U.S. military implantable collamer lens surgical outcomes: 11-year retrospective review.

Purpose: To examine the long-term efficacy and safety of myopic implantable collamer lens (ICL) implantation in active duty personnel of U.S. military.

Gamma-Irradiated Cornea in Combat-related Ocular Trauma.

Corneal injury is a known risk for deployed troops worldwide. To the authors' knowledge, there has been no reported use of gamma-irradiated corneas in the setting of severe corneal trauma. Our report highlights the case of a 36-year-old active duty solider who sustained bilateral penetrating ocular trauma from a nearby ordnance explosion.

The Efficacy of Two Trabecular Bypass Stents Compared to One in the Management of Open-Angle Glaucoma.

Objectives: To compare the outcomes of combined cataract surgery with two trabecular microbypass stents compared to one in patients with open-angle glaucoma.

Methods: Patients with primary open-angle glaucoma were included. Primary outcome measures were intraocular pressure (IOP), postoperative medications, and postoperative adverse events.

Corneal and Corneoscleral Injury in Combat Ocular Trauma from Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.

Objectives: To examine the incidence and the etiology of corneal and corneoscleral injuries in the setting of combat ocular trauma, and to determine what effect these injuries have on overall visual impairment from combat ocular trauma.

Methods: Retrospective, noncomparative, interventional case series, analyzing U.S.

Sutureless cryopreserved amniotic membrane graft and wound healing after photorefractive keratectomy.

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of sutureless cryopreserved amniotic membrane (Prokera) on corneal wound healing after photorefractive keratectomy (PRK).

Setting: Center for Refractive Surgery, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.

Design: Prospective nonrandomized control trial.

Causes of combat ocular trauma-related blindness from Operation Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.

Background: The incidence of eye injuries in military service members is high in the combat setting. This is the first study that identifies the primary reason for poor visual acuity (worse than 20/200).

Methods: This is a retrospective, noncomparative, interventional case series analyzing US Operation Iraqi and Enduring Freedom members who were evacuated from the theater of operations to Walter Reed Army Medical Center from 2001 through 2011.