October 2004 Ophthalmology journal

SAN FRANCISCO--Studies from the October 2004 issue of Ophthalmology, the clinical journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, are now available. These include:

PRK after 12 Years: Good News for Patients

Trials and Tribulations: A Primer on Successfully Navigating the Waters of the Food and Drug Administration

Managing the New Mandate in Resident Education: A Blueprint for Translating a National Mandate into Local Compliance

A Long-term Study of Photorefractive Keratectomy: 12-Year Follow-up

Comparison of Intraocular Lens Power Calculation Methods in Eyes That Have Undergone LASIK

Effectiveness of Multifocal Intraocular Lenses to Correct Presbyopia after Cataract Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Comparison of Posterior Capsule Opacification between the 1-Piece and 3-Piece Acrysof Intraocular Lenses: 2-Year Results of a Randomized Trial

Ophtec Iris Reconstruction Lens United States Clinical Trial Phase I

Comparison of Long-term Outcomes of Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty versus Argon Laser Trabeculoplasty in Open-Angle Glaucoma

Short-Wavelength Automated Perimetry Results Are Correlated with Optical Coherence Tomography Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness Measurements in Glaucomatous Eyes

Digital Stereoscopic Analysis of the Optic Disc: Evaluation of a Teaching Program

Persistent Secretion of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor into the Vitreous Cavity in Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy after Vitrectomy

Persistence of Fetal Vasculature in a Patient with Knobloch's Syndrome: Potential Role for Endostatin in Fetal Vascular Remodeling of the Eye

Macular Translocation in Patients with Recurrent Subfoveal Choroidal Neovascularization after Laser Photocoagulation for Nonsubfoveal Choroidal Neovascularization

Involution of Threshold Retinopathy of Prematurity after Diode Laser Photocoagulation

Monitoring Cystoid Macular Edema by Optical Coherence Tomography in Patients with Retinitis Pigmentosa

Clinical Findings in a Carrier of a New Mutation in the Choroideremia Gene

A Novel IMPDH1 Mutation (Arg231Pro) in a Family with a Severe Form of Autosomal Dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa

Causes of Chemoreduction Failure in Retinoblastoma and Analysis of Associated Factors Leading to Eventual Treatment with External Beam Radiotherapy and Enucleation

The Australian Mohs Database: Periocular Squamous Intraepidermal Carcinoma

Patterns of Regional and Distant Metastasis in Patients with Eyelid and Periocular Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Conjunctival Metastasis as Initial Sign of Disseminated Cutaneous Melanoma

Characteristic Retinal Atrophy with Secondary Inverse Optic Atrophy Identifies Vigabatrin Toxicity in Children

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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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