Purpose: To evaluate the agreement of retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) color codes among Stratus, Cirrus, and Spectralis optical coherence tomography (OCT) in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.Design: Prospective cohort study.Methods: In 140 eyes from 70 patients having relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis from January 2011 to September 2011, peripapillary RNFL thickness was measured using the fast RNFL program by Stratus, the optic disc cube protocol by Cirrus, and the N-site axonal analysis by Spectralis.Results: Overall, a moderate to good RNFL color code agreement was found (0.435-0.884), except for the nasal quadrant. The temporal quadrant was the most abnormal color coding by (Read more...)
The Effect of Prior Trabeculectomy on Refractive Outcomes of Cataract Surgery – Corrected Proof
Purpose: To examine surgical and refractive outcomes of phacoemulsification with intraocular lens (IOL) implant in eyes with prior trabeculectomy.Design: Retrospective observational case-control study.Methods: The study compared eyes that underwent phacoemulsification with IOL implant at least 3 months post-trabeculectomy (n = 77) with eyes with either medically controlled glaucoma (n = 43) or no glaucoma (n = 50) at an academic institution. The main outcome measure was the difference between the expected and the actual postoperative refraction.Results: Mean intraocular pressure (IOP) increased in trabeculectomy eyes from 8.7 ± 4.2 mm Hg to 10.7 ± 4.0 mm Hg (P < .0001), whereas it decreased in glaucoma control and (Read more...)
Split Cornea Transplantation: Relationship between Storage Time of Split Donor Tissue and Outcome – Corrected Proof
Purpose:
To analyze the relationship between storage time of split donor tissue and outcomes after deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) and Descemet’s membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK).
Design:
Retrospective analysis of a nonrandomized…
High-Risk Retinoblastoma Based on International Classification of Retinoblastoma: Analysis of 519 Enucleated Eyes – Corrected Proof
Purpose:
To determine the correlation between the International Classification of Retinoblastoma (ICRB) and histopathologic high-risk retinoblastoma.
Design:
Retrospective study.
Participants:
A total of 519 patients.
Intervention:
Primary enuc…
Long-Term Reproducibility of Cirrus HD Optical Coherence Tomography Deviation Map in Clinically Stable Glaucomatous Eyes – Corrected Proof
Objective:
To determine the long-term reproducibility of the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness deviation map in glaucoma patients.
Design:
Retrospective, longitudinal study.
Participants:
One hundred two eyes of 102 glaucoma patients.
M…
A Quantitative Method for Assessing the Degree of Axial Proptosis in Relation to Orbital Tissue Involvement in Graves’ Orbitopathy – Corrected Proof
Purpose:
To define a method of quantifying axial proptosis in patients with Graves’ orbitopathy (GO) and to validate a score that correlates with the orbital involvement and helps determine the degree of proptosis correction for elective orbital decompression.
Design:
Retrospective, case series.
Participants:
The study included 50 patients (group A) and 29 control subjects who underwent orbital computed tomography (CT). The method was then validated in another group of 21 patients with GO (group B).
Methods:
The orbital area (OA) was measured manually on the central axial section of the CT scan at a level where the lens is visualized. (Read more...)