Bilateral macular hole formation secondary to sclopetaria caused by shockwaves transmitted by a posterior vector: case report

Background  

Sclopetaria is a rare ophthalmic finding in trauma     

Features of corneal neovascularization and lymphangiogenesis induced by different etiological factors in mice

Purpose  

To analyze the features of corneal neovascularization and lymphangiogenesis induced by different etiological factors.     

Treatment of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy by intravitreal injection of bevacizumab

Purpose  

To evaluate the efficacy of intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB) in eyes with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV).     

Fixation behavior in advanced stage glaucoma assessed by the MicroPerimeter MP-1

Purpose  

To investigate fixation behavior in eyes with advanced glaucoma using the MicroPerimeter MP-1.     

Penetrating eye injury caused by eyelash curlers—a cause for concern?

Purpose  

To report a case of open globe injury caused by eyelash curlers.     

Retinal blood flow velocity measured by retinal function imaging in retinitis pigmentosa

Background  

To measure the retinal blood flow velocity in patients with retinitis pigmentosa using the retinal function imaging technique.     

Suppression of interleukin-17-producing T-helper 17 cells by retinal pigment epithelial cells

Purpose  

To determine whether retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells can inhibit cytokine production by activated T helper (Th) cells.     

Career choices for ophthalmology made by newly qualified doctors in the United Kingdom, 1974–2005

Background  

The paper aims to report trends in career choices for ophthalmology among UK medical graduates.     

Diagnosis of ocular toxoplasmosis by two polymerase chain reaction (PCR) examinations: qualitative multiplex and quantitative real-time

Aim  

To establish a two-step polymerase chain reaction (PCR) diagnostic system for ocular toxoplasmosis.     

Improving the quality of multifocal visual evoked potential results by calculating multiple virtual channels

Purpose  

To introduce a method for improvement of multifocal VEP (mfVEP) recordings by prediction of waveforms at multiple positions on the surface of the skull.     

Anatomic response of occult choroidal neovascularization to intravitreal ranibizumab: a study by indocyanine green angiography

Background  

To investigate changes in indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) features of occult choroidal neovascularization (CNV) after intravitreal ranibizumab injections.     

Assessment of narrow angles by gonioscopy,Van Herick method and anterior segment optical coherence tomography

Purpose  

To evaluate anterior chamber (AC) angles using gonioscopy, Van Herick technique and anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT).     

Inner retinal changes in acute-phase Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease measured by enhanced spectral domain optical coherence tomography

Purpose  

To assess the changes of inner retinal thickness in patients with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease (VKH) using enhanced spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT).     

Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness changes following optic neuritis caused by multiple sclerosis

Purpose  

To evaluate the peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness with scanning laser polarimetry in patients with optic neuritis (ON) caused by multiple sclerosis.     

Choroidal thickness measurement in healthy Japanese subjects by three-dimensional high-penetration optical coherence tomography

Background  

We performed retinal and choroidal thickness mapping by three-dimensional high-penetration optical coherence tomography (OCT) and evaluated the choroidal thickness distribution throughout the macula in healthy eyes.     

The effect of doxycycline temperature-sensitive hydrogel on inhibiting the corneal neovascularization induced by BFGF in rats

Background  

To study the effect of doxycycline temperature-sensitive hydrogel (DTSH) on inhibiting the corneal neovascularization (NV) induced by the basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF).     

Specific detection of fungal pathogens by 18S rRNA gene PCR in microbial keratitis

Background  

The sensitivity and specificity of 18S rRNA polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in the detection of fungal aetiology of microbial keratitis was determined in thirty patients with clinical diagnosis of microbial keratitis.     

Choroidal melanoma in a 7-year-old child treated by trans-scleral local resection

Purpose  

To report a choroidal melanoma in a 7-year-old child treated by trans-scleral local resection and adjuvant brachytherapy with a family history of neurofibromatosis type I (NF1) and cutaneous melanoma.     

Intra-examiner repeatability and agreement of corneal pachymetry map measurement by time-domain and Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography

Background  

To assess the intra-examiner repeatability and agreement of corneal pachymetry maps measured by time-domain (Visante OCT) and Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography (RTVue OCT).     

Fundus autofluorescence and retinal structure as determined by spectral domain optical coherence tomography,and retinal function in retinitis pigmentosa

Background  

To investigate the association between fundus autofluorescence (FAF) and retinal structure and function in retinitis pigmentosa (RP).