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Things Go Better with Cataract Surgery
In 1965, the largest beverage company in the world came up with the slogan: “Things go better with Coke.” Although very little has changed regarding the choice of, and techniques pertaining to, stand-alone glaucoma surgery, the past few years have …
Rising Cataract Surgery Rates: Demand and Supply
Cataract surgery is the most frequently performed surgical procedure in many developed countries, providing significant, long-term, and cost-effective improvements in the quality of life for patients of all ages. Advances in cataract surgery techniques…
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With apologies from the authors of “Preterm Birth and Later Retinal Detachment: A Population-Based Cohort Study of More than 3 Million Children and Young Adults” (Ophthalmology 2013;120:2278-2285), the 6th paragraph on the 2nd column (p. 2280) shou…
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We appreciate Dr Kishore’s interest in our recently published manuscript. He questioned the use of bevacizumab (1.25 mg/0.05 mL; Avastin; Genentech Inc, San Francisco, California, USA) for the treatment of subfoveal hemorrhage secondary to retinal arte…
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The Investment in Cataract Surgery Yields Healthy Rewards
Unoperated cataract remains the most common cause of blindness worldwide, even though the disorder can be effectively and inexpensively treated with a standard surgical procedure. Visual impairment attributable to unoperated cataract has been reported …
Clinical Characteristics of Reticular Pseudodrusen in Korean Patients
We read the article entitled “Clinical Characteristics of Reticular Pseudodrusen in Korean Patients,” by Lee and associates. In their article, the authors present the clinical characteristics of reticular pseudodrusen in Korean patients.
Cataract Surgery in Glaucoma Patients: How Much Benefit?
In this issue of the Journal, Drs. Slabaugh, Bojikian, Moore, and Chen report the effects of phacoemulsification cataract surgery on intraocular pressure in their patients with medically-controlled open-angle glaucoma. Ophthalmologists are keenly inter…
Reporting Visual Acuities
The AJO encourages authors to report the visual acuity in the manuscript using the same nomenclature that was used in gathering the data provided they were recorded in one of the methods listed here. This table of equivalent visual acuities is provided…
Intravitreal Bevacizumab for Symptomatic Retinal Arterial Macroaneurysm
I offer the following observations regarding the recent study by Cho and associates. Intravitreal bevacizumab for exudative complications of retinal artery macroaneurysm was first reported in 2009. Since then, there have been several reports indicating…
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We appreciate the interest and comments on our article. The spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD OCT) scan image from a 64-year-old woman in Figure 2 might be similar to adult-onset vitelliform dystrophy. However, the final diagnosis was m…
Nature and Nurture- Genes and Environment- Predict Onset and Progression of Macular Degeneration
Publication date: Available online 26 December 2013 Source:Progress in Retinal and Eye Research Author(s): Lucia Sobrin , Johanna M. Seddon Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most common cause of irreversible visual loss i…
Author reply – Corrected Proof
We are pleased to receive comments regarding our manuscript reporting transsynaptic retrograde degeneration (TRD) of retinal ganglion cells after infarction in various areas of the brain. We measured retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness to indire…
Safety and Complications of More Than 1500 Small-Incision Lenticule Extraction Procedures – Corrected Proof
Purpose: To evaluate the safety and complications of small-incision lenticule extraction (SMILE).Design: Clinical control cohort study.Participants: A total of 922 healthy patients (1800 eyes) who were treated for myopia or myopic astigmatism between J…
Anterior Cerebral Circulation Infarction and Retinal Ganglion Cell Degeneration – Corrected Proof
We congratulate Park et al on replicating our group’s work demonstrating that transsynaptic retrograde degeneration (TRD) of retinal ganglion cells occurs after occipital injury. Their paper is interesting in that it seems to show this process occurri…
Polymorphisms in Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor 2 Are Associated with Better Response Rates to Ranibizumab Treatment in Age-related Macular Degeneration – Corrected Proof
Purpose: Intravitreal anti–vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) injections are currently the standard treatment for neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD), but a broad range of response rates has been observed. We evaluated the assoc…
Common Variants in the Complement Factor H Gene Confer Genetic Susceptibility to Central Serous Chorioretinopathy – Corrected Proof
Purpose: To investigate whether complement factor H (CFH) gene DNA variants are associated with central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR).Design: Cross-sectional study.Participants: A case-control group of 140 CSCR subjects and 2 different control groups…
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Publication date: January 2014 Source:Progress in Retinal and Eye Research, Volume 38