The effect of ethnicity on anatomic success following macular hole surgery: a multicentre cohort study.

Purpose: The purpose is to assess the effect of ethnicity on surgical macular hole closure.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study was undertaken in five UK National Health Service Hospitals. We included all patients with known ethnicity undergoing vitrectomy, internal limiting membrane peel, and gas/oil tamponade for all stages of primary full-thickness macular hole (FTMH).

A Systematic Literature Review of the Successors of "NeuroEvolution of Augmenting Topologies".

NeuroEvolution (NE) refers to a family of methods for optimizing Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) using Evolutionary Computation (EC) algorithms. NeuroEvolution of Augmenting Topologies (NEAT) is considered one of the most influential algorithms in the field. Eighteen years after its invention, a plethora of methods have been proposed that extend NEAT in different aspects.

New application of membrane blue-dual dye for retinal or iatrogenic break staining in retinal detachment surgery.

Introduction: The principles of surgery for managing primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) are to precisely identify and correctly treat all causative retinal breaks. Estimates regarding unidentified breaks complicating RRDs vary from 2.2%-22.

Association of genetic variants in and with uveitis in sarcoidosis.

Purpose: Uveitis occurs in a subset of patients with sarcoidosis. The purpose of this study was to determine whether genetic variants that have been associated previously with overall sarcoidosis are associated with increased risk of developing uveitis.

Methods: Seventy-seven subjects were enrolled, including 45 patients diagnosed with sarcoidosis-related uveitis as cases and 32 patients with systemic sarcoidosis without ocular involvement as controls.