Two-Year Follow-up of Intracorneal Ring Segments Implantation in Adolescent Patients With Keratoconus.

Purpose: To evaluate the visual, refractive, topographic, and aberrometric outcomes after intracorneal ring segments (ICRS) implantation in adolescent patients with keratoconus.

Methods: A retrospective longitudinal study was undertaken with a total of 61 eyes from 47 patients with keratoconus, aged between 13 and 18 years, implanted with a Ferrara-type ICRS. Topography (flattest keratometry, steepest keratometry, and asphericity), uncorrected distance visual acuity (UDVA), corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA), refractive error (sphere and cylinder), and aberrometric measurements (spherical aberration and vertical coma) were evaluated before surgery and at 1 month, 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years after surgery.

Long-term outcomes of systemic corticosteroid-sparing immunomodulatory therapy for Birdshot Retinochoroidopathy.

Purpose: To report the visual prognosis, electroretinography (ERG) and perimetry outcomes of systemic corticosteroid-sparing immunomodulatory treatment (IMT) for birdshot retinochoroidopathy (BSRC).

Methods: Retrospective non-comparative case series of 132 patients (264 eyes) with BSRC treated with IMT from Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution.

Results: The average follow-up time was 60.

Effect of the variability in implantation depth of intracorneal ring segments using the femtosecond laser technology in corneal ectasia.

Purpose: To analyze the impact of the depth of implantation of intracorneal ring segments on morphological, biomechanical, and clinical outcomes in ectatic corneas.

Methods: This prospective longitudinal study enrolled 40 eyes of 29 patients (age 20-51 years) with corneal ectasia that underwent intracorneal ring segments implantation (KeraRing, Mediphacos). Changes in visual acuity, refraction, corneal tomography, and corneal biomechanics (Ocular Response Analyzer, Reichert) were evaluated during a 6 month follow-up.

Rituximab in the treatment of ocular cicatricial pemphigoid: a retrospective cohort study.

Purpose: The purpose was to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of rituximab (RTX) for the treatment of patients with aggressive ocular cicatricial pemphigoid (OCP).

Methods: A review of patient records at a tertiary referral center with biopsy confirmed OCP who presented between 2006 and 2016. Sixty-one eyes of 32 patients with symptomatic OCP who received treatment with RTX monotherapy or RTX in combination with additional immunomodulatory treatment (IMT) were evaluated.

Choroidal neovascularization after intraocular foreign body.

We report an unusual case of choroidal neovascularization secondary to intraocular foreign body (IOFB) penetrating trauma. A 44-year-old man was referred to our department for IOFB trauma in the right eye. Vitrectomy and IOFB extraction was performed with good visual results.