Showing papers in "Ophthalmology in 1989"

TL;DR: Clinical results in 21 patients with follow-up of 6 months or more have consistently shown improved visual acuity, rapid surface healing, stable epithelial adhesion without recurrent erosion or persistent epithelial defect, arrest or regression of corneal neovascularization, and probable increased success for lamellar or penetrating keratoplasty.

TL;DR: It is suggested that exhaustive medical therapy, before surgery is offered, increases the number of tissue inflammatory cells, and it is possible this may enhance the risk of external bleb scarring and filtration surgery failure.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors conducted a national survey of black individuals 30 years of age and older, in St. Lucia, and a total of 1679 individuals underwent a screening examination that included visual acuity, intraocular pressure (IOP), and cup/disc (C/D) evaluation.

TL;DR: The authors found a large variability of axonal number among their patients, and suspect that the explanation is a selective loss of large nerve fibers.

TL;DR: It is suggested that the prevalence of AIDS retinopathy increases with increasing severity of HIV infection, and that CMV retinitis presents a significant vision-threatening problem in AIDS patients.

TL;DR: The normal axonal count and axon diameter distribution in 12 normal human eyes was determined and the inferotemporal sector of the nerve had the highest fiber density and the superonasal nerve had higher mean diameters.

TL;DR: In this article, the clinical and ultrastructural features of 101 cases of idiopathic epiretinal membrane (ERM) removed from the macular area during vitrectomy were studied.

TL;DR: Pneumatic retinopexy had less morbidity and better postoperative visual acuity than scleral buckling, and is recommended for cases meeting the admission criteria.

TL;DR: The incidence of macular edema was associated with higher level of glycosylated hemoglobin, longer duration of diabetes, and more severe retinopathy at the baseline examination in both younger and older onset groups, and it is suggested that thelevel of glycemia is a significant risk factor for the development of macULAR edema.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors isolated herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) from the vitreous of two patients with acute retinal necrosis and showed that one case represented a primary infection, whereas the other case appeared to be a recurrent infection.

TL;DR: It was found that age of the patient was strongly associated with recurrence regardless of which procedure was used, and the importance of randomized controlled trials in assessing the efficacy of specific procedures for pterygium removal is emphasized.

TL;DR: The authors' results and current literature suggest that absolute control, preoperatively and postoperatively, of all Uveitis inflammation and careful selection of patients as lens implant candidates are crucial for successful cataract surgery in uveitis patients.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared the clinical detection (including contact lens biomicroscopy) with photographic detection (30 degrees stereoscopic color fundus photographs) of diabetic macular edema.

TL;DR: In this article, the extracellular matrix and cellular components of preretinal membranes from 23 eyes with proliferative vitreoretinopathy were characterized immunohistochemically.

TL;DR: A review of 142 lacrimal gland biopsies performed during a 25-year period at a major eye hospital showed that 78% of lacrimAL gland lesions were of nonepithelial origin and only 22% were primary epithelial neoplasms.

TL;DR: Confocal laser tomographic scanning is a safe, effective, convenient method to measure and document the topography of the optic nerve head and should be a valuable technique for follow-up of glaucoma patients.

TL;DR: The results suggest that ICSC may be a progressive bilateral disease that develops asymmetrically and causes diffuse RPE changes not localized to the area of serous detachment, and long-term follow-up of these patients may, therefore, be advisable.

TL;DR: A computer simulation model predicts that proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) requiring panretinal photocoagulation (PRP) will eventually develop in 72% of type I diabetics and macular edema will develop in 42%.

TL;DR: Primary acquired melanosis in an adult should not be confused with "a junctional nevus," which is almost always restricted to childhood.

TL;DR: Indocyanine green videoangiography, a high protein-bound dye with peak absorption and peak fluorescence in the near infrared portion of the spectrum, improves visualization of the choroidal circulation and enhanced visualization of some membranes that were poorly defined with fluorescein.

TL;DR: In this paper, a prospective study of 222 consecutive patients undergoing pars plana vitrectomy was done to determine the incidence and mechanisms of postoperative intraocular pressure (IOP) elevation.

TL;DR: Intravitreal ganciclovir is an effective alternative to systemic gancIClovir in Those patients with severe neutropenia and in those patients who desire to remain on systemic ZDV.

TL;DR: The results demonstrate a favorable influence of timolol therapy on the clinical course of patients with mildly elevated IOP and a higher tonographic facility of outflow was protective in all analyses.

TL;DR: Although in the case of IOP asymmetry visual field damage is greater in the eye with higher mean IOP, other factors must also play an important role in the development of visual field defects in low-tension glaucoma.

TL;DR: The first 10 blind human eyes in the United States to receive excimer laser (ArFl 193 nm) lamellar keratectomy (reprofiling) are presented in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, a variety of unusual nevi including balloon-cell nevi, Spitz nevi and epithelioid cell nevi are identified in the conjunctiva.

TL;DR: The authors studied 50 eyes with atrophic (dry) macular degeneration (GAMD), in 50 consecutive patients for 2 to 6 years, finding that there was a tendency toward resistance of the spread of atrophy into the fovea.

TL;DR: The coefficient of scleral rigidity of the eyes of 29 patients with age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) was significantly higher than the Rigidity of 25 control patients, frequency matched for age.

TL;DR: Closure of the meibomian gland orifices increased tear film osmolarity in the presence of normal lacrimal gland function and caused ocular surface abnormalities similar to KCS.

TL;DR: Transconjunctival lower eyelid blepharoplasty continues to gain favor over the transcutaneous approach as more surgeons appreciate the absence of a visible scar and significantly lower incidence of postoperativeLower eyelid retraction or change in lower eyelids margin contour, allowing a nonsurgical look.