabban AA,Ueda-Arakawa N,Oishi A,Tamura H,Yamashiro K,Tsujikawa A,Yoshimura N

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine if myopia is a risk factor for age-related cataract. DESIGN:Systematic review and meta-analysis. METHODS:A systematic review of the literature was performed using PubMed and Embase from their inception to March 2013 for population-based studies with data on myopia and age-related cataract, includin...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Pan CW,Cheng CY,Saw SM,Wang JJ,Wong TY

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the clinical outcomes of two treatment approaches for bilateral nasolacrimal duct obstruction (NLDO) in infancy. DESIGN:Multicenter, randomized clinical trial. METHODS:We studied 57 infants between the ages of 6 and <10 months who had bilateral NLDO. Participants were randomized to receive either (...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Lee KA,Chandler DL,Repka MX,Melia M,Beck RW,Summers CG,Frick KD,Foster NC,Kraker RT,Atkinson S,PEDIG.

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe clinical outcomes of complications afflicting the autologous oral mucous membrane graft after modified osteo-odonto keratoprosthesis surgery in chronic Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS). DESIGN:Prospective case series. METHODS:This study included 30 eyes of 30 patients with SJS-induced dry keratinize...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Basu S,Pillai VS,Sangwan VS

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate changes in contrast sensitivity after surgery for macula-on rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD). DESIGN:Prospective, interventional, consecutive, case-control study. METHODS:This study included 84 eyes of 84 patients with unilateral macula-on RRD undergoing primary scleral buckling or vitrecto...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Okamoto F,Sugiura Y,Okamoto Y,Hiraoka T,Oshika T

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the intraocular pressure (IOP) values during a 3-month period after implantation of the new Visian Implantable Collamer Lens (ICL; STAAR Surgical Company, Nidau, Switzerland) V4c design with CentraFLOW technology without iridotomy using a standard procedure followed by implantation of the conventiona...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Higueras-Esteban A,Ortiz-Gomariz A,Gutiérrez-Ortega R,Villa-Collar C,Abad-Montes JP,Fernandes P,González-Méijome JM

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate tear function and prevalence of dry eye disease (DED) in visual display terminal (VDT) users. DESIGN:Cross-sectional study. METHODS:Six hundred and seventy-two young and middle-aged Japanese office workers who used VDT completed questionnaires and underwent dry eye testing. We estimated the pre...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Uchino M,Yokoi N,Uchino Y,Dogru M,Kawashima M,Komuro A,Sonomura Y,Kato H,Kinoshita S,Schaumberg DA,Tsubota K

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the outcomes of epiretinal membrane (ERM) surgery in highly myopic eyes without traction maculopathy, and to compare them with those from non-highly myopic eyes. DESIGN:Retrospective nested case-control study from a cohort of 509 consecutive patients (509 eyes) who underwent pars plana vitrectomy w...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： El Sanharawi M,Sandali O,Bonnel S,Laroche L,Monin C

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report the efficacy and safety of outpatient fluid-gas exchange for open macular hole after primary vitrectomy. DESIGN:Retrospective interventional case series. METHODS:setting: Institutional. patients: Thirty-six patients with primary failed closure or reopened holes after primary vitrectomy. intervention...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Rao X,Wang NK,Chen YP,Hwang YS,Chuang LH,Liu IC,Chen KJ,Wu WC,Lai CC

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the outcome of intravitreal injection of aflibercept in cases with exudative age-related macular degeneration, (AMD) resistant to injections of bevacizumab or ranibizumab. DESIGN:Retrospective observational case series. METHODS:A retrospective chart review at a single institution was conducted to ...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Bakall B,Folk JC,Boldt HC,Sohn EH,Stone EM,Russell SR,Mahajan VB

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the ocular biometric parameters associated with intraocular pressure (IOP) reduction after phacoemulsification. DESIGN:Prospective, observational case series. METHODS:The study included 999 patients who had undergone uncomplicated phacoemulsification. IOP and ocular biometric parameters were check...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Yang HS,Lee J,Choi S

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00