Prediction of vaults in eyes with vertical implantable collamer lens implantation.

Purpose: To design formulas for predicting postoperative vaults in vertical implantable collamer lens (ICL) implantation and to achieve more precise predictions using machine learning models.

Design: Retrospective, observational study.

Setting: Eye Clinic Tokyo.

Long-term functional outcome between Yamane technique and retropupillary iris-claw technique in a large study cohort.

Purpose: To evaluate which secondary intraocular lens (IOL) implantation technique was more successful in achieving the best postoperative results and refractive outcomes between retropupillary iris-claw IOL (ICIOL) and flanged intrascleral IOL (FIIOL) fixation with the Yamane technique.

Setting: Eye Clinic of the University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.

Design: Retrospective observational study.

Immunomodulatory Treatment Versus Systemic Steroids in Inflammatory Choroidal Neovascularization Secondary to Idiopathic Multifocal Choroiditis.

Purpose: To evaluate the influence of immunomodulatory therapy (IMT) on visual and treatment outcomes of inflammatory choroidal neovascularization (iCNV) in patients affected by multifocal choroiditis (MFC), and to compare them to patients treated with steroids as needed.

Design: Multicenter retrospective matched cohort study.

Methods: Patients affected by MFC with iCNV were divided into a IMT group and a "steroids as needed" group and matched according to the time between diagnosis and beginning of systemic treatment.

Ten-Year Incidence of Fibrosis and Risk Factors for Its Development in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration.

Purpose: To report the incidence and risk factors for fibrosis at 10 years in a large cohort of persons with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD).

Design: Retrospective, multicenter, cohort study.

Methods: We included 225 naive nAMD eyes that underwent intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor treatment over 10 years of follow-up at two Italian referral centers.

Retinal Imaging and Optical Coherence Tomography of Choroidal Haemangioma Mimicking Central Serous Chorioretinopathy.

Intraocular tumours, such as choroidal haemangioma, can cause exudative retinal detachments, which mimic central serous chorioretinopathy. Key symptoms of a choroidal haemangioma include reduced visual acuity, visual field defects, and metamorphopsia. More rarely, it can cause photopsia, myodesopsia, and pain.

Surgical outcomes of excisional goniotomy using the kahook dual blade in severe and refractory glaucoma: 12-month results.

Objectives: To describe the efficacy and safety of goniotomy with trabecular meshwork excision using the Kahook Dual Blade (KDB, New World Medical Inc., Rancho Cucamonga, CA) in patients with severe or refractory glaucoma.

Methods: This retrospective multicentre case series reports on 40 eyes with severe or refractory open-angle glaucoma that underwent standalone or combined KDB goniotomy and were followed for 12 months post-operatively in the United-States, Mexico and Switzerland.

Clinical characteristics of external bacterial ocular and periocular infections and their antimicrobial treatment patterns among a Ghanaian ophthalmic population.

Empirical antimicrobial therapy is linked to a surge in antimicrobial resistant infections. However, an insight on the bacteria etiology of ocular infections is essential in the appropriation of choice of antimicrobial among clinicians, yet there remains a dearth of data from Ghana. We investigated the bacteria etiology of external ocular and periocular infections and antimicrobial treatment patterns among a Ghanaian ophthalmic population.

Management of presumed candida endophthalmitis during the COVID-19 pandemic: Case report and review of the literature.

Purpose: To report the management of a case of candida endophthalmitis following intubation for SARS-CoV-2 ARDS, during the first lockdown, underlining consequently the limited access to the gold standard of care.

Methods: Case report.

Results: We have described the case of a 56-year-old Hispanic man who developed bilateral Candida endophthalmitis after one month of hospitalization in the intensive care unit for severe SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia.

Intracorneal knot or flange depot fixation: new transscleral technique for intraocular lens fixation.

A new surgical technique of transscleral-intracorneal suture fixation of intraocular lenses with suture ends located within the transparent corneal or corneal-limbal paracentesis is reported. This new technique significantly reduces scleral and conjunctival trauma, is minimally invasive, is simple to perform, is not associated with complicated intraocular surgical maneuvers, and precludes suture knot, flange, and suture-end erosion. The internal part of the corneal stroma or corneal-limbal area serves as a secure depot for suture-end fixation with durable resistance.

Combined therapy with intravitreal aflibercept and subtenon corticosteroids in eyes with severe diabetic papillopathy: two case reports.

Background: Diabetic papillopathy is a rare diagnosis of exclusion characterized by unilateral or bilateral optic disc edema with variable degrees of visual loss. Although the visual prognosis has been generally reported as favorable, the presence of severe disc edema associated with macular edema prompts the need for treatment. We present a specific and unreported therapeutic approach consisting of intravitreal aflibercept and subtenon triamcinolone acetonide injections in two patients with evidence of diabetic papillopathy and macular edema.

