INTRAVITREAL DEXAMETHASONE FOR THE TREATMENT OF MACULAR EDEMA SECONDARY TO HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE TOXICITY.

Purpose: Cystoid macular edema is a vision-threatening complication infrequently associated with hydroxychloroquine retinal toxicity. There are limited data on the best treatment for this pathology.

Methods: A retrospective case series is presented.

Analysis of the Long-term Visual Outcomes of ForeseeHome Remote Telemonitoring: The ALOFT Study.

Purpose: To evaluate long-term visual acuity (VA) and performance of a monitoring strategy with a self-operated artificial-intelligence-enabled home monitoring system in conjunction with standard care for early detection of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD).

Design: Retrospective review.

Subjects: Patients with dry-age-related macular degeneration from 5 referral clinics.

Real-World Performance of a Self-Operated Home Monitoring System for Early Detection of Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration.

The real-world performance of a home telemonitoring strategy (ForeseeHome AMD Monitoring System, Notal Vision, Inc.,Manassas VA, USA) was evaluated and compared to the device arm of the AREDS2-HOME study among patients with intermediate AMD (iAMD) who converted to neovascular AMD (nAMD). All patients with confirmed conversion to nAMD who used the home monitoring system from 10/2009 through 9/2018 were identified by Notal Vision Diagnostic Clinic's medical records.

Timing of Povidone-Iodine Application to Reduce the Risk of Endophthalmitis after Intravitreal Injections.

Purpose: To analyze comparatively the effect of different intravitreal injection (IVI) protocols on the incidence of endophthalmitis occurring after injection.

Design: Retrospective case-control series.

Participants: Twenty-seven retina specialists in a large vitreoretinal practice performed 37 646 IVIs.

Atypical presentation of acute-onset endophthalmitis after uncomplicated pars plana vitrectomy.

A 70-year-old woman presented with signs of acute-onset endophthalmitis within 24 hours of surgery, with retinal hemorrhages and vascular changes in the absence of pain or significant inflammation. She had undergone uncomplicated 25-gauge pars plana vitrectomy for epiretinal membrane with presenting visual acuity of 20/40- and significant distortion. Vitreous culture revealed Staphylococcus epidermidis.

Randomized trial of the ForeseeHome monitoring device for early detection of neovascular age-related macular degeneration. The HOme Monitoring of the Eye (HOME) study design - HOME Study report number 1.

Objective: To evaluate the effects of a home-monitoring device with tele-monitoring compared with standard care in detection of progression to choroidal neovascularization (CNV) associated with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of blindness in the US.

Patients And Methods: Participants, aged 55 to 90 years, at high risk of developing CNV associated with AMD were recruited to the HOme Monitoring of Eye (HOME) Study, an unmasked, multi-center, randomized trial of the ForeseeHome (FH) device plus standard care vs. standard care alone.

Pipeline embolization device: a new source for embolic retinal vascular occlusion.

A 57-year-old woman underwent treatment of a left internal carotid artery aneurysm with a Pipeline embolization device. She subsequently experienced multiple branch retinal artery occlusions in her left eye. Although rare, ophthalmic complications may follow this new technique in the treatment of intracranial aneurysms.

Same-day versus delayed vitrectomy with lensectomy for the management of retained lens fragments.

Purpose: To evaluate whether performing same-day pars plana vitrectomy versus delayed pars plana vitrectomy affects visual outcomes and ocular morbidity of patients with retained lens fragments after a complicated cataract surgery.

Methods: Retrospective, comparative case series of 172 eyes of 171 patients with retained lens fragments undergoing 3-port pars plana vitrectomy using 20-, 23-, or 25-gauge instrumentation between 2005 and 2008. Outcome measures included best-corrected visual acuity at 6 months, final best-corrected visual acuity, and postoperative complications such as cystoid macular edema, intraocular pressure elevation, retinal detachment, vitreous hemorrhage, choroidal hemorrhage, and endophthalmitis.

Incidence and characteristics of macular pucker formation after primary retinal detachment repair by pars plana vitrectomy alone.

Purpose: To evaluate postoperative macular pucker formation in patients who underwent pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) for repair of primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RD).

Methods: A retrospective, observational case series of 141 consecutive patients who underwent primary RD repair by PPV alone was performed. Patient charts were selected based on coding searches of a database from May 1, 2002, to December 31, 2003, in a large retina referral practice.

Treatment of choroidal neovascularization through the implantable miniature telescope.

Purpose: To report a case of thermal laser photocoagulation of a choroidal neovasacular membrane through the implantable miniature telescope (IMT).

Design: Interventional case report.

Methods: Focal thermal laser photocoagulation was performed.

Corticosteroid-induced modulation of acute syphilitic posterior placoid chorioretinitis.

Purpose: To report a case of corticosteroid-induced modulation of acute syphilitic posterior placoid chorioretinitis.

Design: Interventional case report.

Method: A 38-year-old homosexual male who presented with a unilateral uveitis secondary to syphilis developed large placoid macular lesions after treatment with oral prednisone that resolved when the corticosteroids were discontinued.