OBJECTIVES To determine the macular thickness in the eyes of healthy Saudi adults using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). Methods: This is a prospective, cross-sectional study, including 158 healthy participants between August and December 2015. Mean subject age was 29.9 ± 7.85 years old. All participants underwent full ophthalmic evaluation, including SD-OCT imaging, and a...

PURPOSE To assess the macular thickness changes after cataract surgery in diabetic patients using optical coherence tomography (OCT). METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the records of 104 diabetic patients who underwent cataract surgery. We examined the changes of macular thickness using OCT before cataract surgery and 1 week, 1-, 2- and 6-months after surgery. The central subfield mean thic...

PURPOSE We investigated the whole macular choroidal thickness in subjects with glaucoma in order to evaluate the effects of glaucoma and glaucoma visual field damage on the choroidal thickness. SUBJECTS AND METHODS We examined 40 primary open angle glaucoma patients with only superior visual field defects and 48 normal controls. The macular choroidal thickness was measured using swept-source ...

PURPOSE To evaluate the 6-month safety and efficacy of ziv-aflibercept intravitreal injections for treating exudative age-related macular degeneration. METHODS Fifteen patients with unilateral exudative age-related macular degeneration were enrolled. The best-corrected visual acuity was measured and spectral domain optical coherence tomography was performed at baseline and monthly. Full-field...

IMPORTANCE Intracameral injection of cefuroxime sodium (1 mg/0.1 mL) has been reported to reduce the risk of endophthalmitis following cataract surgery. In the United States it must be compounded, which is subject to dilution error. We describe a series of 13 eyes that received intracameral injection of cefuroxime sodium, 9 mg/0.1 mL, intraoperatively. OBSERVATIONS On postoperative day 1, 6 o...

BACKGROUND Patients with initially low visual acuity were excluded from the therapy approval studies for retinal vein occlusion. But up to 28 % of patients presenting with central retinal vein occlusion have a baseline BCVA of less than 34 ETDRS letters (0.1). The purpose of our study was to assess visual acuity and central retinal thickness in patients suffering from central retinal vein occlu...

Purpose To report the 12-month efficacy and safety outcomes of intravitreal ziv-aflibercept in macular edema secondary to central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO). Methods Interventional case series documenting 12-month outcomes of intravitreal ziv-aflibercept (1.25 mg in 0.05 mL) in 6 patients with treatment-naive macular edema secondary to CRVO. All patients had comprehensive ophthalmic examin...

PURPOSE To show a case in which the shape of the fovea changed after an asymptomatic macular posterior vitreous detachment (PVD). METHODS The foveal shape was determined from the spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) images before and after a spontaneous macular PVD. RESULTS A 66-year-old man with a unilateral macular hole in the right eye presented with a perifoveal PVD in the...

OBJECTIVES To examine the late period retinal and choroidal alterations in the posterior pole of eyes that underwent primary suturing due to traumatic corneal perforation. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross-sectional case series included 21 eyes of 21 patients. The fellow eyes served as the control group. Macular thickness, peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness, choroidal thi...