Diagnostic Power and Reproducibility of Objective Perimetry in Glaucoma.

Prcis: An objective perimetry method provides four 30-2 style reports in 8 minutes. These comprise sensitivity and delay reports for both eyes. A combined report format shows comparable diagnostic power to 2 forms of automated perimetry.

Comparing 2-dimensional macular pigment optical density with objective and subjective perimetry and visual acuity in age-related macular degeneration.

Purpose: To compare diagnostic power for different severities of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) of two-dimensional macular pigment optical densities (2D-MPOD) and spatially matched objective perimetry, with standard perimetry and best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA).

Methods: The ObjectiveField Analyser (OFA) provided objective perimetry, and a Heidelberg Spectralis optical coherence tomography (OCT) measured 2D-MPOD in AMD patients, both completed twice over 0.99 ± 0.

Objective perimetry identifies regional functional progression and recovery in mild Diabetic Macular Oedema.

Purpose: Retinal function beyond foveal vision is not routinely examined in the clinical screening and management of diabetic retinopathy although growing evidence suggests it may precede structural changes. In this study we compare optical coherence tomography (OCT) based macular structure with function measured objectively with the ObjectiveFIELD Analyzer (OFA), and with Matrix perimetry. We did that longitudinally in Type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients with mild Diabetic Macular Oedema (DMO) with good vision and a similar number of T2D patients without DMO, to evaluate changes in retinal function more peripherally over the natural course of retinopathy.

Prevalence and severity of diabetic retinopathy at first presentation to vitreoretinal services in Bhutan: a 3-year national study.

Purpose: To determine the prevalence and severity of diabetic retinopathy (DR) at first presentation among diabetic patients attending national vitreoretinal (VR) services in Bhutan STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective cross-sectional study METHODS: We included all diabetic patients in Bhutan who presented for retinal evaluation for the first time over a 3-year period (2013-2016). Data including demography, clinical details, diagnostic tests, and clinical staging of DR were analyzed.

Results: A total of 843 diabetic patients, aged 57.

Rapid Objective Testing of Visual Function Matched to the ETDRS Grid and Its Diagnostic Power in Age-Related Macular Degeneration.

Purpose: To study the power of an 80-second multifocal pupillographic objective perimetry (mfPOP) test tailored to the ETDRS grid to diagnose age-related macular degeneration (AMD) by Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) severity grade.

Design: Evaluation of a diagnostic technology.

Methods: We compared diagnostic power of acuity, ETDRS grid retinal thickness data, new 80-second M18 mfPOP test, and two wider-field 6-minute mfPOP tests (Macular-P131, Widefield-P129).

The clinical treatment of bacterial keratitis: A review of drop instillation regimes.

Bacterial keratitis (BK) presentations are often treated using the commercially available second-generation fluoroquinolones ciprofloxacin 0.3% and ofloxacin 0.3% as monotherapy.

Cryotherapy versus Laser Does Not Influence Anatomic Success after Vitrectomy for Primary Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment Repair: Registry Analysis of 2413 Patients.

Purpose: To determine whether a difference exists between cryotherapy and endolaser photocoagulation retinopexy in terms of the rates of anatomic success after primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) repair with pars plana vitrectomy (PPV).

Design: Registry-based, nonrandomized, observational cohort study.

Subjects: Eyes with primary RRD in a binational retinal surgery registry that underwent repair with PPV and had a minimum of 3 months of follow-up.

Clustered Volleys Stimulus Presentation for Multifocal Objective Perimetry.

Purpose: Multifocal pupillographic objective perimetry (mfPOP) is being developed as an alternative to subjective threshold perimetry for the management of visual and neurological disorders. Here, we evaluate, in normal subjects, differences in signal quality between the original mfPOP method of spatially sparse Continuous stimulus presentation and the new Clustered Volleys (CVs) method. We hypothesized that the CVs method would lead to increased signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) over the original method due to the stabilization of gain within the pupillary system.

An Objective Perimetry Study of Central Versus Peripheral Sensitivities and Delays in Age-Related Macular Degeneration.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare central versus peripheral retinal sensitivities and delays in neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) using US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-cleared multifocal pupillographic objective perimetry (mfPOP).

Methods: We recruited 18 patients with nAMD and commenced Pro re nata intravitreal anti- vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) injection. We compared macular (±15 degrees) and wide-field (±30 degrees) mfPOP variants.

Comparing Objective Perimetry, Matrix Perimetry, and Regional Retinal Thickness in Mild Diabetic Macular Edema.

Purpose: To compare per-region macular sensitivity and delay from objective perimetry with Matrix perimetry and retinal thickness in mild diabetic macular edema (DMO).

Methods: Thirty-three patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) aged 59.2 ± 10.

