SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY FINDINGS IN A CASE OF WHIPLASH MACULOPATHY WITH INCOMPLETE RESOLUTION.

Purpose: To report spectral domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) findings of a patient who experienced bilateral visual loss after a motorcycle accident.

Methods: A 51-year-old man presented to the emergency department complaining of bilateral visual loss after a motorcycle falling down. A complete ophthalmologic examination and OCT testing were made on the same day of the accident.

Pegaptanib: choroidal neovascularization in patients with age-related macular degeneration and previous arterial thromboembolic events.

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy and the rate of side effects of the pegylated aptamer pegaptanib in the treatment of patients with choroidal neovascularization (CNV) secondary to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and a history of previous arterial thromboembolic events (ATEs).

Methods: Twenty-three eyes of 23 patients with subfoveal CNV due to AMD and cerebrovascular accidents (n = 12) and myocardial infarction (n = 11) in the previous 6 months received intravitreal pegaptanib 0.3 mg according to a pro re nata regimen and were followed for 12 months.

Unexpected and permanent central visual loss after removal of intraocular silicone oil.

Here we report a case of unexplained sudden visual loss after removal of silicone oil for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment repair. A patient with visual loss in one eye after removal of silicone oil was investigated with best-corrected Snellen visual acuity assessment, fundus biomicroscopy, optical coherence tomography, color fundus photograph, fluorescein angiography, electrophysiologic examination, automated perimetry, and visual evoked potentials. Best-corrected Snellen visual acuity was 20/30 while the silicone oil was in place.

Clinical and microperimetric predictors of reading speed in low vision patients: a structural equation modeling approach.

Purpose: To investigate the simultaneous association of several psychophysical measures with reading ability in patients with mild and moderate low vision attending rehabilitation services.

Methods: Standard measurements of reading ability (Minnesota Reading [MNREAD] charts), visual acuity (Early Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy Study [ETDRS] charts), contrast sensitivity (Pelli-Robson charts), reading contrast threshold (Reading Explorer [REX] charts), retinal sensitivity, and fixation stability and localization (Micro Perimeter 1 [MP1] fundus perimetry) were obtained in 160 low vision patients with better eye visual acuity ranging from 0.3 to 1.

Reading ability and retinal sensitivity after surgery for macular hole and macular pucker.

Purpose: To assess whether reading ability and microperimetry improve as demonstrated for visual acuity after surgery for macular hole and macular pucker.

Methods: Fifty-nine consecutive patients underwent pars plana vitrectomy for macular pucker (n = 41) or full-thickness macular holes (n = 18). Functional assessment was made at 3, 6, and 12 months after surgery and included far visual acuity (Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study charts), retinal sensitivity using the microperimeter (MP1, Nidek Technologies, Padova, Italy), and reading ability (MNRead charts).