Publications by authors named "Rene A Cervantes-Castaneda"
Introduction: Retinopathy is a frequent complication of diabetes, causing visual impairment in 10% and blindness in 2% of diabetic patients. The aim of this study is to describe the clinical profile of diabetic patients in an ophthalmologic unit in Tijuana, México.
Methods: Retrospective study of a random sample of 500 clinical charts of patients with diabetes who attended the Retina Service of "Fundación CODET para la Prevención de la Ceguera IBP" Ophthalmologic Center between 2006 and 2010.
Purpose: To retrospectively report a 12-month follow up for combined therapy with systemic cyclosporine A (CSA) and mycophenolate mofetil (MM) in treatment of patients with birdshot retinochoroidopathy (BSRC).
Participants: Ninety-eight eyes of patients who received CSA and MM for the treatment of BSRC were included in the study.
Methods: All patients were followed for at least five visits during the study, or until treatment failure, or loss of follow-up.
Mycophenolate mofetil therapy for sarcoidosis-associated uveitis.
Ocul Immunol Inflamm
September 2009
Purpose: To evaluate the control of ocular inflammation and the steroid sparing effect in patients with sarcoidosis-associated uveitis treated with mycophenolate mofetil (MMF).
Methods: Retrospective case series. All patients with a diagnosis of sarcoidosis-associated uveitis that were treated with MMF between 2005 and 2007 were identified.
Purpose: Uveitis is a major cause of ocular morbidity in developed countries. It has been demonstrated that macular edema is a significant cause of decreased visual acuity and macular edema in these patients. In this article, we evaluate the long-term outcome of intravitreal bevacizumab in the treatment of refractory uveitic macular edema.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To compare intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide (IVTA) injection versus no treatment or sub-Tenon triamcinolone acetonide (STTA) injection in improving visual acuity (VA) of patients with refractory diabetic macular edema (DME; unresponsive to focal laser therapy).
Clinical Relevance: Diabetic macular edema is the leading cause of visual loss in diabetic retinopathy. Laser therapy has been the standard of care for patients with persistent or progressive disease.
Purpose: To evaluate the outcomes of cataract surgery in children with chronic uveitis.
Setting: Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Methods: This retrospective chart review was of patients younger than 17 years with a history of uveitis who had cataract surgery before June 2004.
Purpose: To evaluate the rate of flares in patients with uveitic glaucoma treated with topical bimatoprost and to assess its effect on intraocular pressure (IOP) in this subset of patients.
Design: Retrospective case series.
Methods: All patients seen at one subspecialty uveitis practice with history of uveitic glaucoma treated with topical bimatoprost were identified and the data collected, which included onset, type, duration of uveitis, onset of secondary glaucoma, and previous therapies for glaucoma.
Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of biologic response modifiers (BRMs) in the treatment of patients with psoriatic ocular inflammatory disease.
Methods: The records of 8 patients diagnosed with psoriatic ocular inflammatory disease who received adalimumab or infliximab were reviewed. Main outcome measures were control of intraocular inflammation, visual acuities, and adverse effects of therapy.
Purpose: To evaluate the use of biological response modifiers (BRM) in the treatment of refractory childhood uveitis.
Design: Retrospective non-comparative case series of pediatric patients with uveitis treated with BRM.
Participants: 23 pediatric patients.
Purpose: To analyze visual outcomes in children affected by juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)-associated uveitis.
Design: Retrospective interventional case series.
Participants: Eighty-nine children with JIA-associated uveitis.
Purpose: To determine patterns of exacerbations of recurrent non-infectious uveitis during pregnancy and puerperium.
Design: Retrospective cohort study.
Methods: The medical records of 32 women with a history of chronic non-infectious uveitis, who were pregnant during their follow-up at the Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Service of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, from 1983 through 2003, were reviewed.
Purpose: To compare postoperative pain associated with advanced surface ablation versus traditional photorefractive keratectomy (PRK).
Setting: Codet-Aris Vision Institute, Tijuana, Mexico.
Methods: This prospective double-masked randomized study included 56 eyes of 28 myopic patients who received traditional PRK in 1 eye and advanced surface ablation in the contralateral eye.
Objective: To analyze demographics, anatomic data, diagnoses, systemic associations, and visual outcomes of pediatric patients in a large tertiary eye center.
Design: Retrospective cohort study.
Methods: The records of 1242 patients with uveitis referred to the Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Service of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (MEEI) from 1985 to 2003 were reviewed retrospectively.