Longitudinal changes in optical coherence tomography angiography characteristics in normal-tension glaucoma with or without high myopia.

Purpose: To evaluate the structural, microvascular, and functional progression of normal tension glaucoma (NTG) with or without high myopia by examining longitudinal changes in optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) and visual field (VF) parameters.

Methods: We evaluated 61 NTG eyes and classified 25 of the eyes with axial lengths (ALs) of ≥26 mm as highly myopic. We assessed the rate of change in OCTA parameters, namely radial peripapillary capillary (RPC) vessel density (VD), parafovea VD, deep parafovea VD, retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) thickness, and ganglion cell complex thickness.

Retina-TransNet: A Gradient-Guided Few-Shot Retinal Vessel Segmentation Net.

Due to the high labor cost of physicians, it is difficult to collect a rich amount of manually-labeled medical images for developing learning-based computer-aided diagnosis (CADx) systems or segmentation algorithms. To tackle this issue, we reshape the image segmentation task as an image-to-image (I2I) translation problem and propose a retinal vascular segmentation network, which can achieve good cross-domain generalizability even with a small amount of training data. We devise primarily two components to facilitate this I2I-based segmentation method.

Longitudinal follow-up of pediatric Graves' disease in preschool children: Clinical characteristics and a case report.

Rationale: Pediatric Graves' disease at preschool age is a rare condition. Previous reports have indicated that adolescents with this disease are girls. Pediatric Graves' ophthalmopathy in young children is rare, and long-term follow-up reports are lacking.

Association of Intraocular Pressure and Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Parameters in Early Glaucoma Treatment.

This prospective study aimed to explore the effect of medical intraocular pressure (IOP) reduction on structural and capillary vessel density (VD) change by optical coherence tomography (OCT) angiography in early glaucoma. Patients with newly diagnosed glaucoma and a follow-up of ≥6 months were enrolled. An ocular examination that included slit-lamp bio-microscopy, pneumatic tonometry, gonioscopy, standard automated perimetry, and OCT angiography was performed.

Pseudomonas keratitis complicated with spontaneous expulsive suprachoroidal hemorrhage: A case report.

Introduction: Spontaneous expulsive suprachoroidal hemorrhage (SESCH) is a rare condition. The correlation between SESCH and chronic glaucoma has been reported previously. However, few reports have indicated a correlation between infective keratitis and SESCHs.

Efficacy of modified levator-muscle resection using Putterman ptosis clamp versus traditional levator-muscle resection for aponeurotic ptosis: A retrospective analysis.

Background/objectives: In recent years, a modified levator muscle resection using Putterman ptosis clamp was developed. We used a retrospective case-control study to compare the effects of the modified and traditional levator muscle resection methods.

Methods: Patients with moderate-to-severe ptosis who underwent the traditional or modified method for levator muscle resection were divided into two groups: Group I received the traditional method in 2013 and Group II received the modified method using Putterman clamp in 2015.

Outcomes in patients with lacrimal gland carcinoma treated with definitive radiotherapy or eye-sparing surgery followed by adjuvant radiotherapy.

Background: The optimal treatment for lacrimal gland cancer remains unclear. Eye-preserving surgery, as opposed to exenteration, followed by adjuvant radiotherapy (RT), has recently been reported to deliver satisfactory outcomes, but evidence is sparse. The aim of the present study was to evaluate outcomes in patients with lacrimal gland cancer treated at two tertiary medical centers.

Modified Levator Muscle Resection Using Putterman Muller's Muscle-Conjunctival Resection-Ptosis Clamp.

Background: The traditional technique for levator muscle resection includes a time-consuming dissection procedure that causes tissue trauma and swelling. The Putterman ptosis clamp has been popularly used in recent years for conjunctival müllerectomy. In this paper, we describe a modified surgical technique for ptosis treatment using the Putterman ptosis clamp.

Contact dermatitis on the lower eyelid related to tick infestation: A case report in Taiwan.

Tick bite on the lower eyelid is a rare condition. We reported a case of contact dermatitis on the lower eyelid related to the tick infestation. Ticks are vectors for disease transmission.

Management of Senile Ptosis with Levator Muscle Resection Using the Putterman Clamp.

Putterman clamp, a muscle clamp, is commonly used in conjunctival müllerectomies. We report 3 cases of senile ptosis repaired with levator muscle resection using the Putterman clamp. The redundant levator aponeurosis was removed with electrocautery after clamping with the Putterman clamp.

Correction of involutional entropion with retractor redirection.

The study aims to report the surgical outcome of a retractor redirection procedure for involutional entropion repair for Asians. The study included all cases diagnosed with involutional entropion and significant ocular irritation who presented from 2008 to 2012. Sixty-seven eyelids in 54 patients were included in this study.

Correlation between myopic ametropia and stereoacuity in school-aged children in Taiwan.

Purpose: To investigate the correlation between stereoacuity, as analyzed by the Titmus stereotest, and the severity of myopia, astigmatism and anisometropia in a school-aged population in Taiwan.

Methods: Cycloplegic autorefraction, best corrected monocular visual acuity and stereoacuity were measured in 6- to 18-year-old school children. Children with amblyopia (best corrected visual acuity of <20/25) or strabismus were excluded from this study.

Therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty in severe infective keratitis using glycerol-preserved donor corneas.

Purpose: To report the surgical outcome of therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty (TPKP) using glycerol-preserved donor corneas in severe infective keratitis.

Methods: Glycerol-preserved corneas were obtained from the recipient corneas of the patients who underwent optical penetrating keratoplasty and preserved in glycerol. Eight eyes of 8 patients (3 men/5 women; average age, 69.