OBJECTIVE To determine whether the baseline retinal sensitivity can predict the best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) at 1 month after intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB) in eyes with macular edema (ME) associated with a branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO). SUBJECTS AND METHODS We evaluated 16 eyes of 16 patients who had ME associated with a BRVO. The mean ± standard deviation age was 69.1 ± 8.9 ye...

AIM We aimed to evaluate the 1-year efficacy and safety of low-frequency intravitreal bevacizumab in the treatment of macular edema due to retinal vein occlusions (RVOs). METHODS The study comprised an interventional prospective study of patients with macular edema due to central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) or branch retinal vein occlusion, followed for 12 months. Treatment-naïve patients w...

PURPOSE We assessed the relationship between retinal structures measured by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) and visual acuity in open-angle glaucoma (OAG) patients. METHODS In this cross-sectional observational study, 186 eyes from 186 OAG patients were included. The participants underwent RTVue OCT for measurement of circumpapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (cpRNFL) th...

PURPOSE To evaluate the effect of 4-month intermittent atropine penalization in children with amblyopia for whom patch therapy had failed and to analyze the factors associated with treatment success. METHODS This retrospective observational study included participants who visited the hospital between January 1, 2011, and December 31, 2015. Forty-one children with amblyopia for whom patch ther...

Purpose: Live-related conjunctival-limbal allografting (Lr-CLAL), allogeneic cultivated limbal epithelial transplantation (allo-CLET). autologous cultivated oral mucosal epithelial transplantation (COMET) and Boston Type 1 Keratoprosthesis (Boston Kpro) are the four most widely performed procedures for patients with bilateral limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD) with wet ocular surfaces. This stu...

AIM We aimed to identify the characteristics and prognostic indicators of poor visual and anatomic outcome in pseudophakic patients with fall-related open-globe (OG) injuries. We used a case series design, for a total of 26 patients. METHODS Charts of consecutive pseudophakic patients with fall-related OG injury at a single institution were reviewed. Demographics, ophthalmic history, circumst...

Introduction To review important studies examining focal laser for diabetic macular edema (DME), to examine real-world data regarding actual treatments patients are receiving, to present long-term visual outcomes in real-world practice, and to suggest an evidence-based approach for the use of focal laser. Methods This study is a review of landmark studies evaluating focal laser and pharmacolo...

Purpose. To evaluate the early response to intravitreal ranibizumab (IVR) in two different phenotypes of age-related macular degenerations (AMD): typical neovascular AMD (tAMD) and polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV). Methods. Sixty eyes from 60 patients (tAMD 28, PCV 32 eyes) were recruited. Three consecutive IVR treatments (0.5 mg) were performed every month. Change in the best-corrected ...

PURPOSE To evaluate factors that can influence the prevalence of amblyopia in children with anisometropia. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the records of 63 children 2 to 13 years of age who had anisometropic amblyopia with a difference in the refractive errors between the eyes of at least two diopters (D). The type of anisometropia (myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism), degree of anisomet...

PURPOSE To investigate if anatomical characteristics of eyes undergoing ranibizumab therapy were predictive of best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) outcomes over 2 years. METHODS Post hoc analyses of patients with age-related macular degeneration from PIER studies, defined by fundus fluorescein angiography, quantitative optical coherence tomography (OCT), and qualitative OCT, were performed to...