Outcomes of Vitrectomy in Pediatric Retinal Detachment with Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy by Robert Rejdak, Dominika Nowakowska, Katarzyna Wrona, Ryszard Maciejewski, Anselm G. Junemann, Katarzyna Nowomiejska

“…The postoperative complications were found in 5 eyes (36%). Conclusion. Complete PPV was allowed for anatomically reattached retina and preserved vision in pediatric complex RD with PVR. …”
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Silicone Oil Reinjection without Macular Buckling for Treatment of Recurrent Myopic Macular Hole Retinal Detachment after Silicone Oil Removal by Hammouda Hamdy Ghoraba, Sameh Mohamed Elgouhary, Hosam Osman Mansour

“…One case refused any other interference. In the remaining 5 eyes, 4 eyes (80%) could be reattached by S.O re-injection and one eye (20%) developed Re RD after S.O re-injection. …”
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Risk Factors in Post-LASIK Corneal Ectasia by Mehmet Gurkan Tatar, Feride Aylin Kantarci, Aydin Yildirim, Haşim Uslu, Hatice Nur Colak, Hasan Goker, Bulent Gurler

“…The following factors were determined as a risk factors: deep ablation (>75 μm) in 10 eyes, FFK (forme fruste keratoconus) in 6 eyes, steep cornea (>47 D) in 3 eyes, pellucid marginal degeneration (PMD) in 2 eyes, thin cornea (<500 μm) in 2 eyes, thin and steep cornea in 2 eyes, thin cornea and deep ablation in 5 eyes, FFK and steep cornea in 2 eyes, and FFK, steep cornea, and deep ablation in 1 eye. …”
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Intravitreal Dexamethasone in Patients with Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration Resistant to Anti-VEGF: A Prospective Pilot Study by Ermete Giancipoli, Antonio Pinna, Francesco Boscia, Gianluigi Zasa, Giovanni Sotgiu, Simone Dore, Giuseppe D’Amico Ricci

“…In this randomized, controlled pilot study, 16 eyes of 15 patients, unresponsive to anti-VEGF therapy, were enrolled and randomly assigned to two groups: DXI + anti-VEGF (treatment group: 11 eyes) and monthly anti-VEGF alone (control group: 5 eyes). Patients were treated at baseline and followed for 6 months. …”
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Intravitreal Melphalan for Vitreous Seeds: Initial Experience in China by Xunda Ji, Peiyan Hua, Jing Li, Jiakai Li, Junyang Zhao, Peiquan Zhao

“…The International Classification of Retinoblastoma groups were B in 1 eye, C in 5 eyes, D in 11 eyes, and E in 2 eyes. On average, 6 injections (range: 1–15) were given to each eye at the interval of 2–4 weeks. …”
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Ologen Implantation versus Conjunctival Autograft Transplantation for Treatment of Pterygium by Xiuping Chen, Fei Yuan

“…There was conjunctivitis in 3 eyes of the autograft group, 1 eye complicated with symblepharon, and 1 eye with conjunctival granuloma; the incidence of complications was 11.90% (5 eyes), and there was no statistically significant difference between both groups (P=0.094). …”
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Modified Technique for Scleral-Sutured Fixation with the Double Knots Technique for Posterior Chamber Intraocular Lens: Short-Term Observation by Zhizhong Wu, Caijuan Liu, Yanhui Xu, Wei Dong, Zhimin Chen

“…The postoperative complications included transient increased intraocular pressure in 5 eyes (24%). No other complications were detected during the follow-up. …”
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Quantitative evaluation of the wide-field fundus photographs in eyes with severe stage 3 and stage 4A retinopathy of prematurity by Sadik Etka Bayramoglu, Nihat Sayin, Gurkan Erdogan

“…Results In the severe Stage 3 group, dense fibrous membranes, vertical tractional bands, and dragging were detected in 18 eyes (55%), in 5 eyes (15%), and in none of the eyes, respectively. …”
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Assessment of retinal pigment epithelium tears in eyes with submacular hemorrhage secondary to age-related macular degeneration by Tomoko Ueda-Consolvo, Syogo Takahashi, Toshihiko Oiwake, Tomoko Nakamura, Masaaki Ishida, Shuichiro Yanagisawa, Atsushi Hayashi

“…Eight eyes (33.3%) had large RPE tears ( ≧ 1 disc diameter (DD)). Out of the 8 eyes, 5 eyes progressed fibrotic scars within 3 months despite successful SMH removal and showed decrease in their visual acuity (VA). …”
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Short-term effects of argon cold atmospheric plasma on canine corneas ex vivo by Juliane Dick, Sandra Lockow, Wolfgang Baumgärtner, Holger Andreas Volk, Claudia Busse

