Publications by authors named "Lee Goren"
Pediatric Uveitis: Impact of Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha on Ocular Complications.
Ocul Immunol Inflamm
February 2025
Purpose: To evaluate the rate of ocular complications for pediatric uveitic patients, treated with anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) agents.
Methods: Retrospective study of pediatric patients with non-infectious chronic anterior uveitis, treated with anti-TNF-α at two tertiary uveitis centers. The primary outcome was the effect of therapy on ocular complications rate.
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to explore the relationship between weather variables and various pathogens linked to infectious conjunctivitis globally.
- Researchers analyzed data from 498 cases across 8 countries, correlating pathogen types with weather data, particularly looking at temperature, precipitation, and humidity.
- Findings indicated that higher humidity and precipitation increased the likelihood of RNA virus and fungal infections while decreasing the odds of DNA virus and bacterial infections, highlighting the complex influence of weather on conjunctivitis-related pathogens.
Purpose: To describe the placement of a silicone shield to protect the optical cylinder following osteo-keratoprosthesis or osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis (O/OKP) procedures in four patients.
Methods: In this retrospective observational study, we reviewed all patients who underwent O/OKP in our tertiary medical centre. We found four patients in whom a protective cellphone silicone shield (VisionGuard, Zagg, Utah, USA) was cut with a 3 mm dermal punch and placed on the polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) optical cylinder of an O/OKP 3-4 months after implantation to either correct or prevent abrasions.
Recurrent and chronic anterior uveitis: Long-term outcome and treatment strategies.
Indian J Ophthalmol
February 2024
Purpose: To study the long-term clinical outcome and treatment strategies of recurrent and chronic non-infectious anterior uveitis.
Methods: Multicenter study of anterior uveitis patients from 2001 to 2022. Outcome measures included ocular complications, medical and surgical therapies, and visual acuity measured at the beginning of follow-up and at 1, 2, and 5 years thereafter.
Importance: Acute infectious conjunctivitis is a common ocular condition with major public health consequences.
Objective: To assess regional variations and microbial etiologies of acute infectious conjunctivitis to guide treatment.
Design, Setting, And Participants: In this cross-sectional study, patients with presumed acute infectious conjunctivitis were enrolled in the study at 5 sites (Honolulu, Hawaii; Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego, California; and Petah-Tikva, Israel) from March 2021 to March 2023.