Purpose: Here we examine the association of anti-inflammatory therapy with anatomical and functional outcomes of epiretinal membrane surgery.
Methods: The study included consecutive patients having gone through epiretinal membrane surgery at Helsinki University Hospital, Finland, between 2017 and 2021. The association of perioperative intravitreal and postoperative topical anti-inflammatory therapies with surgical outcomes was assessed.
Purpose: This study aimed to examine the association of diabetes with anatomical and functional outcomes of epiretinal membrane surgery.
Methods: Consecutive patients who underwent epiretinal membrane surgery between 2017-2021 at Helsinki University Hospital, Finland. Here we examined the association of diabetes, glycemic control, and requirement for insulin medication with surgical outcomes at 1-month.
Purpose: Periodontitis causes low-grade systemic inflammation e.g., through circulatory periodontal endotoxins, and it has been associated with cardiovascular morbidity and wet age-related macular degeneration.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and age-related cataract are often coexisting causes of visual impairment. Yet, the timing of cataract surgery in wet AMD patients is controversial.
Methods: One hundred and eleven eyes of 111 patients with wet AMD underwent cataract surgery at Helsinki University Hospital in Finland during 2014-2018.
Purpose: To assess the effect of blue-light filtering (BLF) intraocular lenses (IOLs) on the prevention of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) after cataract surgery.
Design: Cohort study.
Participants: Patients who underwent uneventful cataract surgery between 2007 and 2018 at the Ophthalmology Unit of Kymenlaakso Central Hospital, Kotka, Finland.
Clin Exp Ophthalmol
September 2020
Importance: Posterior capsular opacification (PCO) is the most common complication after cataract surgery.
Background: We aimed to assess the relationship between intraocular lens (IOL) diopter and formation of PCO among a consecutive real-world registry.
Design: Cohort study.
Purpose: To correlate the rate of intravitreal anti-VEGF injections and the use of aflibercept as a second-line treatment with visual impairment throughout Finland.
Methods: Information related to anti-VEGF treatment, proportions of bevacizumab and aflibercept and new visual impairments due to wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) was gathered from 5 university hospitals and 14 central hospital districts between 2015 and 2017 covering 232 568 injections and 1172 visual impairments.
Results: Between 2015 and 2017, the number of annual total anti-VEGF injections increased from 60 412 to 93 589 (+24.
Purpose: To assess the role of anti-inflammatory medication following cataract surgery on the formation of posterior capsular opacification.
Design: Cohort study.
Methods: A retrospective registry analysis of 25,818 consecutive patients who underwent cataract surgery between the years 2014 and 2018 at Helsinki University Hospital in Finland.
Background: The aim of this study is to examine the relationship of selected systemic and oral health parameters and the salivary presence of six periodontal pathogens to age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
Methods: The present cross-sectional study includes data on 1,751 individuals (≥30 years old). General health information was obtained by questionnaires and interviews, including self-reported diagnosis of AMD, as well as by the general and oral health examination, including panoramic radiography and laboratory analyses.