I read with interest the article by Eydelman et al announcing the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDAs) proactive toxic anterior segment syndrome program, as well the accompanying editorial by Gottsch and Schein. The article and the editorial describe …
Month: March 2013
n-3 Fatty Acids and Retinal Function
Ageing is associated with progressive loss of retinal function characterized by altered rod and cone electroretinographic responses to light stimulation. n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPs), especially eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexa…
Visual Outcome After Antioxidant Supplementation
In 2001, the National Eye Institute–funded Age-related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) published its findings. The AREDS was a double-masked, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of 4757 subjects over a period of 5 years that showed that supplementation wi…
Diagnostic Criteria for Primary Ocular Lymphoma
We describe a patient whose diagnosis and treatment of primary intraocular (PIOL) and central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) were delayed as a result of strict adherence to a diagnostic criterion of cytologic malignancy features of cells.
Keratoplasty for Corneal Endothelial Disease
We read the article by Shtein et al on the rates of keratoplasty for corneal endothelial disease (CED) in a large cohort in the United States with interest. The researchers found that patients with CED had increased odds of undergoing keratoplasty in 2…
Infection Following Photorefractive Keratectomy
Photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) is the most commonly performed refractive procedure in the US military and is regaining popularity in the civilian world as a safe alternative to LASIK. Pain after PRK is often significant, but can be mediated with the…
Enzymatic Detergents and Toxic Anterior Segment Syndrome
We read with interest the article by Leder et al entitled “An Investigation of Enzymatic Detergents as a Potential Cause of Toxic Anterior Segment Syndrome.” The authors investigated whether enzymatic detergents used in the cleaning of ophthalmic i…
Author reply
We thank Hong et al for their comments regarding our manuscript and would like to address several important issues that they raise. The focus of our paper was specifically to study keratoplasty among patients with corneal endothelial disease (CED). Exp…
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We thank Hong et al for their interest in our paper “Shifting Trends in Bacterial Keratitis in Toronto, an 11 Year Review.” In our paper, we reviewed the microbiology records of 1701 consecutive corneal scrapings; our main findings were a significa…
“Salt and Pepper” Corneal Endothelium
We report a symptomatic patient who resembles the “salt and pepper endothelium” described by Hillenaar et al his “How Normal Is the Transparent Cornea? Effects of Ageing on Corneal Morphology.”
Bacterial Keratitis in Shanghai
The recent report by Lichtinger et al describing the clinical characteristics of bacterial keratitis isolates over a 11-year period within a Toronto institution raised our interest. Although we found several previous studies about the distribution, cur…
Author reply
We appreciate the comments of Dr. Mamalis. We were unaware of the disagreements that the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) TASS force had with the Food and Drug Administration’s.
Erratum
With apologies from the publishers, the final authorship in the article entitled, “Prevalence of Glaucoma in a Rural Northern China Adult Population: A Population- based Survey in Kailu County, Inner Mongolia” by Wulian Song, MD, Li Shan, MD, Fang …
This Issue At A Glance
治疗角膜内皮疾病时, 角膜内皮移植手术 (DSEK) 相比传统的全层穿透性角膜移植术 (PK) 昂贵, 然而 Bose 等人 (p. 464) 发现, 从成本效益的角度看, DSEK 应是二者中的首选. 该研究举例, 假设给予固定
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A Simple Vista en Este Número
Aunque la queratoplastia endotelial con denudamiento de la Descemet (DSEK) es más costosa que la queratoplastia penetrante (PK) de grosor completo tradicional para la enfermedad endotelial, Bose y otros (p. 464) determinaron que la DSEK debe ser la al…
Choosing Wisely: Five Ideas that Physicians and Patients Can Discuss
In 2012, the American Academy of Ophthalmology joined 16 medical specialty societies in the second wave of the Choosing Wisely campaign, initiated by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Foundation. Participating societies each created a list…
This Issue At A Glance
Although Descemet’s stripping endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK) is more expensive to perform compared to the traditional full-thickness penetrating keratoplasty (PK) for endothelial disease, Bose et al (p. 464) found that DSEK should be the preferred tre…
Author reply
The FDA acknowledges the extensive work performed by professional eye organizations, including the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS), and Dr. Mamalis in combating Toxic Anterior Segment Syndrome (TASS) outbreaks.