Publications by authors named "Apoorva Ayachit"

Purpose: To analyze the surgical outcomes of petalloid multilayered inverted internal limiting flap using perfluorocarbon liquid (PFCL) in extra-large macular holes (MHs) (minimum linear diameter >550 µm and basal diameter [BD] >1000 µm).

Methods: This was a prospective interventional series of 103 eyes of 99 patients with extra-large MHs which were treated with 25-gauge pars plana vitrectomy, petalloid multilayered inverted internal limiting membrane flaps under PFCL and 15% perfluoropropane (C3F8) gas tamponade. Intraoperative optical coherence tomography (i-OCT) was used to confirm correct positioning of flaps.

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Purpose: To assess short-term efficacy of a single injection of brolucizumab in neovascular AMD.

Methods: This was a multicenter, retrospective chart review of 25 eyes of 25 patients who received a single injection of brolucizumab. Visual acuity (VA) and optical coherence tomography (OCT) features such as central subfield thickness (CSFT), subretinal fluid (SRF), intraretinal fluid, and pigment epithelial detachment (PED) were recorded at baseline, first month, and third month.

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Purpose: To study clinical and imaging features of presumed post-COVID infection retinitis.

Method: Retrospective case series of patients presenting with retinitis lesions with evidence of recent COVID infection. Retinal findings and optical coherence tomography (OCT) features were studied at baseline and follow-ups.

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Purpose: To evaluate the surgical outcomes in combined hamartoma of retina and retinal pigment epithelium (CHRRPE) using optical coherence tomography (OCT).

Methods: This was a retrospective interventional study, in which medical records of 12 eyes with CHRRPE that underwent vitrectomy and membrane peeling at three tertiary vitreoretinal institutes were reviewed. Preoperative and postoperative color fundus photographs and OCT were reviewed for each follow-up visit.

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Purpose: To correlate structural changes of combined hamartoma of the retina and retinal pigment epithelium (CHRRPE) with patient age.

Design: Retrospective study.

Participants: Fifty eyes of 49 patients (age range, 1-74 years) with CHRRPE studied at 9 tertiary vitreoretinal institutions.

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Purpose: To evaluate the earliest spectral-domain optical coherence tomography markers in fellow eyes of asymmetric Type-2 macular telangiectasia (MacTel).

Methods: A multicentered case-control study of spectral-domain optical coherence tomography images captured on Spectralis Heidelberg Engineering, Germany, comparing features of fellow eyes of patients with asymmetric clinical presentation of MacTel with 50 age-matched control subjects.

Results: Of 649 patients, 28 (4.

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Purpose: To describe various clinical features of idiopathic juxtafoveal retinal telangiectasis group 2A or idiopathic macular telangiectasia type 2 (MacTel) on multicolor imaging (MCI) and compare imaging findings of MacTel on MCI with fundus autofluorescence (FAF).

Methods: Patients with a clinical diagnosis of MacTel based on Gass and Blodi's classification were included. FAF and MCI images were graded qualitatively for stage of disease, margins of involvement, hyperautofluorescence on FAF (corresponding retinal atrophy on MCI), and detection of crystals.

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Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare outcomes of 3 loading doses of ziv-aflibercept and aflibercept in treatment-naïve neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD).

Design: Retrospective, nonrandomized, comparative study.

Methods: This was a retrospective chart review which included cases with treatment-naïve nAMD.

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: To report the ocular and systemic adverse events in eyes receiving ≥10 intravitreal ziv-aflibercept (IVZ) injections.: Medical records of patients who received ≥10 IVZ for various chorioretinal conditions with minimum follow up period of 12 months were retrospectively analysed. These eyes received standard dose of IVZ (1.

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Purpose: To report a novel finding of epiretinal neovascularization (ERN) in cases of macular telangiectasia (MacTel) type 2 and describe its clinical and multimodal imaging features.

Design: Retrospective chart review.

Participants: Patients attending the retina clinic from January 2017 through April 2018.

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Purpose: To compare clinical, optical coherence tomography (OCT), and fundus autofluorescence (FAF) characteristics of peripapillary vs macular variants of combined hamartoma of the retina and retinal pigment epithelium (combined hamartoma).

Design: Retrospective observational, comparative case series.

Methods: Setting: Multicenter collaborative study.

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