Publications by authors named "Ethan Priel"
Purpose: To report a case of laser photocoagulation for the treatment of a combined coloboma and optic nerve head pit-related maculopathy in a patient with bilateral chorioretinal coloboma.
Methods: A case report.
Results: A 15-year-old woman, presented with the visual acuity of 20/100 in her right eye for six weeks.
Objective: To describe an unusual cluster of multiple evanescent white dot syndrome (MEWDS) encountered within a 3-month period.
Methods: This retrospective observation study is comprised of seven patients who presented with MEWDS in a 3-month period in central Israel. Data were collected from patients' medical records on clinical, multimodal imaging, and viral serology findings.
Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) in patients with epiretinal membrane (ERM) and preoperative visual acuity (VA) of 20/40 or better.
Methods: 44 eyes that underwent PPV and ERM peeling were included in this retrospective study. Data retrieved included demographic information, VA and intraocular pressure (IOP) preoperatively, after 1 month, 6 months and at final visit, presence of metamorphopsia, surgical reports, and occurrence of any complications.
Purpose: To describe the spectral-domain optical coherence tomographic (SD-OCT) features of inflammatory choroidal neovascular membranes (iCNV) in multifocal choroiditis and punctate inner choroidopathy, and to compare them to those of the acute inflammatory lesions in the same underlying diseases. This is a retrospective, consecutive, observational case series.
Methods: Each patient underwent a comprehensive eye examination, fundus photography, and fluorescein angiography (FA) on the initial visit.
Anti-TNF-α agents for refractory cystoid macular edema associated with noninfectious uveitis.
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol
April 2014
Background: The use of anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α agents for uveitis has been increasing since the first efficacy studies in 2004. However, information on their specific role in cystic macular edema remains sparse. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of anti-TNF-α agents for the treatment of uveitis-related refractory cystoid macular edema.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFundus autofluorescence imaging in multifocal choroiditis: beyond the spots.
Ocul Immunol Inflamm
October 2014
Purpose: To describe fundus autofluorescence (FAF) imaging and its correlation to spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) in retinal areas that appear clinically noninvolved in patients with multifocal choroiditis/punctate inner choroidopathy (MFC/PIC).
Methods: Six patients with MFC or PIC were evaluated during the disease course with multimodal imaging, which included fluorescein angiography, FAF imaging, indocyanine green angiography, and SD-OCT.
Results: Five patients had acute and/or scarred chorioretinal spots at presentation.
Purpose: One of the leading methods for optic nerve head assessment in glaucoma remains stereoscopic photography. This study compared conventional film and digital stereoscopy in the quantitative and qualitative assessment of the optic nerve head in glaucoma and glaucoma suspect patients.
Methods: Fifty patients with glaucoma or suspected glaucoma underwent stereoscopic photography of the optic nerve head with a 35-mm color slide film and a digital camera.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to report our experience with intravitreal bevacizumab for inflammation-related choroidal neovascularization in two tertiary centers.
Methods: This study was a retrospective analysis of patients with choroidal neovascularization related to inflammatory diseases, treated with intravitreal bevacizumab injections (1.25 mg/0.
We report our experience with photodynamic therapy (PDT) in the treatment of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) in young adult patients. This was a retrospective study of young adults with CNV treated with PDT. Data collected included age, diagnosis, type and size of CNV, number of treatments, visual outcome, and side effects.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To study the effect of intravitreal bevacizumab for the treatment of long-standing exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and low visual acuity.
Methods: Forty-seven patients (48 eyes) aged 57 to 90 years with AMD for 5 months or more and visual acuity of 20/150 or less were treated with one or more injections of bevacizumab 1.25 mg/0.
Background And Objective: To report the outcome of combined verteporfin photodynamic therapy (PDT) and intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide (IVTA) for the treatment of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) with serous pigment epithelium detachment (PED) due to age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
Patients And Methods: The files of all consecutive patients with CNV and serous PED who received PDT and IVTA either primarily (primary treatment group) or following previous unsuccessful PDT (secondary treatment group) were reviewed for visual and angiographic results.
Results: Ten patients (11 eyes) were included.
Purpose: To evaluate the visual outcome of patients with myopic subfoveal choroidal neovascularization (CNV) given photodynamic therapy (PDT) in a clinical setting, and to identify potential relation between the visual outcome and the age at treatment.
Design: Interventional case series.
Methods: Retrospective comparative study.
Background And Objective: To evaluate indocyanine green imaging of choroidal changes in pathologic myopia and to compare it with fluorescein angiography.
Patients And Methods: The angiograms of all consecutive patients with pathologic myopia photographed with confocal indocyanine green angiography using a scanning infrared laser or ophthalmoscope from March 1997 to December 1999 were reviewed.
Results: Twenty-one patients (35 eyes) were included.
Objective: To study the visual and angiographic outcome of eyes with neovascular age-related macular degeneration associated with pigment epithelium detachment (PED) treated by photodynamic therapy.
Methods: Review of the medical charts and the fluorescein and indocyanine green angiograms of all consecutive patients with age-related macular degeneration associated with choroidal neovascularization and serous PED of at least 1 disc diameter, who received photodynamic therapy from January 1, 2000, to August 31, 2002.
Results: Thirty patients (34 eyes) met the study criteria.
Purpose: To evaluate the visual outcome of patients with subfoveal choroidal neovascularization due to age-related macular degeneration, who received photodynamic therapy (PTD) in a clinical setting and to identify potential predictive visual and angiographic factors.
Design: Interventional case series.
Methods: The study included 74 patients with subfoveal choroidal neovascularization who underwent PDT from January 2000 to March 2001 and completed at least 1 year follow-up.
Objective: To identify the angiographic features of retinal choroidal anastomoses (RCAs) in patients with newly diagnosed occult choroidal neovascularization (CNV) in the setting of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and to determine the sequence of flow between the RCA and the CNV.
Design: Retrospective cross-sectional study.
Participants: The angiograms of 205 eyes of 153 consecutive patients with occult CNV on fluorescein angiography (FA) and focal hot spots on indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) were evaluated retrospectively.
Purpose: To evaluate alterations in the retinal vasculature overlying pigment epithelial detachments (PED) in exudative age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) using indocyanine green and fluorescein angiography.
Methods: Forty-one patients (41 eyes) with a clinical diagnosis of exudative ARMD with PED underwent simultaneous fluorescein and indocyanine green angiography, also under high (10 degrees ) magnification. Vascular abnormalities in the retina were compared between patients with vascularized (n = 34, group 1) and nonvascularized (n = 7, group 2) PED on indocyanine green angiography and correlated with the size of the PED and the presence of serous retinal detachment.