OBJECTIVE To determine the long-term effect on vision of penetrating keratoplasty performed for keratoconus. DESIGN Retrospective noncomparative case series. PARTICIPANTS All patients with keratoconus who received a corneal graft and who remained in our center for follow-up and visual rehabilitation during the study period. INTERVENTION Penetrating keratoplasty was performed in 93 eyes of...

A 12-year-old male presented with a chief complaint of a 1-month-history of decreased visual acuity in his right eye. The patient had no past history of steroid use or other systemic diseases. On fundus examination, which included fluorescent angiography (FAG) and optical coherence tomography (OCT), the patient was diagnosed with idiopathic central chorioretinopathy, whose clinical course was m...

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of corneal cross-linking on keratoconic eyes in the pediatric age group. Setting: Private laser center, Haifa, Israel, affiliated to Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem. Methods: This is a retrospective study of 29 eyes of 20 children treated with corneal cross-linking with aim to arrest the progression of keratoconus. We preformed collagen corneal cross-linking using...

purpose: to evaluate the role of transvitreal optic neurotomy (ton) in the management of non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neurotomy (naion). methods: sixteen eyes of 16 patients with recent onset naion (less than six weeks duration) were included in this single-masked randomized controlled trial. the patients were randomized to ton (8 eyes) versus observation alone (8 eyes). pre- and posto...

AIM To ascertain utility values and associated quality of life with different severity and duration of glaucoma among Indian patients. METHODS Utility values of 105 consecutive patients with primary glaucoma of at least 12 months' duration were evaluated in a cross sectional study. Utility values were ascertained in five groups using both the time-trade off and standard gamble methods: group ...

PURPOSE To evaluate the technique, safety, and efficacy of the retropupillary implantation of iris-claw intraocular lenses in a long-term follow-up study. PATIENTS AND METHODS This retrospective study included 31 eyes of 31 patients who underwent an Artisan aphakic intraocular lens implantation between January 2006 and February 2011 at the University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany and at the ...

AIM The aim of the study was to describe the prevalence and visual outcomes of cataract surgery in an urban Asian population. METHODS This was a population-based study of 3280 Singapore Malays aged 40-80 years (response rate 78.7%). Participants had a standardised interview and comprehensive ocular examination. Poor post-operative visual outcome was defined as visual acuity </=20/60 in operat...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the short-term visual and anatomical outcomes and safety of intravitreal bevacizumab in subfoveal idiopathic choroidal neovascularization. METHODS Thirty-two eyes of 32 patients with idiopathic choroidal neovascularization received intravitreal bevacizumab (1.25 mg/0.05 mL) in this prospective, noncomparative, interventional case series. Injection was repeated if optica...

Choroidal osteoma is a benign tumor of the choroid. Herein, we report a rare case of decalcified choroidal osteoma found in the retina. A 27-year-old woman presented with visual loss. Her best-corrected visual acuity was 20/50 OS. Ophthalmoscopy of the left eye revealed a yellow-white calcified region accompanied by a decalcified region of four disc diameters in size. After 6 years, spectral-do...