“…PurposeTo analyse the effects of argon cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) on canine corneas.MethodsHealthy canine eyes (n = 20) were subjected to a keratectomy (5 × 7 mm, 400 μm) and divided into two control (c1—not cultured; t0—cultured) and two treatment groups (t2, t5—treatment of 2 or 5 min, cultured); n = 5 eyes each. The kINPen® VET (neoplas GmbH, Greifswald, Germany) was used for CAP treatment. …”
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Screening for Occult Macular Pathology Prior to Cataract Surgery Using Optical Coherence Tomography by Fouad YA, ElGwaily AM, Shaaban YM

“…The most significant predictors of occult macular pathology were advanced age (OR: 1.06, p = 0.033) and diabetes mellitus (OR: 6.79, p = 0.002).Conclusion: Relying on fundoscopic evaluation alone would miss 1 in 5 eyes with occult macular pathology and 1 in 15 with pathologies that would alter the visual outcome. …”
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Histone Deacetylases Inhibitors in the Treatment of Retinal Degenerative Diseases: Overview and Perspectives by Hua Zhang, Xufeng Dai, Yan Qi, Ying He, Wei Du, Ji-jing Pang

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Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Ophthalmology: General Overview by Wei Lu, Yan Tong, Yue Yu, Yiqiao Xing, Changzheng Chen, Yin Shen

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Ab Externo Choroidal Fluid Drainage, Pars Plana Vitrectomy, and Endotamponade for the Management of Persistent Hypotony following Glaucoma Surgery by Susanna Friederike Koenig, Efstathios Vounotrypidis, Christian Maximilian Wertheimer, Armin Wolf

“…Complete resolution of choroidal effusion was achieved by one month in 5 eyes and in 1 eye by month 3. There was an increase in average IOP from 5 (±2.1) mmHg before surgery to 11.3 (±3.7) mmHg and in VA from 1.7 (±0.8) to 1.2 (±0.6) logMAR. …”
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Absence of Posterior Vitreous Detachment Is a Risk Factor of Severe Bleb-Related Endophthalmitis by Kazuhiko Umazume, Jun Suzuki, Yoshihiko Usui, Katsuhiko Maruyama, Yoshihiro Wakabayashi, Hiroshi Goto

“…Bacteria were isolated from intraocular samples of 8 eyes; namely, Viridans streptococci in 5 eyes, Staphylococcus epidermidis in 1, Branhamella catarrhalis in 1, and coagulase-negative Staphylococci in 1. …”
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Heads-Up 3D Surgery under Low Light Intensity Conditions: New High-Sensitivity HD Camera for Ophthalmological Microscopes by Celso Soiti Matsumoto, Masayuki Shibuya, Jun Makita, Takuhei Shoji, Hisato Ohno, Kei Shinoda, Harue Matsumoto

“…Seventy-four eyes of 56 patients underwent cataract surgery (72 eyes) with the heads-up 3D surgery system; 60 eyes with cataract surgery alone, 7 eyes with combined cataract and glaucoma microdevice implant surgery, 5 eyes with combined cataract and vitrectomy surgery, and two eyes with vitrectomy surgery alone were studied. …”
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Electrophysiological and Structural Changes in Chinese Patients with LHON by Min Wang, Hong Guo, Shiying Li, Gang Wang, Yanling Long, Xiaohong Meng, Bo Liu, Yong Liu, Anthony G. Robson, Zheng Qin Yin

“…Pattern ERG (PERG) P50 amplitude was normal, but the N95/P50 ratio reduced in most of group 1 (4 of 5 eyes) and in all of group 2 (11 eyes). PERG P50 peak time was abnormally short in group 2. …”
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Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Corneal Ectasia at Multiple Medical Centers in Saudi Arabia: A Hospital-based Study by Waleed Alghamdi, Sulaiman Aldakhil, Saif Hassan Alrasheed, Kareem Allinjawi, Mustafa Abdu, Raghda F. Mutwaly, Khaled Al Rashah, Hani M. Ghazal, Ghassan H. Radwan, Naveen Kumar Challa

“…Regarding severity, 230 (53.5%) eyes presented in the initial stages, while 36 (8.4%) were in the severe stage with no significant difference between the regions studied. …”
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An Ex Vivo Study on Release, Uptake, and miRNA Profile of Exosomes in Rat Lens by Junfang Zhang, Jiawei Luo, Guowei Zhang, Bai Qin, Xiumei Ren, Huaijin Guan

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In Vivo and Cadaver Studies of the Canalicular/Lacrimal Sac Mucosal Folds by Yongsheng You, Jing Cao, Xiaogang Zhang, Wencan Wu, Tianlin Xiao, Yunhai Tu

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