Relationships between retinal structure and function and vision-related quality of life measures in advanced age-related macular degeneration.

Purpose: To evaluate the association between ophthalmic structure/function measures and five standardized quality of life (QoL) instruments, in patients with advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Methods: We examined 20 AMD patients (ages 66-93 years) recruited from the Canberra Hospital Ophthalmology Department. Visual function measures included low and high contrast visual acuity (LCVA and HCVA) and measures from 10-2 Matrix visual fields (VF).

Correlation of Central Versus Peripheral Macular Structure-Function With Acuity in Age-Related Macular Degeneration.

Purpose: Patients with advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD) may have preserved visual function despite significant retinal structural changes. We aimed to evaluate the relationships among retinal thickness, macular sensitivity, and visual acuity (VA) in advanced AMD.

Methods: We examined 43 eyes of 22 patients with advanced AMD (ages 66-93 years), prospectively recruited from the Canberra Hospital Ophthalmology Department.

MicroRNA-223 Regulates Retinal Function and Inflammation in the Healthy and Degenerating Retina.

Introduction: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, non-coding RNA molecules that have powerful regulatory properties, with the ability to regulate multiple messenger RNAs (mRNAs) and biological pathways. MicroRNA-223-3p (miR-223) is known to be a critical regulator of the innate immune response, and its dysregulation is thought to play a role in inflammatory disease progression. Despite miR-223 upregulation in numerous neurodegenerative conditions, largely in cells of the myeloid lineage, the role of miR-223 in the retina is relatively unexplored.

Intraocular Pressure Changes and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Inhibitor Use in Various Retinal Diseases: Long-Term Outcomes in Routine Clinical Practice: Data from the Fight Retinal Blindness! Registry.

Purpose: To report long-term changes in intraocular pressure (IOP) in eyes receiving vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) inhibitors for various retinal conditions over 12 and 24 months in routine clinical practice.

Design: Retrospective analysis of data from a prospectively designed observational outcomes registry, the Fight Retinal Blindness!

Participants: Treatment-naïve eyes receiving monotherapy with VEGF inhibitors (ranibizumab [0.5 mg], aflibercept [2 mg], or bevacizumab [1 mg]) with at least 3 injections from December 2013 through December 31, 2018, and at least 12 months of follow-up.

SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF TRAUMATIC MACULAR HOLE: Optical Coherence Tomography Features and Outcomes.

Purpose: To report the outcomes of eyes receiving surgical management for traumatic macular holes. To describe the preoperative and postoperative optical coherence tomography features of traumatic macular holes and to explore associations between preoperative clinical and optical coherence tomography features, and visual outcome.

Methods: Retrospective study of patients undergoing vitrectomy for traumatic macular hole and entered into the Australian and New Zealand Society of Retinal Specialists surgical registry.

ANALYSIS OF TIME TO FAILURE AFTER RETINAL DETACHMENT SURGERY.

Purpose: To present the distribution of time to retinal redetachment in eyes undergoing retinal detachment surgery, using a method for adjusting time to outcome in eyes with silicone oil or heavy liquid tamponade ("oil-filled eyes").

Methods: Data from two Australian centers were used. Adjusted time to outcome was measured from the date of tamponade removal in oil-filled eyes, unless failure was diagnosed with tamponade in situ.

Prevalence and characteristics of macular atrophy in eyes with neovascular age-related macular degeneration. A study from a long-term observational dataset: the Fight Retinal Blindness! project.

Background: To assess the prevalence and characteristics associated with macular atrophy (MA) in eyes with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) treated with vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) inhibitors.

Methods: This was a retrospective, cross-sectional study of nAMD eyes that commenced anti-VEGF between January 2006 and August 2016. MA (absent/extrafoveal/subfoveal) was graded by treating practitioners based on multimodal imaging from April 2016.

Pattern and Presentation of Vitreo-Retinal Diseases: An Analysis of Retrospective Data at a Tertiary Eye Care Center in Nepal.

Purpose: We examined patients presenting in a tertiary eye hospital in Nepal, focusing on information relevant to screening and management programs for vitreo-retinal (VR) disease.

Design: Retrospective, cross-sectional study.

Methods: We reviewed all patients presenting for the first time to the VR-clinic over 1 year.

Ten-Year Treatment Outcomes of Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration from Two Regions.

Purpose: To report and compare 10-year treatment outcomes of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) inhibitors for neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) from Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) and Switzerland.

Design: Retrospective, comparative, interventional case series.

Methods: We analyzed 712 treatment-naive eyes (ANZ, n = 474; Switzerland, n = 321) starting anti-VEGF for nAMD in routine clinical practice between January 1, 2006, and December 31, 2008, tracked in the prospectively designed observational database, the Fight Retinal Blindness! registry.