Clinical Outcomes and Indications of In-Office Sutureless Dried Gamma Ray-Sterilized Human Amniotic Membrane Transplantation With Bandage Contact Lenses in Various Ocular Surface Disorders.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy and indications of using dried gamma ray-sterilized amniotic membrane (AM) transplantation with bandage contact lenses for the in-office sutureless treatment of various ocular surface diseases.

Methods: This study retrospectively included 56 eyes of 52 patients with various ocular surface diseases treated with sutureless dehydrated AM-assisted therapeutic contact lenses. The patients were followed up and assessed 1, 2, and 4 weeks after the treatment, and the therapeutic contact lenses were removed after 1 or 2 weeks.

Corneal epithelial remodeling induced by combined small incision lenticule extraction and accelerated corneal collagen crosslinking for myopia.

Purpose: To evaluate the changes of the corneal epithelial thickness (ET) profile induced by combined small incision lenticule extraction and accelerated corneal collagen crosslinking (SMILE-xtra) for myopia compared with the standard small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE).

Setting: Nuri Eye Hospital, 61, Dunsan-ro, Seo-gu, Daejeon, 35233, Korea.

Design: Retrospective cross-sectional study.

Evaluation of angle-to-angle and spur-to-spur using swept source optical coherence tomography in different refractive error.

Purpose: To measure angle-to-angle (ATA) and spur-to-spur (STS) distances along six meridians using swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) and compare with horizontal white-to-white (WTW) distance in different refractive error.

Methods: Overall, 126 eyes were assessed with the Anterion SS-OCT (Heidelberg Engineering, Heidelberg, Germany). ATA and STS distances were obtained using SS-OCT at 0, 30, 60, 90, 120, and 150 degrees.

Anterior segment characteristics in normal and keratoconus eyes evaluated with a new type of swept-source optical coherence tomography.

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate and compare the discriminating ability of corneal elevation maps generated using a swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) (SS-OCT ANTERION, Heidelberg Engineering, Heidelberg, Germany), which was estimated with different reference surfaces, to distinguish normal corneas from those with keratoconus and keratoconus suspect.

Methods: A total of 126 eyes of patients, which comprised 43, 37, and 46 keratoconus, keratoconus suspects, and normal controls, respectively, were included in this study. The anterior and posterior elevations at the thinnest point under the best-fit sphere (BFS) and toric-ellipsoid (BFT), respectively, and other corneal parameters were measured using the SS-OCT.

Corneal Endothelial Cell Changes After Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery in Diabetic and Nondiabetic Patients.

Objective: To compare corneal endothelial cell changes after femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery (FLACS) in diabetic and nondiabetic patients.

Methods: This retrospective study included patients with cataract who underwent FLACS performed by a single surgeon between August 2018 and November 2020. Changes in corneal endothelial cell density (ECD), hexagonality, coefficient of variation in cell size (CV), and central corneal thickness (CCT) at baseline and at the 1-month and 3-month postoperative follow-ups were investigated by dividing the patients into diabetic and nondiabetic groups.

Refractive prediction of four different intraocular lens calculation formulas compared between new swept source optical coherence tomography and partial coherence interferometry.

Purpose: To compare the biometry and prediction of postoperative refractive outcomes of four different formulae (Haigis, SRK/T, Holladay1, Barrett Universal II) obtained by swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) biometers and partial coherence interferometry (PCI; IOLMaster ver 5.4).

Methods: We compared the biometric values of SS-OCT (ANTERION, Heidelberg Engineering Inc.

Visual Performance and Optical Quality after Implantation of a New Generation Monofocal Intraocular Lens.

Purpose: To evaluate the performance of two intraocular lenses (IOLs). The new monofocal IOL using a higher-order aspheric optic (Tecnis Eyhance ICB00) was compared to a standard monofocal IOL (Tecnis monofocal ZCB00) of the identical platform and material.

Methods: The medical records of the patients who had undergone cataract surgery with implantation of either the ZCB00 or the ICB00 in the dominant eye from March 2020 to August 2020 and with available data from the 3-month visit were reviewed.

Relationship between the partial blink rate and ocular surface parameters.

Purpose: To elucidate the relationship between partial blink rate (PBR) and ocular surface parameters.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study of the patients who visited the Kim's Eye Hospital between March 2020 and July 2020. Blinking dynamics, tear film lipid layer thickness (LLT), non-invasive tear film break- up time (NITBUT), tear meniscus height (TMH), and meibomian gland (MG) dropout rate were assessed using the IDRA Ocular surface analyzer (SBM SISTEMI, Inc.

Comparison study of the axial length measured using the new swept-source optical coherence tomography ANTERION and the partial coherence interferometry IOL Master.

Purpose: To compare a biometer using swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) with a partial coherence interferometry (PCI)-based biometer in measurements of two ocular biometry parameters, i.e., the axial length and anterior cornea curvature.

Ocular surface analysis: A comparison between the LipiView II and IDRA.

Purpose: To compare the lipid layer thickness (LLT), meibomian gland (MG) dropouts, and blinking pattern determined by the analysis of images acquired from the LipiView II (LVII) and the IDRA Ocular surface analyzer.

