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Ophthalmology General

Commercial Gene Panels for Congenital Anterior Segment Anomalies: are they all the same?

Mar 13, 2023

We compared next-generation sequencing multigene panels (NGS-MGP) from 5 commercial laboratories to inform the ophthalmologist's decision-making in diagnostic genetic testing for congenital anterior s...

Michigan Screening & Intervention for Glaucoma and Eye Health through Telemedicine Program: First Year Outcomes and Implementation Costs.

Mar 13, 2023

The Michigan Screening and Intervention for Glaucoma and Eye Health through Telemedicine (MI-SIGHT) program aims to engage people at high risk of glaucoma; we assess first year outcomes and costs.Clin...

The incidence and prevalence of recurrent corneal erosion syndrome in London, UK.

Mar 13, 2023

Recurrent corneal erosion syndrome (RCES) is caused by repeated episodes of corneal epithelial breakdown due to improper adherence of the corneal epithelium to the underlying basement membrane. The mo...

Prevalence of peripapillary hyperreflective ovoid mass-like structures (PHOMS) in suspected papilloedema in children.

Mar 13, 2023

Suspected papilloedema is a frequent cause of referral to paediatric ophthalmology clinics. Recent publications have described a new finding called peripapillary hyperreflective ovoid mass-like struct...

Dynamic Spatial Working Memory Resource Allocation for Full & Partial Report Tasks

Mar 10, 2023

The following is a summary of "Dynamic resource allocation in spatial working memory during full and partial report tasks," published in the February 2023 issue of Ophthalmology by McAteer, et al. ...

Human Heading Perception's Temporal Stability

Mar 09, 2023

The following is a summary of "Temporal stability of human heading perception," published in the February 2023 issue of Ophthalmology by Ali, et al. In the course of straightforward self-motion...

The Focal Colors Co-occur with Invariant Categorical Color Zones Throughout Illuminant Change

Mar 06, 2023

The following is a summary of "Invariant categorical color regions across illuminant change coincide with focal colors," published in the February 2023 issue of Ophthalmology by Morimoto, et al. ...

MMP9-Responsive Graphene Oxide Quantum Dot-Based Nano-in-Micro Drug Delivery System for Combinatorial Therapy of Choroidal Neovascularization.

Mar 06, 2023

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), especially wet AMD with choroidal neovascularization (CNV), commonly causes blindness in older patients and disruption of the choroid followed by second-wave in...

Posterior Staphyloma as determining factor for myopic maculopathy.

Mar 06, 2023

The aim of this study was to determine the influence of posterior staphyloma (PS) on the development of myopic maculopathy.Cross-sectional study.467 highly myopic eyes (axial length (AL) ≥26 mm) of ...

Subjective visual experience and ocular symptoms after wavefront-guided and wavefront-optimized LASIK in a prospective fellow eye study.

Mar 06, 2023

The purpose of this study was to compare the subjective visual experience and ocular symptoms of fellow eyes treated with wavefront-optimized (WFO-) laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) and w...

Effectiveness of topical insulin for the treatment of surface corneal pathologies.

Mar 06, 2023

The Purpose is to identify, through a systematic literature review, the current evidence regarding the effectiveness of topical insulin treatment in ocular surface pathologies. A literature search was...

Risk of Diabetic Retinopathy between Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors and Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists.

Mar 06, 2023

To compare risk of diabetic retinopathy (DR) between patients taking sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2is) and those taking glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP1-RAs) in routin...

Ocular manifestations: A novel association of Monkeypox virus outbreak in 2022.

Mar 06, 2023

Monkeypox virus (MPXV) is a double-stranded DNA zoonotic virus of the Poxviridae family. Infected persons, animals, or inanimate items can all spread the virus to humans when they come into close cont...

The pharmacokinetics of single oral dose extended-release topiramate and adverse effects after multi-dose administration in healthy cats.

Mar 06, 2023

Current treatment options for feline epilepsy are limited to medications that require administration of multiple doses per day or administration of a capsule or large tablet. Expanding the current tre...

Disparities in eye clinic patient encounters among patients requiring language interpreter services.

Mar 06, 2023

Communication barriers are a major cause of health disparities for patients with limited English proficiency (LEP). Medical interpreters play an important role in bridging this gap, however the impact...

Effects of Expectations Satisfaction and Violation on Serial Dependence

Mar 03, 2023

The following is a summary of "Effects of satisfying and violating expectations on serial dependence," published in the February 2023 issue of Ophthalmology by Abreo, et al. Serial dependence i...

High Spatial Frequencies are Crucial for Naturalistic Texture Sensitivity

Mar 01, 2023

The following is a summary of "Sensitivity to naturalistic texture relies primarily on high spatial frequencies," published in the February 2023 issue of Ophthalmology by Lieber, et al. Informa...

The Use of head- and Body-centered Reference Frames in Egocentric Visuospatial Memory Supported by Psychophysical Research

Feb 28, 2023

The following is a summary of "Psychophysical evidence for the involvement of head/body-centered reference frames in egocentric visuospatial memory: A whole-body roll tilt paradigm," published in the ...

Exploring the Dynamics of Contrast-normalization and Contrast-comparison Processes by Varying Test-pattern Length

Feb 27, 2023

The following is a summary of "Varying test-pattern duration to explore the dynamics of contrast-comparison and contrast-normalization processes," published in the January 2023 issue of Ophthalmology ...

Vitreous metabolomic signatures of pathological myopia with complications.

Feb 27, 2023

Pathological myopia (PM) is closely associated with blinding ocular morbidities. Identifying biomarkers can provide clues on pathogeneses. This study aimed to identify metabolic biomarkers and underly...