Publications by authors named "Yukiko Hama"
Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of slanted bilateral lateral rectus recession (BLR-rec) for treating convergence insufficiency-type intermittent exotropia (CI-IXT) in children.
Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, 26 patients aged <16 years with CI-IXT who underwent BLR-rec between August 2016 and July 2021 with six months of follow-up data post-surgery were classified into slanted BLR-rec group (n = 14) and standard BLR-rec group (n = 12; equal-length recession of the upper and lower horns of the LR muscle). Surgical outcomes were compared between the groups.
Aim: To describe a surgical procedure for excising the eyelash line to treat cilial entropion in patients with Down's syndrome.
Methods: 24 Down's patients with cilial entropion and medial epiblepharon underwent eyelash line resection bilaterally. The area and density of fluorescein staining of the superficial punctate keratopathy (SPK; 0=none to 3=wide or severe) and the frequency of spectacle wear (0=no wear to 2=all day wear) were evaluated prospectively.
Purpose: To assess the efficacy of early vitrectomy for aggressive posterior retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) to stop progression of retinal detachment.
Design: Retrospective, noncomparative, consecutive case series.
Methods: Twenty-two eyes (15 patients) with aggressive posterior ROP underwent vitrectomy with or without lens sparing, because retinal photocoagulation failed to stop progression of fibrovascular proliferation, despite being performed early, densely, and with early retreatment.
Purpose: To evaluate surgery on white cataracts using trypan blue capsule staining.
Methods: A retrospective study comprised 64 eyes of 60 patients with white cataract that had surgery with trypan blue capsule staining. The average age was 62.