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Adatia, F. A., Luong, M., Munro, M., & Tufail, A. (2015). The other CNVM: A review of myopic choroidal neovascularization treatment in the age of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor agents. Survey of ophthalmology, 60(3), 204-215.

Choroidal neovascular membranes (CNVM) associated with pathological myopia (PM) can result in significant vision loss and legal blindness. These membranes usually occur subfoveally and are a major complication of PM, developing in approximately 5–10% of such eyes. PM is the second most common cause of choroidal neovascularization after age-related macular degeneration (AMD), and accounts for nearly 60% of CNVM cases in patients younger than age 50. Vascular endothelial growth factor-A has been implicated as the major angiogenic stimulus responsible for choroidal neovascularization secondary to AMD and several major studies have proved the benefits of anti-VEGF treatment for AMD-related CNVM.

Vázquez-Villa A, Delgado-Atencio JA,  Vázquez-Montiel S, Castro-Ramos J,  Cunill-Rodríguez M.  Aspheric lens to increase the depth of focus.  Optics Letters.  2015;  40 (12):2842-2845

Toussaint, B. W., Appenzeller, M. F., Miller, D. M., Petersen, M. R., Foster, R. E., Osher, R. H., ... & Riemann, C. D. (2015). Stability of the Acrysof Toric Intraocular Lens in Combined Cataract Surgery and Transconjunctival Sutureless Vitrectomy. Retina (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Purpose: To report the outcomes of combined cataract surgery with toric intraocular lens (IOL) implantation when performed in conjunction with transconjunctival sutureless pars plana vitrectomy.
Design: Retrospective interventional case series.

Rush, S. W., Gerald, A. E., Smith, J. C., Rush, J. A., & Rush, R. B. (2015). Prospective analysis of outcomes and economic factors of same-day bilateral cataract surgery in the United States. Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery,41(4), 732-739.

To evaluate the visual and economic benefits of same-day bilateral cataract surgery versus separate-day bilateral cataract surgery in the United States.

Purpose: Whitish spots are sometimes observed in the corneal endothelium after selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT). To evaluate the corneal endothelium after SLT, corneal specular microscopy was performed.

Xu, L., Chan, H. Y., Alam, S. U., Richardson, D. J., & Shepherd, D. P. (2015). High-energy, near-and mid-IR picosecond pulses generated by a fiber-MOPA-pumped optical parametric generator and amplifier. Optics Express, 23(10), 12613-12618.

We report a high-energy picosecond optical parametric generator/amplifier (OPG/A) based on a MgO:PPLN crystal pumped by a fiber master-oscillator-power-amplifier (MOPA) employing direct amplification. An OPG tuning range of 1450-3615 nm is demonstrated with pulse energies as high as 2.6 μJ (signal) and 1.2 μJ (idler). 

Eisner, A. (2014). Sex, Eyes, and Vision: Male/Female Distinctions in Ophthalmic Disorders. Current eye research, (0), 1-6.

There is growing recognition: (1) that sex (male and female) and sex hormones (androgens and estrogens) are important for physiologic functions outside those pertaining expressly to reproduction, and (2) that both classes of sex hormones are active in both sexes, and moreover are produced locally in non-gonadal tissues throughout the body. The visual system, in addition to being of tremendous inherent importance, is unique in a very distinctive way; it possesses an organ – the eye – having a window allowing its interior to be examined with exquisite precision and control in both laboratory and clinical settings. Plus, many diseases manifest in the eye or are exclusive to the eye. This special issue of Current Eye Research contains 12 review articles, each addressing a different topical area important for Sex, Eyes, and Vision: Male/Female Distinctions in Ophthalmic Disorders.

More: http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/02713683.2014.975368

Wilson, R. H., Nadeau, K. P., Jaworski, F. B., Tromberg, B. J., & Durkin, A. J. (2015). Review of short-wave infrared spectroscopy and imaging methods for biological tissue characterization. Journal of biomedical optics, 20(3), 030901-030901.

Abstract.  We present a review of short-wave infrared (SWIR, defined here as ∼1000 to 2000 nm) spectroscopy and imaging techniques for biological tissue optical property characterization. Studies indicate notable SWIR absorption features of tissue constituents including water (near 1150, 1450, and 1900 nm), lipids (near 1040, 1200, 1400, and 1700 nm), and collagen (near 1200 and 1500 nm) that are much more prominent than corresponding features observed in the visible and near-infrared (VIS-NIR, defined here as ∼400 to 1000 nm). 

Gomes, B. A., Santhiago, M. R., Jorge, P. A., Kara-José, N., Moraes Jr, H. V., & Kara-Junior, N. (2015). Corneal Involvement in Systemic Inflammatory Diseases. Eye & contact lens, 41(3), 141-144.

Abstract: Corneal involvement in patients with systemic inflammatory disorders may be sight threatening, and it may be associated with a life-threatening disease. Significant systemic inflammatory diseases in this context are autoimmune connective tissue diseases, systemic autoimmune dermatologic...

Lesin, M., Bugarin, J. D., & Puljak, L. (2015). Factors associated with postoperative pain and analgesic consumption in ophthalmic surgery: A systematic review. Survey of ophthalmology, 60(3), 196-203.

Abstract   Pain in ophthalmic surgery is a neglected area. We systematically reviewed the factors associated with postoperative pain and analgesic consumption in ophthalmic surgery and found 12 studies with 1,515 participants. The median number of patients in the included studies was 59. Female sex, longer duration of surgical procedure, second eye surgery as a consecutive procedure, type of surgery, general anesthesia, lower satisfaction with anesthesia, and postoperative nausea may contribute to increased postoperative pain intensity

Ueno, Y., Hiraoka, T., Miyazaki, M., Ito, M., & Oshika, T. (2015). Corneal thickness profile and posterior corneal astigmatism in normal corneas.Ophthalmology.

To analyze the influence of corneal thickness profile on posterior corneal astigmatism (PA).

Toto, L., Calienno, R., Curcio, C., Mattei, P. A., Mastropasqua, A., Lanzini, M., & Mastropasqua, L. (2015). Induced inflammation and apoptosis in femtosecond laser-assisted capsulotomies and manual capsulorhexes: an immunohistochemical study. Journal of refractive surgery (Thorofare, NJ: 1995), 31(5), 290.

PURPOSE:

To evaluate cellular inflammation and apoptosis induced in the central portion of capsulorhexes/capsulotomies during cataract surgery, comparing a conventional manual technique and a femtosecond laser-assisted procedure at different energy settings using two laser systems.

Adatia, F. A., Luong, M., Munro, M., & Tufail, A. (2014). The other cnvm: a review of myopic choroidal neovascularization treatment in the age of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor agents. Survey of Ophthalmology.

Choroidal neovascular membranes (CNVM) associated with pathological myopia (PM) can result in significant vision loss and legal blindness. These membranes usually occur subfoveally and are a major complication of PM, developing in approximately 5–10% of such eyes. PM is the second most common cause of choroidal neovascularization after age-related macular degeneration (AMD), and accounts for nearly 60% of CNVM cases in patients younger than age 50.