Benefits of autologous platelet tissue graft in wound healing after corneal refractive surgery: a case report.

Background: Corneal refractive surgeries cause epithelial damage and induce wound healing processes. To promote wound healing after photorefractive keratectomy, the effectiveness of an autologous platelet tissue graft was assessed.

Case Presentation: A 45-year-old Asian male with low myopia and/or myopic astigmatism received photorefractive keratectomy in both eyes.

Comparison of refractive and keratometric astigmatism after microincision cataract surgery.

Purpose: To measure the correlation between refractive and keratometric astigmatism after microincision cataract surgery (MICS).

Setting: Takayanagi Clinic, Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan.

Design: Retrospective case series.

Vector analysis investigation of toric intraocular lens with no deviation from the intended axis.

Aim: The aim of this research was to evaluate vector analysis after implantation of toric intraocular lenses (IOLs) without deviation from the intended axis.

Methods: The study included 18 eyes of 16 patients who underwent cataract surgery with the insertion of a toric implant (AcrySof IQ Toric). The postoperative IOL meridian placement completely corresponded to that planned.

Comparison of effect of nepafenac and diclofenac ophthalmic solutions on cornea, tear film, and ocular surface after cataract surgery: the results of a randomized trial.

Background: The aim of this study was to compare the effects of nepafenac ophthalmic suspension 0.1% (Nevanac) and diclofenac sodium ophthalmic solution 0.1% (Diclod) on the cornea, tear film, and ocular surface after cataract surgery.

Association of familial macular degeneration with specific genetic markers: a case report.

Introduction: Age-related macular degeneration is a serious visual disorder of the central retina and was recently reported to be associated with genetic background. Here we describe a genetic link to early onset age-related macular degeneration in members of an Asian family.

Case Presentation: A 73-year-old Asian woman developed age-related macular degeneration in the fifth decade of her life and her 49-year-old daughter developed age-related macular degeneration.

Insulin resistance and atherosclerosis in branch retinal vein occlusion.

Purpose: To investigate insulin resistance and atherosclerotic change in patients with branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO).

Subjects: Sixty-three patients with BRVO, 859 age- and sex-matched control subjects without BRVO who received the 75-g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), and 53 control subjects, in whom carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) was measured by high-resolution ultrasonography, were included in this study.

Results: The area under the curve of immunoreactive insulin in plasma during the OGTT was higher in patients with BRVO than in control subjects without BRVO, both when comparing individuals with normal glucose tolerance (P=.