VBS Journal Club

August 2024  Kapil Mishra M.D. Gavin Herbert Eye Institute University of California, Irvine   Wiley HE, Srinivasan R, Maranchie JK, et al. Oral hypoxia-inducible factor 2α inhibitor belzutifan in ocular von hippel-lindau disease. Ophthalmology. Published online June 2024:S0161642024003191. Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease is a hereditary condition characterized by the development of tumors in multiple organs […]

May 2024  Joshua Uhr MD Retinal & Ophthalmic Consultants Northfield, NJ   Pandit SA, Momenaei B, Wakabayashi T, Mansour HA, Vemula S, Durrani AF, Pashaee B, Kazan AS, Ho AC, Klufas M, Regillo C, Yonekawa Y, Hsu J, Kuriyan A, Chiang A. Clinical Outcomes of Faricimab in Patients with Previously Treated Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration. […]

May 2024  Samir N. Patel, MD Retina Vitreous Consultants, Pittsburgh PA   Ton NS, Goncharov V, Zapata I, Adam MK. Endophthalmitis after Anti-VEGF Intravitreal Injections with Aqueous Chlorhexidine versus Povidone-Iodine as Ocular Antiseptics. Ophthalmol Retina. 2023 Dec 18:S2468-6530(23)00648-6. PMID: 38122867. Infectious endophthalmitis is a rare but potentially severe complication of intravitreal injections. Multiple strategies have […]

February 2024  Matt R. Starr, MD Vitreoretinal Surgery Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN   Rachel N. Israilevich, MD, Hana Mansour, MD, Samir N. Patel, MD, Sunir J. Garg, MD FACS, Michael A. Klufas, MD, Yoshihiro Yonekawa, MD, Carl D. Regillo, MD FACS, Jason Hsu, MD. Risk of Endophthalmitis Based on Cumulative Number of Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth […]

February 2024  Jordan D. Deaner, MD Uveitis and Vitreoretinal Surgery Mid Atlantic Retina, Wills Eye Hospital Assistant Professor, Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PA   Multicenter Uveitis Steroid Treatment Trial (MUST) Research Group, Writing Committee:; Acharya NR, Vitale AT, Sugar EA, Holbrook JT, Burke AE, Thorne JE, Altaweel MM, Kempen JH, Jabs DA. Intravitreal Therapy for […]

January 2024   Shivani V. Reddy, MD Talley Eye Institute Evansville IN   Bansal A, Naidu SC, Marafon SB, et al. Retinal Displacement after Scleral Buckle versus Combined Buckle and Vitrectomy for Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment: ALIGN Scleral Buckle versus Pars Plana Vitrectomy with Scleral Buckle. Ophthalmol Retina. 2023;7(9):788-793. doi:10.1016/j.oret.2023.05.012   Low integrity retinal attachment (LIRA), a […]

November 2023 Sushant Wagley MD Iowa Retina Consultants Des Moines, IA  Pakravan P, Shaheen A, Patel V, Villalba MF, Dib B, Lai J, Rohowetz L, Chau V, Patel NA, Tzu JH, Wang AL, Alhoyek S, Scott N, Samara WA, Goduni L, Jung JJ, Russell JF, Mantopoulos D, Hajrasouliha AR, Savoie BT, Haddock LJ, Berrocal AM, […]

October 2023 Danny A. Mammo MD Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH Wingelaar MJ, Smith BT. Retinal detachment and epiretinal membrane development in fellow-eye laser prophylaxis. Journal of VitreoRetinal Diseases. 2023;7(5):371-375. This study aimed to assess the safety and effectiveness of fellow-eye laser prophylaxis (FELP) in reducing the incidence of retinal detachment (RD) in […]