Trends in Cornea Fellowship Applications and Applicant Characteristics: A San Francisco Match Analysis.

 We investigate trends in cornea fellowship positions filled over time and applicant characteristics associated with matching into cornea fellowship.  Characteristics of cornea fellowship applicants were assessed using deidentified 2010 to 2017 San Francisco (SF) Match data. Publicly available SF Match cornea fellowship data including the number of participating programs, number of positions offered, number of positions filled, percentage of positions filled, and number of vacancies from 2014 to 2019 were also analyzed as data from 2010 to 2013 were unavailable.

Applicant Characteristics Associated with Retina Fellowship Match from 2010-2019.

Objective: To describe trends in the surgical and medical retina fellowship match and applicant characteristics associated with matching in retina fellowship.

Design: Retrospective study.

Subjects: Ophthalmology fellowship applicants who applied through the San Francisco (SF) Match.

Management of uncomplicated rhegmatogenous retinal detachments: a comparison of practice patterns and clinical outcomes in a real-world setting.

Objective: To investigate practice patterns and clinical outcomes in the repair of uncomplicated rhegmatogenous retinal detachments (RRD) in a real-world setting over a 10-year period.

Methods: We compared preferences for scleral buckling (SB), pars plana vitrectomy (PPV), PPV/SB, or pneumatic retinopexy (PR) over time, and examined the 1-year single surgery anatomic success (SSAS) and best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) at a tertiary academic institution from 2008-2018.

Results: Eight hundred eight eyes had RRD repair between 2008-2011 (n = 240), 2012-2014 (n = 271), and 2015-2017 (n = 297).

Vitrectomy versus Vitrectomy with Scleral Buckling in the Treatment of Giant Retinal Tear Related Retinal Detachments: An International Multicenter Study.

Purpose: To determine the practice pattern for treating giant retinal tear (GRT) related detachments, and their anatomic and visual outcomes with pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) with or without scleral buckling (SB).

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Subjects: Eyes with GRT detachments repaired from 2008 to 2020 with at least 6 months of follow-up from 7 institutions in North and South America, Europe, and Asia.

Associations of Visual Function With Cognitive Performance in Community-Based Older Adults: The Eye Determinants of Cognition Study.

Background: Given the detrimental impacts of visual and cognitive impairment separately, in older adults, understanding their coexistence could inform strategies against age-related cognitive changes.

Methods: Participants from Washington County (White) and Jackson (Black) sites of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study were recruited who differed on racial, regional, urbanicity, and community-based factors. Presenting distance visual acuity (DVA; representing vision loss due to disease or lack of eye-care), corrected DVA (representing optimal correction for refractive loss of vision), and contrast sensitivity were measured.