Methods: A cross-sectional single-visit observational study was conducted. The LLT (minimum, maximum, and average), percentages of MG dropouts, and partial blink rates (PBR) were taken from both eyes of 47 participants using LVII and IDRA.

Combined Phototherapeutic Keratectomy and Peripheral Anterior Stromal Puncture for the Treatment of Recurrent Corneal Erosion Syndrome.

Purpose: To investigate the efficacy of the combined phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) and peripheral anterior stromal puncture (ASP) compared with that of PTK alone in patients with recurrent corneal erosion syndrome (RCES).

Methods: The medical records of 25 patients (25 eyes) who underwent combined treatment of PTK and peripheral ASP for RCES from March 2016 to May 2017 were retrospectively reviewed. Twenty-three patients (23 eyes) treated with PTK alone from March 2015 to February 2016 served as a control group.

A case report of fulminant endophthalmitis caused by Streptococcus dysgalactiae in a patient with traumatic corneal laceration.

Background: To report a case of enucleation caused by Streptococcus dysgalactiae endophthalmitis after traumatic corneal laceration.

Case Presentation: A 69-year-old man with history of retinal detachment treated with vitrectomy and subsequent cataract surgery presented with traumatic corneal laceration while cutting grass. Appropriate repair of corneal laceration and intravitreal antibiotics (vancomycin, ceftazidime) injection was performed.

Lenticular fungal infection caused by Aspergillus in a patient with traumatic corneal laceration: a case report.

Background: To report a case of lenticular infection caused by Aspergillus, which was diagnosed 13 weeks after traumatic corneal laceration.

Case Presentation: A 60-year-old woman presented with traumatic corneal laceration including anterior lens capsule rupture and traumatic cataract after being hit with a chestnut in the right eye. There were multiple injuries due to tiny thorns of the chestnut, including the conjunctiva, sclera, cornea, and anterior lens capsule.

Changes of tear film lipid layer thickness by 3% diquafosol ophthalmic solutions in patients with dry eye syndrome.

Aim: To evaluate the quantitatively changes in lipid layer thickness (LLT) when 3% diquafosol eye drop is used for dry eye patients using the tear film interferometer.

Methods: A total 124 participants (32 males, 92 females; mean age, 28.9y) diagnosed with dry eye disease (DED) received topical instillation of 4 ophthalmic solutions in one eye: diquafosol, normal saline, 0.

Predicting Factor of Visual Outcome in Unilateral Idiopathic Cataract Surgery in Patients Aged 3 to 10 Years.

Purpose: To report the surgical results of unilateral pediatric cataracts from uncertain causes in relatively older children and to identify factors related to better visual outcomes.

Methods: We retrospectively evaluated the medical records of 39 patients who underwent surgery between the ages of 3 and 10 years for unilateral pediatric cataracts of no known cause. All patients underwent primary intraocular lens implantation and postoperative amblyopia treatment.

Macular hole formation after pars plana vitrectomy for the treatment of Valsalva retinopathy: a case report.

We report a case of complete surgical resolution of Valsalva retinopathy that manifested as a premacular hemorrhage involving a membrane followed by a macular hole (MH) resulting from the first vitrectomy. A 20-year-old female patient was referred to our hospital due to sudden vision loss in the left eye. Her best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) in the left eye was hand motion.

Traumatic chorioretinal folds treated with intra-vitreal triamcinolone injection.

A 34-year-old male visited the hospital due to decreased visual acuity in the left eye following an injury from a car accident. In the left eye, best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was hand motion and intraocular pressure (IOP) was 8 mmHg. Choroidal vasodilation and chorioretinal folds were observed by spectral domain-optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT).

Morphological change of inner retinal layer on spectral-domain optical coherence tomography following macular hole surgery.

Background/aims: To investigate the morphological changes of the inner retinal layer by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) after idiopathic full-thickness macular hole (MH) surgery.

Methods: In a retrospective study, the authors evaluated 52 eyes of 49 patients with MH closed following vitrectomy. All patients were followed postoperatively for more than 6 months.

New profiles of posterior pole retinal thickness map in healthy Korean eyes measured by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography.

Purpose: To analyze posterior pole retinal thickness using the new Spectralis HRA + OCT protocol and compare two commercially available spectral-domain optical coherence tomography instruments (Spectralis HRA + OCT and Cirrus HD-OCT) in young healthy eyes.

Methods: Retinal thickness in 178 young healthy eyes was measured using the volume scan mode and Posterior Pole Asymmetry Analysis of the Spectralis HRA + OCT and the macular cube 512 × 128 protocol of the Cirrus HD-OCT. Topologic differences in posterior pole retinal thickness between the two spectral-domain optical coherence tomographies were compared, and the relationship between retinal thickness and age or refractive error/axial length was assessed.

Changes of parafoveal retinal nerve fiber layer thickness analyzed by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography after pars plana vitrectomy.

Purpose: To use spectral-domain optical coherence tomography to evaluate the postoperative retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness changes in eyes undergoing vitrectomy.

Methods: This is a retrospective study of 44 patients (44 eyes) who underwent monocular vitrectomy for an epiretinal membrane (19 eyes), macular hole (12 eyes), or vitreous hemorrhage (13 eyes). Quantitative analysis of the peripapillary RNFL by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography was performed before surgery and for 6 months postoperatively on both eyes.