Optic disc swelling and vision loss in a patient with cystic fibrosis and diabetes.

Advances in cystic fibrosis management have significantly improved life expectancy in these patients. However, we are now faced with a growing number of long-term extrapulmonary consequences of this disease, including ophthalmic complications of diabetes in cystic fibrosis patients. We present a unique report that documents a case of diabetic papillopathy progressing to nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy resulting in vision loss in a patient with CF and diabetes.

Outcome of cataract surgery in a remote community in northern British Columbia.

Objective: To examine the issues influencing the outcome of cataract surgeries performed by visiting surgeons in a remote region of British Columbia.

Design: Retrospective series.

Participants: We studied 198 patients who underwent cataract surgery in 2008 in a northern community (approximate area, 12 million hectares, population, 64,000).

The effects of intravitreal bevacizumab on patients with macular edema secondary to branch retinal vein occlusion.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of intravitreal bevacizumab on visual acuity (VA) and central retinal thickness (CRT) in patients with macular edema (ME) secondary to branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO).

Design: Retrospective review.

Participants: The study included 42 patients with ME secondary to BRVO who received intravitreal injections of bevacizumab in 2 referral-based retinal practices in Vancouver, B.

Clinical and histopathologic review of 18 explanted porous polyethylene orbital implants.

Purpose: To review the clinical and histopathologic features of porous polyethylene (PP) orbital implants requiring explantation.

Design: Case series.

Participants: Eighteen explanted PP orbital implants of 18 patients were studied.

Use of lipid-lowering agents for the prevention of age-related macular degeneration: a meta-analysis of observational studies.

Purpose: To examine the effect of lipid-lowering agents in the development of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) through the techniques of meta-analysis.

Methods: Case-control and cohort studies presenting relative risks and 95% confidence intervals were identified through a literature review. Inclusion was limited to studies where both the exposure of interest (lipid-lowering agents) and outcome (AMD) were explicitly defined.

Risk factors for posterior vitreous detachment: a case-control study.

Purpose: To identify possible risk factors for the development of posterior vitreous detachment (PVD).

Design: Retrospective case-control study.

Methods: A total of 138 cases with PVD and 114 age-matched controls were accrued from two different sites.