Publications by authors named "Matthew D Spangler"

Background: To analyze demographics, incidence, and prevalence of globe injury repair mechanisms in the TriNetX United States population from 2013 to 2023.

Methods: Retrospective cohort study of globe injury repair mechanisms in the TriNetX United States Collaborative Network database from 2013 to 2023. CPT codes from the ICD-10 classification system were utilized to identify repair methods for globe injuries (65275, 65280, 65285, 65286).

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Objective: To analyze the demographics, systemic and ocular comorbidities, and the yearly and cumulative incidence and prevalence of scleritis in the TriNetX United States Collaborative Network database from 2014 to 2023.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Participants: Out of 109,154,791 patients in TriNetX, 41,435 were diagnosed with scleritis.

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Objective: To analyze the demographics, immunosuppressant use, associated systemic diseases, ocular comorbidities, and incidence and prevalence of uveitis and associated low vision using the United States TriNetX database from 2013-2023.

Design: Retrospective cross-sectional and trend study.

Participants: Subjects with uveitis in the TriNetX database.

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