News Release

November's Ophthalmology journal

Peer-Reviewed Publication

American Academy of Ophthalmology

SAN FRANCISCO-Studies from the November issue of Ophthalmology, the clinical journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, are now available. These include:

  • Editorial: Safe and Effective
  • A Randomized Trial of Prescribed Patching Regimens for Treatment of Sever Amblyopia in Children
  • The Relationship Between Stereopsis and Visual Acuity after Occlusion Therapy for Amblyopia
  • Common Forms of Childhood Exotropia
  • Horizontal Rectus Tenotomy in Patients with Congenital Nystagmus
  • A Phase III, Multicenter, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial of Topical Aminocaprioc Acid (Caprogel) in the Management of Traumatic Hyphema
  • Telemedicine Approach to Screening for Severe Retinopathy of Prematurity: A Pilot Study
  • Retinal Vascular Abnormalities in Persons with Type 1 Diabetes: The Wisconsin Epidemiologic Study of Diabetic Retinopathy: XVIII
  • Histopathology and Regression of Retinal Hard Exudates in Diabetic Retinopathy after Reduction of Elevated Serum Lipid Levels
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction Detection of Neisseria meningitidis in the Intraocular Fluid of a Patient with Endogenous Endophthalmitis but without Associated Meningitis
  • Medical Malpractice Predictors and Risk Factors for Ophthalmologists Performing LASIK and Photorefractive Keratectomy Surgery
  • Ten-Year Follow-up of Epikeratophakia for the Correction of High Myopia
  • Outcome After Treatment of Ametropia with Implantable Contact Lenses
  • Impact of Graft Diameter on Corneal Power and the Regularity of Postkeratoplasty Astigmatism before and after Suture Removal
  • Human Fibrin Tissue Adhesive for Sutureless Lamellar Keratoplasty and Scleral Patch Adhesion: A Pilot Study
  • Fungal Infection of Sutureless Self-sealing Incision for Cataract Surgery
  • Visual Field and Optic Disc Progression in Patients with Different Types of Optic Disc Damage
  • Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness Measured with Optical Coherence Tomography Is Related to Visual Function in Glaucomatous Eyes
  • Cystic Bleb Formation and Related Complications in Limbus-versus Fornix-Based Conjuncitival Flaps in Pediatric and Young Adult Trabeculectomy with Mitomycin C
  • Otago Glaucoma Surgery Outcome Study: Factors Controlling Capsule Fibrosis around Molteno Implants with Histopathological Correlation
  • Transpupillary Thermotherapy versus Plaque Radiotherapy for Suspected Choroidal Melanomas
  • Choroidal Vascular Changes after Transpupillary Thermotherapy for Choroidal Melanoma
  • Iodine Brachytherapy as an Alternative to Unucleation for Large Uveal Melanomas
  • Transscleral Resection versus Iodine Brachytherapy for Choroidal Malignant Melanomas 6 Millimeters or More in Thickness
  • Metastatic Melanoma in the Eye and Orbit

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To receive a copy of any of these studies, please contact the media relations staff at the American Academy of Ophthalmology at 415.561.8534, media@aao.org.

The American Academy of Ophthalmology is the world's largest association of eye physicians and surgeons-Eye M.D.s-with more than 27,000 members worldwide. For more information about eye health care, visit the Academy's partner Web site, the Medem Network, www.medem.com/eyemd. To find an Eye M.D. in your area, visit the Academy's Web site at www.aao.org.


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