Analysis of excimer laser treatment outcomes and corresponding angle κ in hyperopic astigmatism.

Purpose: To investigate the prevalence of preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative angle κ in hyperopic eyes and its effect on the refractive outcomes of excimer laser vision correction.

Setting: University Hospital Hamburg and Care Vision Refractive Centers, Germany.

Design: Retrospective multicenter study.

Streptococcus bovis infectious endocarditis and occult gastrointestinal neoplasia: experience with 25 consecutive patients treated surgically.

To assess the prevalence of gastrointestinal neoplasia in patients with Streptococcus bovis infectious endocarditis we performed a retrospective cohort analysis of all episodes of S. bovis infectious endocarditis treated at our institution between January 2000 through December 2014. Twenty-five patients were identified for this purpose.