Age and Sex Variation in the Duration of Action and Corneal Touch Threshold (CTT) following Instillation of 0.5% Topical Ophthalmic Proparacaine and Tetracaine Hydrochlorides.

Purpose: We investigated the effect of age and sex on corneal touch threshold (CTT) and duration of action following administration of 0.5% topical ophthalmic proparacaine and tetracaine hydrochlorides.

Methods: A prospective, randomized, subject-masked, crossover study design was used.

Effectiveness of liposomal ozonized oil in reducing ocular microbial flora in patients undergoing cataract surgery.

Purpose: To evaluate the antimicrobial effectiveness of a liposomal ozonized oil solution used as a home therapy in patients undergoing cataract surgery. Antimicrobial efficacy was evaluated as the reduction in the bacterial load of the most common bacteria isolated from cases with endophthalmitis.

Setting: 20 Italian experimental centers of the Effectiveness of Liposomal Ozonized oil on Ocular Microbial flora before cataract surgery study group.

Visual function and mobility after multifocal versus monofocal intraocular lens implantation.

: Mobility and fall risk may be important considerations in choosing between intraocular lenses.: Fall risk in older adults increases when wearing multifocal spectacles, but little is known about mobility among individuals with different types of intraocular lenses. This study compared visual function, fall risk and balance control following bilateral implantation of monofocal or multifocal intraocular lenses.

Slowed Progression of Age-Related Geographic Atrophy Following Subthreshold Laser.

Purpose: To determine the effect of panmacular low-intensity/high-density subthreshold diode micropulse laser (SDM) on age-related geographic atrophy (ARGA) progression.

Methods: The retinal images of all eyes with ARGA in a previously reported database, consisting of all eyes with dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) active in a vitreoretinal practice electronic medical record (EMR), were identified and analyzed to determine the velocity of radial linear ARGA progression during observation and after panmacular SDM.

Results: Sixty-seven eyes of 49 patients with ARGA, mean age of 86 years were identified as having follow-up both before and after initiation of SDM treatment.

SHORT-TERM MODIFICATIONS OF ELLIPSOID ZONE IN BEST VITELLIFORM MACULAR DYSTROPHY.

Purpose: To assess ellipsoid zone (EZ) alterations in Best vitelliform macular dystrophy using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography.

Methods: Prospective, observational case series. Forty-three patients (43 eyes) underwent complete ophthalmological examination at baseline and at 24 months: best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), biomicroscopy, fundus photography, and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography were performed.

Outcomes of IOL power calculation using measurements by a rotating Scheimpflug camera combined with partial coherence interferometry.

Purpose: To evaluate the accuracy of the measurements provided by a Scheimpflug camera combined with partial coherence interferometry for intraocular lens (IOL) power calculation.

Setting: I.R.

Twelve-Month Outcomes of Stand-Alone Excisional Goniotomy in Mild to Severe Glaucoma.

Purpose: To describe 12-month intraocular pressure (IOP) and medication use outcomes following excisional goniotomy (EG) as a stand-alone procedure in eyes with medically uncontrolled glaucoma.

Methods: This was a retrospective analysis of data from surgeons at 8 centers (6 US, 2 Mexico). Eyes with glaucoma undergoing standalone EG with a specialized instrument (Kahook Dual Blade, New World Medical, Rancho Cucamonga, CA) for IOP reduction and followed for 12 months postoperatively were included.

Effect of manual, preloaded, and automated preloaded injectors on corneal incision architecture after IOL implantation.

Purpose: To analyze the effects on corneal morphology of manual, preloaded, and automated preloaded intraocular lens (IOL) injectors in eye bank human corneas by environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM) and in patients after phacoemulsification using anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT).

Settings: Eye Clinic, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy.

Design: Retrospective and experimental study.

Systemic Immunosuppression Is Highly Effective in the Long-term Control of Inflammatory non-infectious Uveitic Choroidal Neovascularization: A Comparative Study.

: To compare immediate versus delayed introduction of immunosuppressives for naive noninfectious inflammatory choroidal neovascularization (iCNV).: a retrospective, consecutive, comparative, interventional case series of patients with a diagnosis of inflammatory CNV and a minimum follow of 36 months. Patients were divided into two groups: Group A received Immunosuppressives if needed, while Group B since baseline.

Novel Use of Telemedicine for Corneal Tissue Evaluation in Eye Banking: Establishing a Standardized Approach for the Remote Evaluation of Donor Corneas for Transplantation.

Purpose: To determine the feasibility of using telemedicine consultations in the evaluation of recovered donor corneas for transplant suitability.

Methods: This study aims to establish and test the minimum imaging requirements for telemedical consultations of corneal tissue by remote eye bank medical directors. Digital images from the slit lamp, optical coherence tomography, and/or specular microscope were assembled into telemedical consults and emailed to 4 eye bank medical directors (M.