Neuroprotective Effects of Novel Treatments on Acute Optic Neuritis-A Meta-Analysis.

Optic neuritis, inflammation of the optic nerve, can cause visual impairment through retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) degeneration. Optical coherence tomography could serve as a sensitive noninvasive tool for measuring RNFL thickness and evaluating the neuroprotective effects of treatment. We conducted a meta-analysis to compare RNFL loss between novel add-on treatments and corticosteroid therapy at least 3 months after acute optic neuritis.

Comparison of different morphologies of choroidal neovascularization evaluated by ocular coherence tomography angiography in age-related macular degeneration.

Importance: The clinical implications of different morphologies of choroidal neovascularization (CNV), as evaluated by ocular coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) in neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD), are lacking.

Background: To describe the morphology of CNV in nAMD using OCTA, and to compare the visual prognosis and other structural OCT biomarkers between different morphologic patterns.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty for microbial keratitis in Taiwan from 2001 to 2014.

Purpose: To study the surgical outcome of therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty (TPK) for medically uncontrolled microbial keratitis at a tertiary hospital in Taiwan over a 14-year period.

Methods: This is a retrospective case series study. Patients who underwent TPK at National Taiwan University Hospital in 2001-2014 were included.

Vitreomacular Changes after Intravitreal Gas Injection for Idiopathic Impending or Early Macular Hole: An Optical Coherence Tomography Study.

Purpose: To study the early changes of vitreomacular microstructure by optical coherence tomography (OCT) after intravitreal gas injection for the treatment of idiopathic impending or early full-thickness macular hole (FTMH).

Methods: A retrospective, interventional case series.

Results: A total of 21 eyes were included.

Using optical coherence tomography to assess the role of age and region in corneal epithelium and palisades of vogt.

Using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) to observe the morphology and epithelial thickness (ET) of the palisades of Vogt (POV), and to evaluate the role of age and region on these structures.One hundred twelve eyes of 112 healthy subjects were enrolled and divided into 4 groups: A (0-19), B (20-39), C (40-59), and D (≥60 years old). RTvue-100 OCT was applied on the cornea and the limbus.