OBJECTIVE
To determine the relationship of visual acuity loss to quality of life.
DESIGN
Three hundred twenty-five patients with visual loss to a minimum of 20/40 or greater in at least 1 eye were… (More)
Health care economic analyses are becoming increasingly important in the evaluation of health care interventions, including many within ophthalmology. Encompassed with the realm of health care… (More)
OBJECTIVE
To ascertain the utility values associated with age-related macular degeneration and varying degrees of visual loss.
DESIGN
A cross-sectional study.
PARTICIPANTS
Eighty white patients… (More)
PURPOSE
To evaluate pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) versus a combined PPV and scleral buckle (PPV/SB) for repair of noncomplex, pseudophakic retinal detachment.
DESIGN
Retrospective, nonrandomized,… (More)
Twenty-two infants with "threshold" stage 3+ retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) were entered into a prospective, randomized clinical trial to compare the efficacy of transscleral cryotherapy versus… (More)
PURPOSE
To determine whether anterior chamber paracentesis and Carbogen inhalation therapy (95% oxygen, 5% carbon dioxide) produce a significant difference in final visual acuity in eyes with acute… (More)
The authors report a series of 20 eyes from 20 patients in whom inadvertent perforation of the globe occurred during local anesthesia for ocular surgery. Perforation resulted from retrobulbar… (More)
The records of 43 consecutive patients (51 eyes) with the ocular ischemic syndrome (ocular symptoms and signs attributable to severe carotid artery obstruction) were studied in a retrospective… (More)
BACKGROUND
Utility theory can be used to quantify dysfunction associated with various diseases and thus can represent a "hard" measure of quality of life. By determining utility values, one can… (More)
OBJECTIVE
To assess the conferred value and average cost-utility (cost-effectiveness) for intravitreal ranibizumab used to treat occult/minimally classic subfoveal choroidal neovascularization… (More)