Anesthesia Care for Cataract Surgery in Medicare Beneficiaries.

Importance: Cataract surgery in the US is routinely performed with anesthesia care, whereas anesthesia care for other elective, low-risk, outpatient procedures is applied more selectively.

Objective: To identify predictors of anesthesia care in Medicare beneficiaries undergoing cataract surgery and evaluate anesthesia care for cataract surgery compared with other elective, low-risk, outpatient procedures.

Design, Setting, And Participants: This population-based, retrospective observational cohort study included Medicare beneficiaries 66 years or older who underwent cataract surgery in 2017.

Visualization of changes in the foveal avascular zone in both observed and treated diabetic macular edema using optical coherence tomography angiography.

Background: Central vision loss in diabetic retinopathy is commonly related to diabetic macular edema (DME). The objective of this study was to describe changes between consecutive visits on optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) of the foveal avascular zone (FAZ) in eyes with DME.

Methods: 20 eyes from 14 patients with DME were imaged on 2 successive clinic visits separated by at least 1 month.

Articular osteotomy of the distal humerus and excision of extensive heterotopic ossification.

Prior case series of corrective osteotomy of substantial intra-articular malunion after a fracture of the distal humerus described concomitant heterotopic ossification in a subset of patient, but only in mild forms. We present our experience in treating two patients with malunited articular fractures of the distal humerus with extensive heterotopic ossification and near ankylosis where the lateral articular fragments were encased in heterotopic bone. Although osteotomy of articular malunion after distal humeral fracture along with excision of extensive HO is challenging and risky due to potential devitalization of the fragments, articular deterioration during the delay to osteotomy, and recurrence of heterotopic bone among other concerns, restoring articular congruity in these patients using articular fracture fragments extracted from heterotopic ossification can lead to improved function of the elbow.