Showing papers in "American Journal of Ophthalmology in 2000"

TL;DR: In both analyses low intraocular pressure is associated with reduced progression of visual field defect, supporting evidence from earlier studies of a protective role for low intracular pressure in visual field deterioration.

TL;DR: Little evidence is found that estimates of treatment effects in observational studies reported after 1984 are either consistently larger than or qualitatively different from those obtained in randomized, controlled trials.

TL;DR: A 12-person panel of physicians with expertise in ophthalmologic, pediatric, and rheumatologic disease, in research, and in the use of immunosuppressive drugs in patient care was formed in 1999 to provide recommendations for the use in the treatment of patients with ocular inflammatory disorders as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: Reduced vision because of myopia is an important public health problem in school-age children in Shunyi District and more than 9% of children could benefit from prescription glasses.

TL;DR: Refractive error, associated primarily with myopia, is a major cause of reduced vision in school-age children in La Florida, Chile, and more than 7% of children could benefit from the provision of proper spectacles.

TL;DR: The prevalence of reduced vision is very low in school-age children in Nepal, most of it because of correctable refractive error, and the prevalence of myopia is higher for more recent birth cohorts.

TL;DR: The study design, sample size, and measurement methods ensure that the prevalence of age-specific and sex-specific refractive error can be estimated with reasonable accuracy in the target populations.

TL;DR: The linear relationship between corneal polarization axis and posterior segment retardation parameters is responsible, in part, for the wide distribution of retinal nerve fiber layer thickness data generated by scanning laser polarimetry.

TL;DR: A randomized, prospective, multicenter clinical trial should be performed to determine which surgical technique is the most beneficial in patients with full-thickness macular holes.

TL;DR: Nearly 60% of patients with scleral inflammation will need oral corticosteroids or immunosuppressive drugs to control the disease, and nearly always treated with systemic medications.

TL;DR: Macular thickness decreases after epiretinal membrane surgery, but the macular profile rarely returns to normal, however, this does not preclude satisfactory improvement of visual acuity.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors determined the viral cause of acute retinal necrosis syndrome in 28 patients (30 eyes) and investigated possible associations between viral cause and patient age, and possible association between virus cause and central nervous system disease.

TL;DR: In this article, the relationship between visual function and retinal nerve fiber layer measurements obtained with scanning laser polarimetry and optical coherence tomography in a masked, prospective trial was evaluated.

TL;DR: The LVQOL was shown to be an internally consistent, reliable, and fast method for measuring the vision-specific quality of life of the visually impaired in a clinical setting and is useful in determining the effects of low-vision rehabilitation.

TL;DR: In eyes with persistent diffuse diabetic macular edema with a taut premacular posterior hyaloid face unresponsive to laser therapy, vitrectomy with removal of the posterior hyaaloid appears to be beneficial in some cases.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated changes in the rods and amacrine cells and horizontal cells in human retinas with retinitis pigmentosa and found that the rods, amacric acid, and calbindin-positive horizontal cells had undergone neurite sprouting.

TL;DR: In all eyes studied, neurosensory retina was thickened within the area of serous retinal detachment in the acute phase of central serous chorioretinopathy.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the therapeutic benefits of non-fenestrated gas-permeable scleral contact lenses in the management of patients with ocular surface disease.

TL;DR: The present findings suggest that alterations in ocular blood flow regulation may contribute to the progression in glaucomatous damage.

TL;DR: Frequency doubling technology perimetry demonstrates high sensitivity and specificity for detection of early, moderate, and advanced glaucomatous visual field loss.

TL;DR: The vascular model proposes that it is the combination of high choriocapillary pressure, breaks in a calcified Bruch membrane, and vascular endothelial growth factor that is responsible for the growth of new vessels into the subretinal space and the role of structural and hemodynamic factors in the pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration.

TL;DR: A review of historical and recent literature on Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome and related disorders can be found in this paper, where the authors discuss how this information might affect the way that we classify these disorders.

TL;DR: Clinically significant epithelial ingrowth is an infrequent complication of laser in situ keratomileusis and is hypothesized to be secondary to postoperative invasion under the flap by surface epithelium rather than intraoperative implantation of epithelial cells.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the relationship between disk hemorrhage in normal-tension glaucoma and the progression of visual field defects and whether hemorrhage plays a role in the pathogenic process of the chronic disease.

TL;DR: The authors' data suggest that Gly252Arg, Arg272Gly, Glu323Lys, Gln368STOP, Pro370Leu, Thr377Met, Val426Phe, Ile477Asn, and Ile499Ser are likely to play roles that cause or contribute to the etiology of autosomal dominant primary open-angle glaucoma.

TL;DR: In this paper, a paraffin-embedded block from an eye of a patient with basal laminar drusen was obtained, and thin sections were examined by electron microscopy and compared with eyes with age-related macular degeneration.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors performed a study to determine whether routine preoperative medical testing helps reduce the incidence of intraoperative and postoperative medical complications in patients scheduled to undergo cataract surgery.

TL;DR: Extended wear of an appropriately designed gas-permeable scleral contact lens was effective in promoting the healing of persistent corneal epithelial defects in some eyes that failed to heal after other therapeutic measures.

TL;DR: The increased frequencies of false-negative answers in eyes with field loss were strongly associated with field status and may be explained by the increased variability in threshold values typically found in such eyes.