Efficacy, safety, and tolerability of lifitegrast 5% eye drops: A randomized, double-blind, active-controlled trial in Indian patients with dry eye disease by Namrata Sharma, Sayan Basu, Rohit Shetty, Pramod Kumar, Anindita Mondal, P Seshu Babu, Richa Srivastava, Ranjana A Pande, Shubashree Karat, Hemaxi P Desai, S Manjula, M Krishna Kumar

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Comment on efficacy, safety, and tolerability of Lifitegrast 5% eye drops: A randomized, double-blind, active-controlled trial in Indian patients with dry eye disease by Krishnagopal Srikanth, V Sridhanya

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Long-Term Observation of Triplex Surgery for Cataract after Phakic 6H Implantation for Super High Myopia by Xin Liu, Fan Fan, Xiaoying Wang, Yi Lu, Tianyu Zheng, Peng Zhou, Xingtao Zhou, Yi Luo

“…ECD before the triplex surgery was not significantly different compared with that at last follow-up (P = 0.495) apart from these five eyes. Three eyes (18.8%) developed posterior capsule opacification. …”
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Surgical Outcomes in Macular Telangiectasia Type 2-Related Macular Holes: A Report on Four Patients by Kinza T. Ahmad, Joseph Chacko, Ahmed B. Sallam, David B. Warner, Sami H. Uwaydat

“…Successful hole closure was achieved in four out of five eyes, and final VA ranged from 20/20 to 20/40 at follow-up visits greater than 20 months postoperatively. …”
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Autologous Lens Capsule Flap Transplantation for Persistent Macular Holes by Sławomir Cisiecki, Karolina Bonińska, Maciej Bednarski

“…This is a retrospective observational study of five eyes of five patients treated with vitrectomy and autologous lens capsular flap transplantation. …”
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Sulcus Fixation of Foldable Intraocular Lenses Guided by Ultrasound Biomicroscopy by Shasha Gao, Tingyu Qin, Shengnan Wang, Yong Lu

“…To evaluate the clinical efficacy of suture fixation of foldable intraocular lens (IOL) in ciliary sulcus guided by ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM). Methods. Thirty-five eyes of 32 cases needing suture fixation of foldable IOL in ciliary sulcus in our hospital were collected and divided into two groups: group A and group B. …”
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Ocular Surface Microbial Flora and Photorefractive Keratectomy by Alireza Peyman, Mehdi Bazukar, Tahmineh Narimani, Majid Mirmohammadkhani, Mohsen Pourazizi

“…The samples were tested using three culture mediums including blood agar, chocolate agar, and eosin methylene blue agar. Results. Thirty-five eyes of 35 patients including 19 females (54.3%) with a mean age of 24 ± 3.2 years were enrolled. …”
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Morphological and Functional Outcomes after Intravitreal Dexamethasone Injection for Macular Edema in Patients with Central Vein Occlusion at 48-Week Follow-Up by Cristina Nicula, Dorin Nicula, Anca Rednik, Adriana Bulboaca, Ovidiu Crișan

“…Reinjection for recurrent macular edema after 18 weeks was indicated in five eyes (41.67%) in the BRVO group and in six eyes (25%) in the CRVO group. …”
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Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomographic Findings of Bietti Crystalline Dystrophy by Ali Osman Saatci, Hasan Can Doruk, Aylin Yaman, Ferit Hakan Öner

“…Choroidal hyperreflective spots were noted in 19 of 24 eyes. The remaining five eyes had advanced disease stage with very thin choroid. …”
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Switching to Aflibercept in Diabetic Macular Edema Not Responding to Ranibizumab and/or Intravitreal Dexamethasone Implant by Antoine Herbaut, Franck Fajnkuchen, Lise Qu-Knafo, Sylvia Nghiem-Buffet, Bahram Bodaghi, Audrey Giocanti-Auregan

“…The primary endpoint was the mean change in visual acuity (VA) at month 6 (M6) after switching. Results. Twenty-five eyes were included. Before switching to aflibercept, 23 eyes received a median of 9.5 ranibizumab, and among them, 6 eyes received one dexamethasone implant after ranibizumab and 2 eyes received only one dexamethasone implant. …”
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Individualized Corneal Patching for Treatment of Corneal Trauma Combined with Tissue Defects by Ting Zhang, Yanni Jia, Suxia Li, Weiyun Shi

“…Thus, five eyes received PK, and 2 eyes received LK using an irregular wedge-shaped patch. …”
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Mapping the Structure-Function Relationship in Glaucoma and Healthy Patients Measured with Spectralis OCT and Humphrey Perimetry by Laia Jaumandreu, Francisco J. Muñoz–Negrete, Noelia Oblanca, Gema Rebolleda

“…Materials and Methods. Eighty-five eyes were prospectively selected and divided into 2 groups: glaucoma (44) and healthy patients (41). …”
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Extrusion of Femtosecond Laser-Implanted Intrastromal Corneal Ring Segments in Keratoconic Eyes: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Clinical Outcomes by Amr Mounir, Mahmoud Mohamed Farouk, Marwa Mahmoud Abdellah, Engy Mohamed Mostafa

