Visually significant ocular decompression retinopathy following laser peripheral iridotomy in a patient with primary acute angle-closure glaucoma.

Purpose: We report a single case of ocular decompression retinopathy (ODR) following neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet laser peripheral iridotomy (Nd:YAG LPI) for primary acute angle-closure glaucoma associated with delayed visual recovery secondary to optic nerve head edema and macular thickening.

Observations: A 56-year-old female patient presented to the emergency department with primary acute angle-closure glaucoma. After topical and IV therapy did not improve intraocular pressure (IOP), an Nd:YAG LPI was performed.

The Spectrum of Ocular Diseases in the Onchocerciasis-Endemic Focus of Raga in South Sudan.

Introduction: Raga County is an onchocerciasis-endemic area in the Western Bahr El Ghazal state of South Sudan, known to have a high prevalence of blindness. The objective of this study was to determine the causes of eye disease and blindness in Raga County as well as to assess the relationship of eye diseases with other prevalent conditions like onchocerciasis and epilepsy.

Methods: We reviewed unpublished pre-community directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI) data about eye disease and onchocerciasis in Western Bahr El Ghazal including Raga.

Standalone Canaloplasty and Trabeculotomy Using the OMNI Surgical System in Eyes with Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma: A 36-Month Analysis from the American Academy of Ophthalmology IRIS® Registry (Intelligent Research in Sight): Standalone Outcomes of Canaloplasty and Trabeculotomy.

Purpose: To characterize long-term real-world clinical outcomes of standalone canaloplasty and trabeculotomy using the OMNI Surgical System (Sight Sciences) in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG).

Design: Retrospective, clinical cohort study utilizing the American Academy of Ophthalmology IRIS® Registry (Intelligent Research in Sight) data.

Subjects: Patients/eyes in the IRIS Registry with POAG or ocular hypertension with known laterality on or after January 1, 2016 and undergoing standalone canaloplasty and trabeculotomy using the OMNI Surgical System with at least 6 months and up to 36 months of postoperative follow-up were included.

Demographics of Ophthalmology and Optometry Practices and Changes in Utilization Patterns of Procedures and Services Following Private Equity Acquisition.

Purpose: To characterize private equity (PE) acquisition of ophthalmology and optometry practices and compare procedural utilization before and after acquisition.

Methods: Ophthalmologists and optometrists in practices acquired from 2012 to 2016 were identified and characterized using an internet archive with an additional search in 2017 to characterize doctor turnover. United States Census Bureau and Internal Revenue Service Data were used to determine population health insurance and adjusted gross income (AGI).

Surgeon Adoption of Immediate Sequential Bilateral Cataract Surgery in the United States from 2018 to 2022: Immediate Sequential Bilateral Cataract Surgery.

Purpose: To assess 5-years trends in the rate of immediate sequential bilateral cataract surgery (ISBCS) and surgeon characteristics associated with performing ISBCS.

Setting: 100% Medicare Fee-for-service beneficiaries from 2018-2022.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Transmission Rates of UV-A and Green Light in an ex vivo Corneal Cross-linking Model for Infectious Keratitis.

Purpose: To investigate the light transmission (LT) of UV-A and green light through infected corneas saturated with riboflavin or rose bengal in an ex vivo porcine model for infectious keratitis.

Setting: University of Zurich and EMPA.

Design: Laboratory study.

Bio-Interventional Cyclodialysis and Allograft Scleral Reinforcement for Uveoscleral Outflow Enhancement in Open-Angle Glaucoma Patients: One-Year Clinical Outcomes.

Background: To evaluate the one-year safety and effectiveness of bio-interventional cyclodialysis and scleral reinforcement in open-angle glaucoma (OAG) patients undergoing cataract surgery.

Methods: An ab-interno approach was used to create a sectoral cyclodialysis in OAG patients who were prospectively followed in a consecutive case series. Subsequent visco-cycloplasty with scleral reinforcement using homologous minimally modified allograft scaffold was completed to maintain patency of the cyclodialysis reservoir and increase uveoscleral outflow.

Long-term visual outcomes and histopathologic findings after cataract surgery in Ebola virus disease survivors in the Ebola virus RNA persistence in ocular tissues and fluids (EVICT) study.

Background/objectives: Ebola virus disease (EVD) survivors develop post-acute ophthalmic sequelae, including a high prevalence of uveitis that may be complicated by vision-threatening cataract. After the non-detection of Ebola virus (EBOV) RNA in sampled ocular fluid, vision impairment due to cataract can be treated safely and effectively via manual small incision cataract surgery (MSICS). However, the long-term ocular visual outcomes and assessment of ocular tissues, including for genomic RNA, have been infrequently or not reported in Western African survivors.

Ophthalmic Outcomes After Silicone Oil Removal.

