May 2005 Ophthalmology journal, contents

Main Category: Eye Health / Blindness
Article Date: 02 May 2005 - 0:00 PDT


Studies from the May 2005 issue of Ophthalmology, the clinical journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, are now available. These include:

-- How Can We Insure That Neuro-ophthalmology Will Survive?

-- Management of the Patient with Suspected Temporal Arteritis: A Decision-Analytic Approach

-- The Diagnostic Yield of the Evaluation for Isolated Unexplained Optic Atrophy

-- Diabetes and Hypertension in Isolated Sixth Nerve Palsy: A Population-Based Study

-- Initial Evaluation of Subcutaneous Daclizumab Treatments for Noninfectious Uveitis: A Multicenter Noncomparative Interventional Case Series

-- Risk Factors for Mortality in Patients with AIDS in the Era of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy

-- Pathological Findings in Eyes with the Ganciclovir Implant

-- 14-Year Incidence, Progression, and Visual Morbidity of Age-Related Maculopathy: The Copenhagen City Eye Study

-- Hyperglycemia, Blood Pressure, and the 9-Year Incidence of Diabetic Retinopathy: The Barbados Eye Studies

-- Vitreous Levels of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Intercellular Adhesion Molecule 1 Are Related to Diabetic Macular Edema

-- Outcomes of 140 Consecutive Cases of 25-Gauge Transconjunctival Surgery for Posterior Segment Disease

-- Fundus Autofluorescence and Central Serous Chorioretinopathy

-- Ruthenium Brachytherapy for Uveal Melanoma, 1979-2003: Survival and Functional Outcomes in the Swedish Population

-- Grouped Congenital Hypertrophy of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium Follows Developmental Patterns of Pigmentary Mosaicism

-- Fundus Perimetry with the Micro Perimeter 1 in Normals: Comparison to Conventional Threshold Perimetry

-- Discrimination of Glaucomatous Optic Neuropathy by Digital Stereoscopic Analysis

-- Does Adjunctive Glaucoma Therapy Affect Adherence to the Initial Primary Therapy?

-- Safety and Efficacy of Phacoemulsification Compared with Manual Small-Incision Cataract Surgery by a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial: 6-Week Results

-- Anterior Vitreous Tapping to Manage Positive Vitreous Pressure during Triple Procedures

-- Role of Hyaluronidase in Diplopia after Peribulbar Anesthesia for Cataract Surgery

-- Detection of Virulence Factors in a Corneal Isolate of Klebsiella pneumoniae

-- Incidence of Herpes Simplex Virus Keratitis in France

-- Intraoperative Mitomycin C and Amniotic Membrane Transplantation for Fornix Reconstruction in Severe Cicatricial Ocular Surface Diseases

-- Correlation of Corneal Complications with Eyelid Cicatricial Pathologies in Patients with Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Syndrome

-- Intralesional Triamcinolone Acetonide Injection for Primary and Recurrent Chalazia: Is It Really Effective?

-- Paradoxical Use of Frontalis Muscle and the Possible Role of Botulinum A Toxin in Permanent Motor Relearning

-- Simultaneous Orbital Decompression and Correction of Upper Eyelid Retraction versus Staged Procedures in Thyroid-Related Orbitopathy

-- Combined Rectus Muscle Transposition with Posterior Fixation Sutures for the Treatment of Double-Elevator Palsy

-- Full Vertical Rectus Muscle Transposition Combined with Medial Posterior Fixation Sutures for Patients with Adduction Deficiency

To receive a copy of these studies, please contact the media relations unit at the American Academy of Ophthalmology at (415) 561-8534, media@aao.org.

The American Academy of Opthalmology is the world's largest association of eye physicians and surgeons--Eye M.D.s--with more than 27,000 members.

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