“…They reported excessive rubbing just before they presented with conjunctival hyperemia and foreign body sensation. Five eyes (71.4%) showed chronic sun exposure. The mean minimal corneal thickness was 401.85 μm (range 384–420 μm), while the mean maximum keratometry was 61 D (range 55.18–68.96 D). …”
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A systematic review of military-to-civilian transition, The role of gender. by Alexandria Smith, Laura Rafferty, Bethany Croak, Neil Greenberg, Rafiyah Khan, Victoria Langston, Marie-Louise Sharp, Anne Stagg, Nicola Fear, Sharon Stevelink

“…The studies included either female veterans or both male and female veterans aged 18 years or older who had previously served in the Armed Forces within the Five Eyes (FVEY) countries (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States). …”
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Limited Vitrectomy versus Complete Vitrectomy for Epiretinal Membranes: A Comparative Multicenter Trial by Matteo Forlini, Purva Date, Domenico D’Eliseo, Paolo Rossini, Adriana Bratu, Andrea Volinia, Giovanni Neri, Tommaso Verdina, Maria Rosaria Carbotti, Gian Maria Cavallini, Luigi Sborgia, Alessandra Galeone, Aurelio Imburgia, Alessandro Mularoni, Alessandro Meduri

“…We included 139 eyes in the analysis with a mean age being 72.2 ± 6.9 years. In this, sixty-five eyes (47%) underwent limited vitrectomy and 74 eyes (53%) underwent complete vitrectomy. …”
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Evaluation of topical 1% posaconazole therapy in refractory fungal keratitis by Murugesan Vanathi, Devendra K Yadav, Thirumurthy Velpandian, Nishat Hussain Ahmed, Manu Muraleekrishna, Abhijeet Beniwal, Neiwete Lomi, Noopur Gupta, Radhika Tandon, Maroof A Khan

“…Topical 1% PCZ therapy of chronic mycotic keratitis was helpful in resolution in 85.7% of cases (30 eyes) with five eyes needing surgical intervention, which was comparable to that of conventional antimycotic therapy cohorts. …”
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Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography to Distinguish Changes of Choroidal Neovascularization after Anti-VEGF Therapy: Monthly Loading Dose versus Pro Re Nata Regimen by Alexandra Miere, Hassiba Oubraham, Francesca Amoroso, Pauline Butori, Polina Astroz, Oudy Semoun, Elsa Bruyere, Alexandre Pedinielli, Manar Addou-Regnard, Camille Jung, Salomon Y. Cohen, Eric H. Souied

“…CNV size was measured using a free image analysis software (ImageJ, open-source imaging processing software, 2.0.0). Results. Twenty-five eyes of 25 patients were enrolled in our study (mean age 78.32 ± 6.8 years): 13 treatment-naïve eyes in group A and 12 treated eyes in group B. …”
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Twelve-Month Outcomes and Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) Biomarkers After Intravitreal Dexamethasone Implantation in Pseudophakic Eyes with Post-Vitrectomy Cystoid Macular Edem... by Francesco Pignatelli, Alfredo Niro, Giuseppe Addabbo, Pasquale Viggiano, Giacomo Boscia, Maria Oliva Grassi, Francesco Boscia, Cristiana Iaculli, Giulia Maria Emilia Clima, Antonio Barone, Ermete Giancipoli

“…The mean baseline CMT of 347 (±123.5) μm significantly decreased to 290 μm (±80.4; <i>p</i> = 0.003) by the end of the follow-up. Twenty-five eyes (52%) required one or more DEX implants for CME, due to being refractory to topical therapy. …”
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The Inhibitory Effect of Connective Tissue Growth Factor Antibody on Postoperative Fibrosis in a Rabbit Model of Trabeculectomy by Kiana Hassanpour, Mozhgan Rezaei Kanavi, Narsis Daftarian, Azadeh Samaeili, Fatemeh Suri, Mohammad Pakravan, Azadeh Doozandeh, Sasha Afsar Aski, Maryam Fakhri, Afrooz Moghaddasi, Hamid Ahmadieh, Hamed Esfandiari

“…RNA extraction was performed on five eyes of the remaining rabbits which included one eye without any surgery, one eye 5 hr after trabeculectomy without any injection, one eye five days after trabeculectomy without any injection, and two eyes five days after trabeculectomy with administration of MMC and BSS, respectively. …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Prognostic Factors Affecting Clinical Outcomes in Cytomegalovirus Retinitis Following Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation by Qiaozhu Zeng, Yuou Yao, Jing Hou, Heng Miao

“…Larger lesion areas were independently associated with poorer visual outcomes (OR 0.989, <i>p</i> = 0.002). Eight (9.5%) eyes had rhegmatogenous retinal detachment and thirteen (15.5%) eyes suffered from recurrence. …”
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