Assessing Strategies to Reduce the Carbon Footprint of the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

Importance: Greenhouse gas emissions associated with medical conferences have been associated with climate change, and the effects of climate change have been associated with an increased incidence of ophthalmic diseases. Identifying practical strategies associated with reducing these emissions may be warranted.

Objective: To assess greenhouse gas emissions associated with in-person and virtual meetings of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and to conduct mitigation analyses to suggest strategies to reduce future emissions.

A Review of the Role of the Intestinal Microbiota in Age-Related Macular Degeneration.

Blindness from age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is an escalating problem, yet AMD pathogenesis is incompletely understood and treatments are limited. The intestinal microbiota is highly influential in ocular and extraocular diseases with inflammatory components, such as AMD. This article reviews data supporting the role of the intestinal microbiota in AMD pathogenesis.

Visual Impairment in Fungal Versus Bacterial Corneal Ulcers 4 Years After Successful Antimicrobial Treatment.

Purpose: To compare longitudinal outcomes of visual acuity after fungal corneal ulcers with those of bacterial ulcers.

Design: Prospective cohort study.

Methods: This study was conducted in a tertiary eye hospital in South India.

Quantitative Evaluation of Choroidal Neovascularization under Pro Re Nata Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Therapy with OCT Angiography.

Purpose: To use optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) derived quantitative metrics to assess the response of choroidal neovascularization to pro-re-nata (PRN) anti-endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) treatment in neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Design: Prospective longitudinal cohort study.

Participants: Fourteen eyes from 14 study participants with treatment-naïve neovascular AMD were enrolled.

Detection of pigment epithelial detachment vascularization in age-related macular degeneration using phase-variance OCT angiography.

Purpose: To demonstrate the use of phase-variance optical coherence tomography (PV-OCT) angiography for detection of pigment epithelial detachment (PED) vascularization in age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Patients And Methods: Patients with PEDs and exudative AMD were evaluated by the Retina Services at the University of California, Davis, and the University of California, San Francisco. Each subject underwent fluorescein angiography and structural optical coherence tomography (OCT).

Quantitative optical coherence tomography angiography of vascular abnormalities in the living human eye.

Retinal vascular diseases are important causes of vision loss. A detailed evaluation of the vascular abnormalities facilitates diagnosis and treatment in these diseases. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) angiography using the highly efficient split-spectrum amplitude decorrelation angiography algorithm offers an alternative to conventional dye-based retinal angiography.

Tissue necrosis following diode laser-assisted transcanalicular dacryocystorhinostomy.

Advantages of transcanalicular laser-assisted dacryocystorhinostomy (TCDCR) over conventional, external, and endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) have been purported to include decreased operating time, reduced morbidity, enhanced cosmesis, avoidance of general anesthesia, and a shorter recovery time. However, 1 case of skin necrosis has recently been reported to have occurred following diode laser-assisted TCDCR, and the authors now report 3 additional cases that were evaluated by the Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery services at the University of North Carolina, North Carolina, and the University of California, San Francisco. Three patients developed full-thickness tissue necrosis over the medial canthus following TCDCR, and 2 of these patients experienced persistent tissue breakdown at the site following reconstructive repair.

Visual outcomes in treated bacterial keratitis: four years of prospective follow-up.

Purpose: We described the change in visual acuity experienced by eyes successfully treated for bacterial keratitis.

Methods: This was a prospective cohort study of a subset of study participants who had previously enrolled in the Steroids for Corneal Ulcers Trial (SCUT). All study participants had been diagnosed with culture-proven bacterial keratitis before enrollment in SCUT and subsequently were randomized to adjunctive topical corticosteroids or placebo.