Survey of occupational musculoskeletal pain and injury in Canadian ophthalmology.

Objective: Surgeons and other physicians have reported occupational musculoskeletal (MSK) pain, and it has been recently raised as a growing issue by ophthalmologists and optometrists. What is most concerning is that it could be a serious threat to career longevity and performance. MSK pain and injury in Canadian ophthalmologists has not been quantified.

Corneal infection in Shandong peninsula of China: a 10-year retrospective study on 578 cases.

Aim: To determine the epidemiological characteristics, clinical signs, laboratory findings, and outcomes in patients with corneal infection in Shandong peninsula of China.

Methods: The medical records of 578 inpatients (578 eyes) with corneal infection were reviewed retrospectively for demographic characteristics, risk factors, seasonal variation, clinical signs, laboratory findings, and treatment strategy. Patient history, ocular examination findings using slit-lamp biomicroscopy, laboratory findings resulted from microbiological cultures, and treatment.

"Blindsight" and subjective awareness of fearful faces: Inversion reverses the deficits in fear perception associated with core psychopathic traits.

Though emotional faces preferentially reach awareness, the present study utilised both objective and subjective indices of awareness to determine whether they enhance subjective awareness and "blindsight". Under continuous flash suppression, participants localised a disgusted, fearful or neutral face (objective index), and rated their confidence (subjective index). Psychopathic traits were also measured to investigate their influence on emotion perception.

SLT and adjunctive medical therapy: a prediction rule analysis.

Purpose: To investigate if specific classes of antiglaucoma medications have an influence on selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) success.

Methods: This retrospective prediction rule analysis investigated 120 eyes from 120 patients diagnosed with either open angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension, who underwent SLT treatment. Treatment success was defined as ≥20% intraocular pressure (IOP) reduction at 3 and 6 months after the treatment date.

Can preoperative anterior chamber angle width predict magnitude of intraocular pressure change after cataract surgery?

Objective: To determine whether preoperative anterior chamber angle width, captured by anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT), can be a predictor of intraocular pressure (IOP) change following cataract surgery.

Design: Prospective comparative observational study.

Participants: Fifty-three eyes of 53 patients awaiting cataract surgery were included.

Development of a prediction rule to estimate the probability of acceptable intraocular pressure reduction after selective laser trabeculoplasty in open-angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension.

Purpose: To develop and validate a prediction rule to estimate the probability of acceptable intraocular pressure (IOP) reduction after selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) in ocular hypertension and open-angle glaucoma.

Patients And Methods: The study population was derived from a cohort of 220 patients with ocular hypertension, open-angle glaucoma, or normal tension glaucoma. A > or =20% reduction in IOP (mm Hg) from the baseline IOP at 6 months after SLT was considered treatment success.

Comparison of the in vitro toxicity of indocyanine green to that of trypan blue in human retinal pigment epithelium cell cultures.

Purpose: To compare the in vitro toxicity of indocyanine green (ICG) to that of trypan blue (TB) in human retinal pigment epithelium cell cultures. The use of ICG and TB in macular hole surgery is discussed.

Design: In vitro cell biology experimental study.