News Release

January 2004 Ophthalmology journal

Peer-Reviewed Publication

American Academy of Ophthalmology

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

  • Night Vision after LASIK: The Pupil Proclaims Innocence
  • Risk Factors for Night Vision Complaints after LASIK for Myopia
  • Corneal Epithelial Adhesion Abnormalities Associated with LASIK
  • Plastic Particles at the LASIK Interface
  • Proposed Mechanism for Retinal Tears after LASIK: An Experimental Model
  • Linear-Long Incisions with a Small Optical Zone for the Correction of Astigmatism in Older Patients
  • Thygeson's Superficial Punctate Keratitis: Ten Years' Experience
  • Donor Source Affects the Outcome of Ocular Surface Reconstruction in Chemical or Thermal Burns of the Cornea
  • Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid and Pseudopemphigoid
  • Prevalence and Causes of Visual Impairment and Blindness among 9980 Scandinavian Adults: The Copenhagen City Eye Study
  • Prevalence and Causes of Visual Impairment in an Elderly Chinese Population in Taiwan: The Shihpai Eye Study
  • A Case-Control Study on Eye Injuries in the Workplace in Hong Kong
  • Vitamin E Supplementation and Cataract: Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Visual Performance with Multifocal Intraocular Lenses: Mesopic Contrast Sensitivity under Distance and Near Conditions
  • Factors Associated with Success in First-Time Trabeculectomy for Patients at Low Risk of Failure with Chronic Open-Angle Glaucoma
  • Long-term Success of Argon Laser Peripheral Iridoplasty in the Management of Plateau Iris Syndrome
  • Topiramate-Associated Acute, Bilateral, Secondary Angle-Closure Glaucoma
  • Surgical Management of Glaucoma in Infants and Children with Peters' Anomaly
  • Four-Year Incidence of Visual Impairment: Barbados Incidence Study of Eye Diseases
  • What Is Lost by Digitizing Stereoscopic Fundus Color Slides for Macular Grading in Age-Related Maculopathy and Degeneration?
  • Intraocular Pressure Abnormalities Associated with Central and Hemicentral Retinal Vein Occlusion
  • Results of Macular Hole Surgery with and without Epiretinal Dissection or Internal Limiting Membrane Removal
  • Salvage External Beam Radiotherapy of Retinal Capillary Hemangiomas Secondary to von Hippel-Lindau Disease: Visual and Anatomic

Outcomes

  • Histopathology of Eyes Enucleated after Endoresection of Choroidal Melanoma
  • Normative Data for a User-Friendly Paradigm for Pattern Electroretinogram Recording (PERGLA)
  • Voluntary Suppression of the Multifocal Electroretinogram
  • Prism Adaptation in Visually Mature Patients with Esotropia of Childhood Onset
  • Surgical Treatment of Trauma-Induced Periodic Alternating Nystagmus
  • Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy Is Associated with a Specific Platelet Polymorphism Located on the Glycoprotein Ib-alpha Gene
  • Two Cases of Orbital Lymphangioma Associated with Vascular Abnormalities of the Retina and Iris

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


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