Purpose: To identify factors that affect the likelihood of follow-up after emergency department (ED) visit for ophthalmic complaints and to evaluate a protocol to improve compliance.
Design: Prospective interventional study with historical controls.
Methods: This study was conducted at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in Jamaica, New York.
Purpose: To determine patterns of epithelial remodeling in keratoconus and to assess changes in these patterns as the disease progresses.
Methods: This is a prospective case series. Patients with keratoconus undergoing corneal collagen crosslinking underwent Scheimpflug imaging before and after epithelial debridement.
Purpose: The aim was to report the aqueous humor moxifloxacin concentration and proteome profile of an individual with bilateral uveitis-like syndrome with pigment dispersion.
Methods: Multiple reactions monitoring mass spectrometry quantified the aqueous concentration of moxifloxacin in the affected individual. Shotgun proteomic analysis performed via liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) defined the protein profile in the affected individual and unaffected control samples.
Purpose: This study evaluates the correlation between corneal densitometry and epithelial ingrowth (EI) after laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK).
Methods: Corneal densitometry of 3 patients who developed EI after LASIK was measured with the Oculus Pentacam. Corneal densitometry readings of each patient were obtained preoperatively and postoperatively after ingrowth was discovered.
Purpose: To identify risks factors for retreatment post-laser in situ keratomeliusis (LASIK).
Materials & Methods: A retrospective chart review from December 2008 to September 2012 identified 1,402 patients (2,581 eyes) that underwent LASIK treatment for myopia with the Intralase™ FS, STAR S4 IR™ Excimer Laser, and WaveScan WaveFront™ technology. In this group, 83 patients were retreated.