Outcomes of Sutureless Ahmed Glaucoma Valve Surgery: A Retrospective Study.

Introduction: This study compared the safety and efficacy of sutureless Ahmed glaucoma valve surgery (AGV standalone) to sutureless AGV plus cataract surgery (AGV-CEIOL) in Black or Hispanic patients.

Methods: Records from Black or non-white Hispanic patients who received either AGV standalone or AGV-CEIOL from 2014 to 2019 at a Bronx, New York practice were reviewed. All surgeries were performed using a sutureless technique with Tisseel fibrin glue.

Factors associated with vision loss in Black or Hispanic patients 1 year after standalone or combined Ahmed glaucoma valve surgery.

Purpose: To determine factors associated with vision loss 1 year after Ahmed glaucoma valve (AGV) surgery in Black or Hispanic patients, who bear disproportionate glaucoma burdens yet have been underrepresented in pivotal trials.

Methods: This retrospective study included Black or Hispanic patients who received AGVs standalone or combined with phacoemulsification and/or cyclodestructive lasers. Univariate and multivariate generalized estimating equations evaluated the effects of baseline, surgical, and postoperative factors on vision loss of two Snellen lines or more at the 1-year follow-up visit.

Characterization of microvascular disease in pediatric sickle cell disease using nailfold capillaroscopy.

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a disorder with repetitive vaso-occlusive crises resulting in microvascular obstruction and tissue ischemia that may lead to multi-organ ischemia and dysfunction. Nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NFC) is an imaging technique utilized in clinical rheumatology to visualize capillaries located near the fingertip. To characterize NFC abnormalities in the setting of pediatric SCD, we performed NFC using a video capillaroscope on 8 digits in 44 stable SCD patients and 65 age matched healthy controls.

Maternal reproductive history and premenopausal risk of hypertension and cardiovascular disease: a Danish cohort study.

Objectives: The metabolic changes of pregnancy resemble a cardiovascular risk profile and may persist postpartum, with body mass index (BMI) as a potential modifier. We examined the association between the number of live-birth pregnancies and maternal premenopausal risks of hypertension and cardiovascular disease (CVD), accounting for pre-pregnancy BMI as well as abortions and stillbirths.

Design: A prospective cohort study.

Predictors of the effect of bariatric surgery on knee osteoarthritis pain.

Introduction: Bariatric surgery reduces obesity and knee osteoarthritis (OA) pain, but some patients improve more than others. We aimed to identify characteristics that predict this knee pain improvement.

Methods: We reviewed NYU Langone Health bariatrics records (2002-2015) and called eligible patients reporting pre-operative knee pain.