Clinical, psychosocial, and treatment differences in minority patients with bipolar disorder.

Objectives: The clinical profile of minorities with bipolar disorder has been largely unexplored. We compared the clinical (e.g.

The effect of vitreous presentation during extracapsular cataract surgery on the postoperative visual acuity at one year.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the effects that vitreous presentation (VP) during extracapsular cataract surgery has on patients' 1-year postoperative vision.

Design: The study was a prospective, long-term, clinical trial.

Methods: The study took place at 19 Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers.

A comparison of anterior chamber and posterior chamber intraocular lenses after vitreous presentation during cataract surgery: the Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Cataract Study.

Purpose: To compare the efficacy and safety of anterior chamber (AC) intraocular lenses (IOLs) and posterior chamber (PC) IOLs implanted after vitreous presentation during extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE).

Design: The study was a prospective, long-term, randomized clinical trial conducted at 19 Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers across the United States.

Methods: There were 438 eyes (438 patients) that met preliminary eligibility criteria, suffered vitreous presentation during ECCE (phacoemulsification or classical extracapsular technique), and had sufficient capsular support for a PC IOL without sutures after anterior vitrectomy randomized to either a PC IOL (230 patients) or an AC IOL (208 patients).