Written by: Philip P. Storey, MD January 2020 Adam MK, Zheng CX, Fineman MS. Impact of Periocular Vibration on Pain Perceived during Intravitreal Injections. Ophthalmol Retina. 2020; 4(1): 113-115. “Cross my heart and hope to die, stick a needle in my eye…” While it is unclear if the phrase above originated as a children’s poem from […]
Written by: Musa R. Abdelaziz, MD January 2020 Figueroa M, Govetto A, Steel D, et al. Pars Plana Vitrectomy for the Treatment of Tractional and Degenerative Lamellar Macular Holes: Functional and Anatomical Results. Retina, Nov 2019; 39: 2090 – 2098. The diagnosis of lamellar macula hole (LMH) was first described by Gass in 1976 and […]
Written by: Andrew Tye, MD January 2020 Domalpally AD, Agron E, Pak JW, et al. Prevalence, Risk, and Genetic Association of Reticular Pseudodrusen in Age-related Macular Degeneration (Age-Related Eye Disease Study 2 Report 21). Ophthalmology 2019; 126: 1659-66. In recent years, reticular pseudodrusen (RPD) have become their own distinct category from drusen; histopathology has confirmed […]
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 […]
