Publications by authors named "Robert Abishek"
Introduction Minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS) has evolved over the last three decades as a less invasive alternative to traditional spine surgery, offering benefits such as smaller incisions, faster recovery, and lower complication rates. With patients frequently seeking information about MISS online, the comprehensibility and accuracy of this information are crucial. Recent studies have shown that much of the online material regarding spine surgery exceeds the recommended readability levels, making it difficult for patients to understand.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To compare visual outcomes and recurrence rates between pro re nata (PRN), treat-and-extend and stop (TES), and treat-and-extend with chronic maintenance dosing (TEM) regimens of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) injections for myopic macular neovascularization (MNV) in multiethnic patients.
Methods: This retrospective study included patients treated with PRN, TES, or TEM for myopic MNV using intravitreal bevacizumab or ranibizumab. The primary outcome measure was visual improvement at 12 months.
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to evaluate public awareness and concerns about Vuity, an eye drop treating presbyopia, using Google Trends data from June 2021 to June 2022.
- Results showed a significant rise in searches for Vuity around its approval and advertising, with high interest in its cost, availability, and side effects, particularly retinal detachment.
- The findings suggest that Google Trends is effective for gauging public interest, highlighting a need for further investigation into the potential relationship between Vuity and its side effects.
Objective: To evaluate the appropriateness and readability of the medical knowledge provided by ChatGPT-4, an artificial intelligence-powered conversational search engine, regarding common vitreoretinal surgeries for retinal detachments (RDs), macular holes (MHs), and epiretinal membranes (ERMs).
Design: Retrospective cross-sectional study.
Subjects: This study did not involve any human participants.
Purpose: To determine baseline patient characteristics that predict the need for glaucoma surgery or blindness in eyes with neovascular glaucoma (NVG) despite intravitreal antivascular endothelial growth factor therapy.
Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study of patients with NVG who had not previously received glaucoma surgery and were treated with intravitreal antivascular endothelial growth factor injections at the time of diagnosis, from September 8, 2011, to May 8, 2020, at a large, retina subspecialty practice.
Results: Of 301 newly presenting NVG eyes, 31% required glaucoma surgery and 20% progressed to no light perception vision despite treatment.