Association Between Indication for Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty and Rural Residency.

Purpose: Residing in rural locations can be a barrier to health care access. This study investigated the impact of residing in rural and small town (RST) areas on Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) indications and outcomes in Atlantic Canada.

Methods: A retrospective cohort analysis examined consecutive DSAEKs performed in Nova Scotia between 2017 and 2020.

Graft dislocation following Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty: a comparative cohort analysis of Optisol GS and organ culture preserved corneas.

Previous studies have suggested risk factors for graft dislocation after Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK). We aimed to investigate the influence of eye bank storage solution as a risk factor for graft dislocation, as this could have significant implications for eye banking practices. This retrospective analysis compared cohorts from the QEII Health Sciences Center, Halifax, Canada (donor corneas preserved in Optisol GS) and the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia (donor corneas preserved in organ culture).

Structural integrity of intraocular lenses with eyelets in a model of transscleral fixation with the Gore-Tex suture.

Purpose: To compare fracture characteristics of intraocular lenses (IOLs) used in transscleral fixation with the Gore-Tex suture.

Setting: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Design: Experimental study.

Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis Secondary to Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome.

Purpose: To report a case of peripheral ulcerative keratitis secondary to atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome.

Methods: We report the case of a 76-year-old man who presented with bilateral aggressive peripheral ulcerative keratitis. Clinical examinations and investigations are reported from the patients' admission.

Recurrence of Granular Corneal Dystrophy Type 1 After Phototherapeutic Keratectomy, Lamellar Keratoplasty, and Penetrating Keratoplasty in a Single Population.

Purpose: To describe the recurrence of granular corneal dystrophy type 1 (GCD1) after penetrating keratoplasty (PKP), anterior lamellar keratoplasty (ALK), deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK), and phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) in a single population. The time required to achieve best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) after each intervention was also analyzed.

Methods: Retrospective review of all patients with GCD1 from a single center between 1989 and 2016.

Bilateral HPV Positive Squamous Cell Carcinoma In Situ of Conjunctiva.

A 45 year-old woman presented with blurred vision and irritation of the left eye. Clinical examination revealed a superior palpebral conjunctival lesion consistent with a diagnosis of papilloma. She was lost to follow up despite repeated attempts to schedule a biopsy, and presented again after an extended period with bilateral disease.

VEGF-A is increased in exogenous endophthalmitis.

Objective: Exogenous endophthalmitis is an ophthalmologic emergency defined by panocular inflammation. Vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A) contributes to inflammation by promoting chemotaxis of monocytes and granulocytes and by increasing vascular permeability. The purpose of this article is to determine if VEGF-A is elevated in the vitreous samples obtained from individuals with exogenous endophthalmitis.

MASSIVE SUBRETINAL GAS AFTER VITRECTOMY SURGERY: MECHANISM AND MANAGEMENT.

Purpose: To describe the complication of subretinal gas after pars plana vitrectomy for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, as well as its management.

Methods: The presence of subretinal gas was noted on postoperative Day 1 after pars plana vitrectomy for a chronic rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. Resolution of subretinal gas was facilitated by an infusion line and external sclerotomy to expand the vitreous cavity.

The negative predictive value of ultrasound-guided 14-gauge core needle biopsy of breast masses: a validation study of 339 cases.

Purpose: To determine the negative predictive value of sonographically guided 14-gauge core needle biopsy of breast masses, with detailed analysis of any false-negative cases.

Materials And Methods: We reviewed 669 cases of sonographically guided 14-gauge core needle biopsies that had benign pathologic findings. Given a benign pathology on core biopsy, true-negatives had either benign pathology on surgical excision or at least 2 years of stable imaging and/or clinical follow-up; false-negatives had malignant histology on surgical excision.