Retinal vein occlusion in patients with primary angle closure: a prospective case-control study.

Objective: To compare the prevalence of angle closure in eyes with retinal vein occlusion (RVO) with control eyes and assess the possible association between angle-closure and RVO.

Patients And Methods: This prospective, blinded case-control study included patients with a history of RVO (cases) and control individuals matched for age and refractive error. Clinical characteristics and angle-based structures derived from anterior-segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) were analyzed.

Effect of Topical Corticosteroids on Early Postoperative Intraocular Pressure Following Combined Cataract and Trabecular Microbypass Surgery.

To evaluate the early postoperative outcomes of trabecular micro-bypass stents and concomitant cataract surgery (TMS-CS) with and without postoperative corticosteroid therapy. Prospective, interventional matched, consecutive case series comparing outcomes of open-angle glaucoma patients who underwent TMS-CS with and without postoperative corticosteroid therapy. Primary outcome was intraocular pressure (IOP) changes up to 6 months postoperatively and the secondary outcomes included number of postoperative medications, IOP spikes, peripheral anterior synechia (PAS), and best-corrected visual acuity improvements.

Intravenous fluorescein angiography-associated adverse reactions.

Objectives: To assess (i) the adverse reactions (ARs) associated with intravenous fluorescein angiography (IVFA); (ii) the relationship between a known history of IVFA-associated AR and ARs on the subsequent IVFA test; and (iii) the dose-response relationship between intravenous sodium fluorescein (NaFl) injection and ARs associated with IVFA.

Design: Retrospective chart review.

Participants: A total of 2247 patients with 3381 consecutive IVFAs between May 2013 and April 2014.

Drug-prescribing patterns among optometrists and nonophthalmologist physicians at a tertiary care centre in Kingston, Ontario.

Objective: To report on patterns of optometry prescribing and adherence to prescribing regulations at a tertiary care ophthalmology centre.

Design: Prospective cohort study.

Participants: All new referrals from optometrists and other health care professionals to the emergency eye care service (n = 1965) between July 2011 and June 2012, as well as optometry referrals to 2 subspecialty services (glaucoma [n = 71] and cornea [n = 212]).

Peripapillary RNFL thickness in nonexudative versus chronically treated exudative age-related macular degeneration.

Objective: To compare the peripapillary retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) thickness in nonexudative versus exudative age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD) eyes treated chronically with intravitreal injections of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF).

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Participants: Twenty-nine patients with unilateral wet AMD with at least 12 prior intravitreal anti-VEGF injections and 2 years of therapy were analyzed.