To describe the ophthalmic outcomes and complications after silicone oil (SO) removal. This nonrandomized retrospective review comprised patients who had SO removal from January 2020 to December 2022. Data collected included patient demographics, visual acuity (VA), intraocular pressure (IOP), initial tamponade, indication for SO placement, duration of SO in the eye, indication for SO removal, cataract progression, rates of retinal redetachment, cornea-related complications, additional surgical interventions, and other complications.

Awareness, Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding Diabetic Retinopathy Among Residents of Jazan City, Saudi Arabia.

Background: Eye diseases, particularly diabetic retinopathy, cataracts, and glaucoma, are significant public health challenges globally, affecting quality of life. Diabetic retinopathy, a common diabetes complication, is a leading cause of visual impairment among working-age adults due to chronic hyperglycemia. Despite treatment advances, awareness of this condition remains low, especially in high-risk populations.

Macular Outer Retinal Atrophy Following Vitrectomy and Hypotony: Two Cases.

Purpose: To characterize two cases of focal outer retinal atrophy and hypotony after vitrectomy.

Methods: Retrospective chart review of two patients' records between 2019 and 2023.

Results: Patient 1 underwent vitrectomy, epiretinal membrane peel, and cataract extraction for visually significant macular pucker.

Evaluation of the Cornea by Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography in Diseases of the Cornea.

Aim: The aim of the study was to determine any new findings provided by anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) in different corneal diseases diagnosed by slit lamp examination (SLE).

Methods: This cross-sectional, observational, hospital-based study was conducted at a tertiary care centre in Western Maharashtra from September 2022 to June 2024, and it included 93 eyes of 93 patients with isolated corneal diseases. A detailed SLE of the anterior segment was done to assess corneal pathology, corneal thickness, corneal structural integrity, presence of corneal opacities, corneal vascularization, presence of other abnormalities like corneal degeneration, corneal foreign bodies, Kayser-Fleischer (KF) ring, ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN).

Two-Year Retrospective Study of Cataract Surgery and Schlemm Canal Hydrus Microstent in Black and Afro-Latino Patients.

Background: The Hydrus Microstent has been shown to be efficacious in the treatment of Open-angle Glaucoma. We previously reported 1-year results of the Hydrus Microstent in Black and Afro-Latino patients.

Objective: Here we report two-year results of the Hydrus Microstent in Black and Afro-Latino patients with mild to moderate open-angle glaucoma.

Long-term surgical outcomes and prognostic factors for advanced-stage retinopathy of prematurity after vitrectomy.

Background/aims: The aims of this study is to evaluate the anatomic, visual outcomes and associated prognostic factors in patients with advanced retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) following vitrectomy.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study of patients with ROP who underwent vitrectomy from 2005 to 2016 was conducted. All the patients had a follow-up period of at least 5 years.

Six-Month Outcomes of Goniotomy Performed with a Trapezoidal Dual Blade in Combination with Cataract Surgery.

Purpose: To assess the efficacy and safety of goniotomy using a uniquely shaped trapezoidal, serrated dual blade (TDB), designed to accommodate variability in patient anatomy, in reducing intraocular pressure (IOP) or anti-glaucoma medications (AGM) in adult glaucoma patients when combined with cataract surgery.

Patients And Methods: Retrospective consecutive case series of patients with glaucoma who underwent phacoemulsification with TDB-goniotomy were included. Preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative data were collected over 6 months.

A NOVEL FOUR-POINT SCLERAL FIXATION TECHNIQUE WITH A HYDROPHOBIC INTRAOCULAR LENS: The Loop to Optic and Trailing end to Outside Technique.

Purpose: To describe a new surgical technique that combines four-point, flanged polypropylene scleral fixation with a hydrophobic intraocular lens (IOL).

Methods: Using the Envista MX60 and 6.0 polypropylene, scleral four-point fixation was achieved using a flanged-suture technique five times in a model eye and in a case series of eight patients, retrospectively reviewed.

Yttrium-90 (Y) brachytherapy for squamous carcinoma: Treatment of the conjunctiva, cornea, and sclera.

Purpose: Patients with conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma that present with persisting disease or recurrence following topical chemotherapy and/or surgery especially when invading the sclera are challenging to treat. Herein, we describe the use of high-dose-rate (HDR), FDA-cleared, yttrium-90 (Y) plaque brachytherapy for such lesions.

Observation: Three cases of invasive conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma that had exhibited a poor response or recurrence following topical chemotherapy and/or surgery are described.

Prevalence of age-related macular degeneration and retinal pseudodrusen in an elderly population. The ural very old study.

Purpose: To assess the prevalence of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and reticular pseudodrusen (RPD) in very old individuals.

Methods: The population-based Ural Very Old Study consisted of 1526 (81.1%) out of 1882 eligible individuals aged 85 + years.