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2021; Wiley; Volume: 99; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/aos.15054

1755-3768

Kai Kaarniranta, Einar Stefånsson,

Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies

The cover photograph comes from the paper by Soelberg et al., showing Candida albicans endophthalmitis. Bilateral fundus photography at the initial examination. (A) The right eye shows blurry white retinal infiltrates. (B) The left eye shows no abnormalities. Buckley et al. reviewed clinical applications of microperimetry in RPGR-related retinitis pigmentosa. Implantation of retropupillary iris-claw lenses on surgical management and outcomes was reviewed by Drolsum and Kristianslund. Autologous and allogeneic serum eye drops have comparable efficacy and tolerability for use in patients with severe dry eyes according to van der Meer et al. Langenbucher et al. show a raytracing-based strategy for calculating corneal power from anterior segment optical coherence tomography (OCT) data and extracting the individual keratometer index, which converts the corneal front surface radius to corneal power. Eckstein et al., provide practical data to correct vertical deviations in Graves’ orbitopathy patients. Saenz-de-Viteri et al. indicate that intraretinal rather than subretinal fluid leads to worse visual acuity in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Treat-and-extend and pro re nata treatment regimen showed better responses than fixed bimonthly ranibizumab injections. Poor hypertension status is associated with more anti-vascular endothelial growth factor injections in neovascular AMD observed by Wang et al. Verrecchia et al. study show the impairment of the ocular surface and quality of life immediately after an intravitreal injection. Xue et al. report that cerebrospinal fluid dynamics along the optic nerve (ON) may bilaterally decrease from the optic canal to the retrobulbar segment. A low intracranial pressure may also evoke detrimental ON fluid dynamics. Safadi et al. study emphasizes the efficacy of scleral buckling as a primary procedure for the repair of retinal detachment in young adults in terms of anatomical and functional success. Mori et al. did not observe differences in surgery-related complications between 1-quadrant and 2-quadrant microhook ab interno trabeculotomy, but the 2-quadrant technique showed higher postsurgical transient intraocular pressure (IOP) elevation. Harris et al., report that open-globe injuries lead to poor final visual acuity mostly in cases with corneo-scleral wounds. Xu et al. observed that methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococcus are common ocular pathogens in the northeast China population. Shah et al. remind that delayed diagnosis of Acanthamoeba keratitis may due to a misdiagnosis as herpetic keratitis that postpone the referral to a tertiary care centre. The type of MYO7A variant does not seem to change the onset, severity or course of visual disease in Usher syndrome reported by Galbis-Martínez et al. Rothenbuehler et al., show a case of branch retinal vein occlusion precipitated by compression between a major retinal artery and underlying optic disc drusen. Plastino et al. write a review on microRNAs and the hypoxia-inducible factor/vascular endothelial growth factor (HIF/VEGF) axis in ocular neovascular diseases A meta-analysis of pregnancy-induced hypertension and retinopathy of prematurity is written by Ge et al. Ma et al. study reveals that eyes grow towards mild hyperopia rather than emmetropia in Chinese preschool children. The visual acuity testing software is time spending, but show equal accuracy with the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study chart according to Cohen et al. Small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) and transepithelial photorefractive keratectomy (tPRK) were written by Lin et al. Wendelstein et al. provide a novel precision and refractive predictability nomogram for femtosecond laser-assisted corneal arcuate incisions. Ren et al. compared intense pulsed light and near-infrared light in the treatment of dry eye disease. Corneal nerve damage may exist parallel with systemic disease activity and inflammatory cells' dynamics in Sjögren´s syndrome according to Barcelos et al. observations. Händel et al. findings reveal that mini-Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (mini-DMEK) and predescemetal sutures are equally effective in the treatment of acute hydrops in keratoconus, but the mini-DMEK appears to be beneficial in large Descemet