June 2005 Ophthalmology journal

Studies from the June 2005 issue of Ophthalmology, the clinical journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, are now
available. These include:


-- Noncompliance with Ocular Hypotensive Treatment in Patients with Glaucoma or Ocular Hypertension: An Evidence-Based Review



-- Clinical Results with the Trabectome for Treatment of Open-Angle Glaucoma


-- Developing a Model System for Teaching Goniotomy


-- Cataract Surgery for Residual Angle Closure after Peripheral Laser Iridotomy


-- Visualization of Anterior Chamber Angle Dynamics with StratusOCT


-- Nine-Year Safety with Self-sealing Corneal Tunnel Incision in Clear Cornea Cataract Surgery


-- Microkeratome-Assisted Lamellar Keratoplasty for the Surgical Treatment of Keratoconus


-- Establishing Analysis Parameters for Spherical Aberration after Wavefront LASIK


-- Pre-Excimer Laser and Post-Excimer Laser Refractive Surgery Measurements of Scotopic Pupil Diameter Using 2 Pupillometers



-- Change in Intraocular Pressure Measurements after LASIK: The Effect of the Refractive Correction and the Lamellar Flap



-- A Unique Corneal Dystrophy of Bowman's Layer and Stroma Associated with the Gly623Asp Mutation in the Transforming Growth
Factor beta-Induced (TGFBI) Gene


-- Differential Expression of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Implies the Limbal Origin of Pterygia


-- Ocular Complications of Hypovitaminosis A after Bariatric Surgery


-- Systemic Bevacizumab (Avastin) Therapy for Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration: 12-Week Results of an
Uncontrolled Open-Label Clinical Study


-- Maximum Tolerated Dose of a Humanized Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Antibody Fragment for Treating Neovascular
Age-Related Macular Degeneration


-- The Ocular Conditions Associated with Peripapillary Subretinal Neovascularization, Their Relative Frequencies, and
Associated Outcomes


-- Macular Degeneration in a Patient with Aceruloplasminemia, a Disease Associated with Retinal Iron Overload


-- Long-term Follow-up of Patients with Birdshot Retinochoroidopathy Treated with Corticosteroid-Sparing Systemic
Immunomodulatory Therapy


-- Coats' Disease Diagnosed in Adulthood


-- Redefining the Limit of the Outer Retina in Optical Coherence Tomography Scans


-- Posterior Sub-Tenon's Capsule Triamcinolone Injection Combined with Focal Laser for Diabetic Macular Edema


-- Ptosis and Orbital Fat Prolapse after Posterior Sub-Tenon's Capsule Triamcinolone Injection


-- Poor Prognosis of Visual Outcome after Visual Loss from Giant Cell Arteritis


-- Comparison between the Morphological Appearances of Arteritic and Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathies with
the Heidelberg Retina Tomograph


-- The Effect of Periocular Warming on Accommodation


-- Surgical Anatomy of the Lacrimal Fossa: A Prospective Computed Tomodensitometry Scan Analysis


-- Ophthalmic Sequelae of Crouzon Syndrome


-- Tumor, Node, Metastasis Classification of Malignant Ciliary Body and Choroidal Melanoma: Evaluation of the 6th Edition and
Future Directions


-- Cavitary Changes in Retinoblastoma: Relationship to Chemoresistance


-- Subconjunctival Carboplatin in Fibrin Sealant in the Treatment of Transgenic Murine Retinoblastoma


-- Cosmetic Oculofacial Applications of Botulinum Toxin: A Report by the American Academy of Ophthalmology


To receive a copy of these studies, please contact the media relations unit at the American Academy of Ophthalmology at (415)
561-8534, mediaaao.


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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