Histopathologic changes in cadaver eyes after MicroPulse and continuous wave transscleral cyclophotocoagulation.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare the acute histological effects of MicroPulse transscleral cyclophotocoagulation (MPCPC) using the MicroPulse P3 Device and continuous wave transscleral cyclophotocoagulation (CWCPC) on the ciliary body and adjacent structures in human cadaver eyes.

Methods: Quadrants of 6 human cadaver eyes from 3 different donors were subjected to traditional CWCPC, slow burn CWCPC, MPCPC, or no treatment (internal control). Sutures were used to differentiate different treatment areas on each eye.

Free-Floating, Pigmented Cysts in the Anterior Chamber Causing Ocular Hypertension.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to describe the clinical and histopathological features of a 36-year-old male with hundreds of recurrent, unilateral, free-floating, pigmented cysts in the anterior chamber causing ocular hypertension.

Procedures: The patient was referred to ocular oncology for blurry vision of the right eye and was found to have myriad pigmented, free-floating cysts in the anterior chamber and heavy pigmentation of the angle on gonioscopy. Anterior chamber washout was performed, and the fluid recovered was sent for pathological analysis.

Trends in ophthalmology resident surgical experience from 2009 to 2015.

Background: Resident procedure minimums have been established in surgical training programs to ensure adequate training experience. However, achievement of these minimums may fluctuate. Review of resident experience is essential for maintaining successful training curricula.

Risk factors for visual impairment associated with corneal diseases in southern China.

Purpose: To identify the most common etiologies of corneal disease and the risk factors associated with worse visual outcomes in Changsha, Hunan, located in southern China.

Methods: This observational, cross-sectional study evaluated 100 consecutive patients seen at the cornea clinic of The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University. Ocular history, demographic information, and ocular use of traditional Chinese medicine were recorded and analyzed.

Suitability of the Visual Field Index according to Glaucoma Severity.

Purpose: To investigate the suitability of the visual field index (VFI) in different degrees of disease severity in glaucoma patients.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we consecutively enrolled patients with primary open-angle glaucoma and glaucoma suspects (ocular hypertension). All eyes required a reliable standard automated perimetry (SAP) test to be included.

Effect of supine body position on central corneal thickness.

Background: To evaluate the effect of supine body position on central corneal thickness (CCT) in open-angle glaucoma patients and in healthy subjects.

Design: A cross-sectional study at a university eye clinic.

Participants: Twenty-three subjects were recruited in each group, for a total of 46 patients.

Anterior segment imaging in glaucoma: An updated review.

Anterior segment imaging allows for an objective method of visualizing the anterior segment angle. Two of the most commonly used devices for anterior segment imaging include the anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) and the ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM). AS-OCT technology has several types, including time-domain, swept-source, and spectral-domain-based configurations.

Sturge-Weber Syndrome (Encephalotrigeminal Angiomatosis): Recent Advances and Future Challenges.

Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) is a congenital, sporadically occurring, neurocutaneous syndrome that presents classically with port-wine stain, leptomeningeal angiomas, and glaucoma. The systemic implications of SWS are vast and involve not only ophthalmic manifestations but also dermatologic, neurologic, and oral manifestations. Neuroimaging, in particular, plays an important role in the diagnosis and management of this disease.

HRT for the Diagnosis and Detection of Glaucoma Progression.

Confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy through the Heidelberg Retina Tomograph (HRT) provides a rapid, safe, noncontact, and noninvasive imaging of the optic disc in three-dimensions, and provides precise detailed information about the optic disc beyond that which the clinical exam can measure. The HRT I was developed for research purposes only and was not used clinically. The HRT II was developed to be user-friendly, more rapid, and was used as an adjunct to clinical examination in the detection and progression of glaucoma.