The Impact of COVID-19 on Intravitreal Injection Compliance.

Intravitreal injections (IVI) of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) agents have become the most prevalent intraocular procedure as they represent the major therapeutic modality for prevalent retinal conditions such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic retinopathy. Effective therapy requires adherence to a schedule of iterative IVI as well as routine clinic appointments. The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in the reduction of attendance at scheduled clinic visits and IVI.

En face Integrated Central Avascular Zone (EFICAZ): a noninvasive tool for correlating morphological and functional damage in central diabetic macular edema.

Background: As numerous factors account for diabetic maculopathy, retinal thickness alone is poorly correlated to visual function in diabetic macular edema. En face optical coherence tomography (OCT) enables assessing retinal changes at specific layers. By averaging several planes, overall changes can be better appreciated.

EN FACE IMAGING OF RETINAL ARTERY MACROANEURYSMS USING SWEPT-SOURCE OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY.

Purpose: To describe the advantages of en face view with swept-source optical coherence tomography in assessing the morphologic features of retinal arterial macroaneurysms, their consequences on adjacent retina, planning laser treatment, and evaluating its effects.

Methods: Three eyes were treated for retinal arterial macroaneurysms and followed by swept-source optical coherence tomography in 2014-2015. En face images of the retina and choroid were obtained by EnView, a swept-source optical coherence tomography program.

[Unique mechanism in heart-shaped balloon burst resulting in blunt ocular injury].

We have previously shown that heart-shaped balloons have a different explosion mechanism than spherical balloons in which the former splits into two rubber parts still attached to the balloon base with a backward whiplash motion. This backward whiplash motion may cause significant blunt ocular trauma if the balloon is inflated by mouth. In this article, the energy of the blunt ocular trauma is estimated by the high speed camera photos analysis of the balloon burst.