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Written by: Andrew Tye, MD January 2020 Rayess N, Obeid A, Storey PP, et al. Long-Term Visual Outcomes and Clinical Features After Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Injection-Related Endophthalmitis. Retina 2019;39:2070-2076. In the era of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) therapy for retinal disease, endophthalmitis is arguably the most dreaded post-procedural complication for retina specialists.   Fortunately, […]

Written by: Priya Sharma Vakharia, MD December 2019 Greenberg JP, Belin P, Butler J, et al. Aflibercept-Related Sterile Intraocular Inflammation Outcomes. Ophthalmology Retina 2019;3: 753-9. Sterile intraocular inflammation after intravitreal injections is a well-known but rare side effect. Sterile inflammation has been reported with all anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) injections, typically occurring in clusters. […]

Written by: Durga S. Borkar, MD December 2019 Stem MS, Rao P, Lee IJ, Woodward MA, Faia LJ, Wolfe JA, Capone A Jr, Covert D, Dass AB, Drenser KA, Garretson BR, Hassan TS, Margherio A, Oh KT, Raephaelian PV, Randhawa S, Sneed S, Trese MT, Yedavally S, Williams GA, Ruby  AJ. Predictors of Endophthalmitis after […]

Written by: Edward H. Wood, MD November 2019 Svasti-Salee CR, Dawkins RCH, Poulson AV, Snead MP. Single-Port Vitrectomy and “Oleodelamination” for the Management of Retinal Detachment Complicated by Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy. Retina. 2019;39 Suppl 1:S125-S128. Open Access Article Link: https://journals.lww.com/retinajournal/Fulltext/2019/10001/Single_Port_Vitrectomy_and__Oleodelamination__for.30.aspx#pdf-link Open Access Video Link: https://d047c2cddb.site.internapcdn.net/permalink/iae/a/iae_2017_04_20_snead_216-1031_sdc1.mp4 In this surgical technique special edition of RETINA: The Journal of […]

Written by: Daniel Su, MD November 2019 Elhusseiny AM, Yannuzzi NA, Smiddy WE. Cost Analysis of Pneumatic Retinopexy versus Pars Plana Vitrectomy for Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment. Ophthalmol Retina 2019;3:956–961 Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) may result in significant and permanent vision loss. Many studies have looked at outcomes of various surgical techniques in achieving single surgical […]

Written by: Rehan M. Hussain, MD November 2019 Maguire, AM, Russell S, Wellman JA. Efficacy, Safety, and Durability of Voretigene Neparvovec-rzyl in RPE65 Mutation-Associated Inherited Retinal Dystrophy: Results of Phase 1 and 3 Trials. Ophthalmology 2019 Sep;126(9):1273-1285.  doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2019.06.017. Published online Jun 22, 2019. Voretigene neparvovec (VN) is a non-replicating adeno-associated virus (AAV), which has […]

Written by: Mohsin H. Ali, MD October 2019 Rizzo S, Caporossi T, Tartaro R, Finocchio L, Franco F, Barca F, et al. A Human Amniotic Membrane Plug to Promote Retinal Breaks Repair and Recurrent Macular Hole Closure. Retina 2019;39. Chronic, large macular holes that are refractory to initial, conventional surgical approaches (e.g. pars plana vitrectomy, […]

Written by: Akshay S. Thomas, MD October 2019 Chew EY, Clemons TE, Jaffe GJ, et al. Effect of Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor on Retinal Neurodegeneration in Patients with Macular Telangiectasia Type 2: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Ophthalmology. 2019;126(4):540-549. Macular telangiectasia type 2 (MacTel 2) is an idiopathic condition without available treatment options which results in slowly […]