Written by: Akshay S. Thomas, MD May 2020 Miller AG, Chandra R, Pophal C, Schartman JP, Hornik JH, Miller DG. Efficacy of Macular Hole Surgery in Patients with Idiopathic Macular Telangiectasia Type 2. Ophthalmol Retina. 2020;4(5):494-497. Idiopathic macular telangiectasia (IMT) type 2 is a neurodegenerative retinal disorder that can occasionally lead to full-thickness macular hole […]
Written by: Avni P. Finn, MD May 2020 Casswell EJ, Yorston D, Lee E, et al. Effect of Face-Down Positioning vs Support-the-Break Positioning After Macula-Involving Retinal Detachment Repair: The PostRD Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Ophthalmol. Published online April 16, 2020. There is a lack of consensus among vitreoretinal surgeons in regard to the optimal positioning for patients after […]
Written by: Joshua D. Levinson, MD May 2020 Yeh S, Khurana RN, Shah M, et al. Efficacy and Safety of Suprachoroidal CLS-TA for Macular Edema Secondary to Noninfectious Uveitis: Phase 3 Randomized Trial [published online ahead of print, 2020 Jan 10]. Ophthalmology. 2020;S0161-6420(20)30011-7. doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2020.01.006 Noninfectious uveitis (NIU) may impair vision due to macular edema and intraocular […]
Written by: Jeremy Lavine, MD, PhD April 2020 Hsu J, Patel SN, Wolfe JD, et al. Effect of Adjuvant Topical Dorzolamide-Timolol vs Placebo in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2020 Apr 2. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2020.0724. [Epub ahead of print] Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy is the gold standard for neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nvAMD). Despite monthly injections, […]
Written by: Judy Chen, MD April 2020 He Y, Zhang L, Wang F, et al. Timing influence of outcomes of vitrectomy for open-globe injury: A prospective randomized comparative study. Retina April 2020; 40:725-734. Ocular trauma is still one of the leading causes of blindness and visual impairment worldwide. Many incidences of open-globe injury involve damage […]
Written by: Katherine E. Talcott, MD Shiraki N, Wakabayashi T, Sakaguchi H, Nishida K. Effect of Gas Tamponade on the Intraocular Lens Position and Refractive Error after Phacovitrectomy: A Swept-Source Anterior Segment OCT Analysis. Ophthalmology. 2020;127:511-5. Phacovitrectomy, or combined phacoemulsification, intraocular lens implant (IOL) implantation, and pars plana vitrectomy (PPV), can be used over PPV […]
Written by: Prethy Rao, MD MPH Uhr JH, Obeid A, Wibbelsman et al. Delayed Retinal Breaks and Detachments after Acute Posterior Vitreous Detachment. Ophthalmology Volume 127, Number 4, April 2020. Posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) is one of the most common vitreoretinal diagnoses that the retina specialist encounters in his or her day-to-day practice. Although the typical […]
Written by: Maxwell S. Stem, MD March 2020 Shah CP, Heier JS. Long-Term Follow-Up of Efficacy and Safety of YAG Vitreolysis for Symptomatic Weiss Ring Floaters. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2020;51:85-88. Vitreous floaters are a common complaint among patients who visit a vitreoretinal specialist. Management options for symptomatic vitreous floaters include observation, pars plana […]
