Assessment for Macular Thickness after Uncomplicated Phacoemulsification Using Optical Coherence Tomography.

Purpose: Macular edema including cystoid macular edema is one of the main causes of unfavorable visual outcomes after cataract surgery. The macular thickness and the occurrence of macular edema after uncomplicated cataract surgery was evaluated using optical coherence tomography (OCT) in this study.

Methods: Macular map images were taken by OCT before surgery and at 1 week, 1 month, and 2 months postsurgery.

Genetic Characteristics and Phenotype of Korean Patients with Stickler Syndrome: A Korean Multicenter Analysis Report No. 1.

Stickler syndrome is an inherited connective tissue disorder of collagen. There are relatively few reports of East Asian patients, and no large-scale studies have been conducted in Korean patients yet. In this study, we retrospectively analyzed the genetic characteristics and clinical features of Korean Stickler syndrome patients.

Comparison of outcomes of scleral fixation with and without pars plana vitrectomy for the treatment of dislocated intraocular lens.

Purpose: To investigate the surgical outcomes of scleral fixation with either pars plana vitrectomy (ppV) or anterior vitrectomy (AV) for the treatment of dislocated intraocular lens (IOL).

Methods: By retrospective review of electronic medical records, patients with in-the-bag spontaneous IOL dislocation who underwent IOL exchange with scleral fixation were included and grouped according to the vitrectomy method: ppV (group 1) and AV (group 2). Post-operative surgical outcomes including visual acuity (log MAR), spherical equivalent, and surgically induced astigmatism (SIA) and complications were investigated and analyzed.

Clinical Features in Children with Posterior Polymorphous Corneal Dystrophy.

Purpose: To describe clinical features in children diagnosed with posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy (PPCD) in their first or second decade of life.

Methods: A retrospective study was performed with the medical records of seven unrelated Korean pediatric patients who were diagnosed with PPCD and were followed up for a minimum of 3 years. Thorough ocular examinations were performed, including best-corrected visual acuity, intraocular pressure, refractive and keratometric measurements, slit-lamp biomicroscopy, and specular microscopy at all visits.

Necrotizing herpetic retinopathy in an immune-compromised pediatric patient with minimal signs of inflammation: case report.

Background: To report a case of necrotizing herpetic retinopathy(NHR) in an immuno-compromised pediatric patient.

Case Presentation: An 11-year-old boy presented with a minimal ocular foreign-body sensation and peripheral visual-field defect, as well as mild upper respiratory symptoms. He had undergone the Fontan operation for a ventricular septal defect and single ventricle during infancy, and had been taking oral steroids for 1 year immediately prior to his presentation to treat protein-losing enteropathy.

Disc Torsion and Vertical Disc Tilt Are Related to Subfoveal Scleral Thickness in Open-Angle Glaucoma Patients With Myopia.

Purpose: To find out the characteristics of optic disc morphology in glaucomatous eyes and to evaluate related ocular factors, including the scleral thickness measured from swept-source optical coherence tomography (OCT).

Methods: We compared disc torsion and tilt between 180 normal controls and 180 patients with open-angle glaucoma, matched according to age and axial length based on propensity scores. In a subset of 63 glaucoma and matched control eyes with high myopia, swept-source OCT images of the optic nerve head obtained.