membrane tears. Rotational alignment of corneal endothelial grafts and risk of graft detachment after Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty results are shown by Fritz et al. The positive effect of the Yokoyama procedure on esotropia due to high myopia is reported by Wabbels et al. Potapenko and la Cour show modelling and prognostication factor of intravitreal injections in neovascular AMD. Switching to aflibercept intravitreal injections lead to a modest visual benefit compared with continuing first-line bevacizumab therapy in neovascular AMD according to Husum et al. Baselius et al. write that driving vision can be sustained in the majority of the neovascular AMD patients if they have driving vision at baseline. Melo et al. indicate results of silicone oil release across a variety of syringe and needle models routinely used for intravitreal injection. Gallice et al. studied the effect of eplerenone on choroidal blood flow changes during isometric exercise in patients with chronic central serous chorioretinopathy. An increased risk of proliferative diabetic retinopathy with GG carriers of the erythropoietin gene rs1617640 polymorphism was observed by Ramuš et al. The handheld oximeter gives similar values as the ‘gold standard’ Oxymap T1 oximeter reported by Vehmeijer et al. Waizel et al. study reveals that retinitis pigmentosa and Stargardt disease patients have different retinal microvascular and metabolic alterations. Immunosuppressive therapy in the acute uveitic phase of Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada disease improved inflammation-related impairment in choroidal and optic nerve head blood flow shown in Abu El-Asrar et al., study. Kubin et al. conclude that the Optomed Aurora fundus camera seems appropriate for diabetic retinopathy screening. Wang et al. found significant alterations in macular choroidal vascularity in normal-tension glaucoma patients. Systemic treatment of children with glucocorticoid can cause a significant increase in IOP written by Krag et al. According to Mori et al. observations, sulcus fixation of Baerveldt glaucoma implant is effective for IOP reduction after the 3-year follow-up. Bro et al. analysed topical ocular hypotensive treatment in the Nordic region between 2008 and 2017 with projections for 2040. Tønset et al. conclude that circumferential trabeculotomy is an efficacious, safe and medication saving surgical treatment for primary congenital glaucoma in the long term Predictive factors of radio-induced complications undergoing gamma knife radiosurgery for uveal melanoma are reported by Cicinelli et al. Anjum et al. demonstrate that overexpression of Notch1 receptor plays a critical role in the biology and aggressive behaviour of lacrimal gland adenoid cystic carcinoma. Increased incidence rate and improved survival rate for uveal melanoma concordantly with a decrease in tumour size during a 70-year period in Danish cohort were reported by Smidt-Nielsen et al. Chauhan et al. indicate that epigenetic regulation of Stratifin gene is associated with high-risk ocular surface squamous neoplasia. A truncating variant of VHL gene seems to associate with more severe von Hippel-Lindau disease reported by Reich et al. Surgeons with high single surgery success rates used scleral buckling (SB) and combination of pars plana vitrectomu/PPV/SB for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment studied by Starr et al. Jacobsen et al. observed no significant difference between the lengths of the learning curves for robot-assisted vitreoretinal surgery compared with manual surgery. Utilizing in vitro model evidence of subretinal perfluorocarbon liquid droplets and the physics of their retention and evacuation are discussed with Chan et al. Cheng et al. suggest that fundus tessellation grade might be a potential index for assessing early-stage myopic maculopathy in children and adolescents. Erokhina et al. write for postoperative cystoid macular oedema after non-penetrating glaucoma surgery. Jeong et al. provide modified observe-and-plan regimen using aflibercept for neovascular age-related macular degeneration. Candida albicans endophthalmitis with 16S/18S microbiome sequencing was analysed by Soelberg et al. Cennamo et al. show OCT angiography data in patients with Neurofibromatosis type 1. Effects of chewing gum for tear production in healthy young subjects are reported by Asakawa et al. Patient satisfaction with virtual compared with face-to-face glaucoma clinics was studied by Ali et al. We warmly thank you for all collaboration! Merry Christmas!