Presented at the Eighty-second Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, Dallas, Oct 2-6, 1977. topic, and symmetric fashion to NL on both sides of the brain. This highly ordered projection contributes to the binaural response properties and tonotopic organization of NL neurons and suggests a mechanism for the differential transmission delay required by a "plac...

1. Nyska A, Glovinsky Y, Belkin M, Epstein Y. Biocompatibility of the Ex-PRESS miniature glaucoma drainage implant. J Glaucoma. 2003;12: 275-280. 2. Mermoud A, Rivier D. The ExPRESS miniature glaucoma implant in combined surgery with cataract extraction: a prospective study. Paper presented at: Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology; October 2002; Orlando, Fla. 3. Wamsley S, Mo...

The Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group (PEDIG) was established in 1997 to create a network of investigators to undertake clinical research into pediatric eye problems. The group was conceived by Roy W. Beck, M.D., Ph.D., in response to the call for large, simple trials from the National Institutes of Health.1 The research group was created to develop clinical trials exploring common probl...

Genetic testing can make a very positive impact on individuals and families affected with inherited eye disease in a number of ways. When properly performed, interpreted, and acted on, genetic tests can improve the accuracy of diagnoses and prognoses, can improve the accuracy of genetic counseling, can reduce the risk of disease occurrence or recurrence in families at risk, and can facilitate t...

PURPOSE To report national case-finding results for nontuberculous mycobacterial keratitis and describe its association with laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK). DESIGN Enhanced passive disease reporting. METHODS In April 2001, we investigated a California cluster of Mycobacterium chelonae keratitis associated with hyperopic LASIK using a contact lens mask. To identify other possibly relat...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the balance between the sexes of published ophthalmic material at the editorial, reviewer, and author levels. DESIGN Cross-sectional study of 3 journals, American Journal of Ophthalmology, Archives of Ophthalmology, and Ophthalmology, for 1969, 1979, 1989, 1999, and 2009. The data were compared with ophthalmologist-in-training and physician profile in major contributing ...

The goals of the subcommittee were to review the current practice and published evidence of medical and surgical treatment options for meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) and to identify areas with conflicting, or lack of, evidence, observations, concepts, or even mechanisms where further research is required. To achieve these goals, a comprehensive review of clinical textbooks and the scientific...

OBJECTIVE To review the published literature for evaluation of the safety and outcomes of phakic intraocular lens (pIOL) implantation for the correction of myopia and myopic astigmatism. METHODS Literature searches of the PubMed and Cochrane Library databases were conducted on October 7, 2007, and July 14, 2008. The PubMed search was limited to the English language; the Cochrane Library was s...