A pilot randomized clinical trial of intermittent occlusion therapy liquid crystal glasses versus traditional patching for treatment of moderate unilateral amblyopia.

Purpose: To compare the effectiveness of intermittent occlusion therapy (IO therapy) using liquid crystal glasses and continuous occlusion therapy using traditional adhesive patches for treating amblyopia.

Methods: Children 3-8 years of age with previously untreated, moderate, unilateral amblyopia (visual acuity of 20/40 to 20/100 in the amblyopic eye) were enrolled in this randomized controlled trial. Amblyopia was associated with strabismus, anisometropia, or both.

Type 4 Duane syndrome.

Purpose: To identify cases of synergistic divergence whose characteristics suggest that this entity is a form of Duane syndrome.

Methods: The records of all patients with a Duane syndrome diagnosis, including standardized eye position photographs, from the E-Consultation program of Cybersight, Orbis International were analyzed.

Results: A total of 350 Duane syndrome cases were identified.

Clinical application of optical coherence tomography in combination with functional diagnostics: advantages and limitations for diagnosis and assessment of therapy outcome in central serous chorioretinopathy.

Purpose: While identifying functional and structural parameters of the retina in central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR) patients, this study investigated how an optical coherence tomography (OCT)-based diagnosis can be significantly supplemented with functional diagnostic tools and to what degree the determination of disease severity and therapy outcome can benefit from diagnostics complementary to OCT.

Methods: CSCR patients were evaluated prospectively with microperimetry (MP) and spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) to determine retinal sensitivity function and retinal thickness as outcome measures along with measures of visual acuity (VA). Patients received clinical care that involved focal laser photocoagulation or pharmacotherapy targeting inflammation and neovascularization.

Double anterior chamber in a patient with glaucoma and microspherophakia.

We report the case of a 16-year-old woman with microspherophakia and secondary open angle glaucoma. The patient presented with a membrane dividing the anterior chamber into two segments without edema or Descemet's membrane detachment. Slit lamp biomicroscopy, Pentacam, and specular microscopy images were obtained.

Laser in situ keratomileusis flap complications using mechanical microkeratome versus femtosecond laser: retrospective comparison.

Purpose: To compare the incidence of flap complications after creation of laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) flaps using a zero-compression microkeratome or a femtosecond laser.

Setting: John A. Moran Eye Center, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

Visual outcomes after wavefront-guided photorefractive keratectomy and wavefront-guided laser in situ keratomileusis: Prospective comparison.

Purpose: To compare visual outcomes between wavefront-guided photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) and wavefront-guided laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK).

Setting: Academic center, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

Methods: In this randomized prospective study, myopic eyes were treated with wavefront-guided PRK and or wavefront-guided LASIK using a Visx Star S4 CustomVue platform with iris registration.

Iris-fixated phakic intraocular lens implantation for correction of high myopia in microspherophakia.

We report the refractive correction of high myopia in a 23-year-old patient with idiopathic microspherophakia using iris-fixated phakic intraocular lenses (pIOLs) (Verisyse/Artisan). Four years after bilateral implantation, the uncorrected distance visual acuity was 20/25 with a correction of 20/20(-1) in both eyes. No intraoperative or postoperative complications occurred.