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Canadian Ophthalmological Society Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Diabetic Retinopathy – Executive Summary
The Canadian Ophthalmological Society Evidence-based Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Diabetic Retinopathy were developed to provide guidance to Canadian ophthalmologists regarding t...
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Canadian Ophthalmological Society Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Practice Guideline Expert Committee,
Philip Hooper,
Marie Carole Boucher,
Alan Cruess,
Keith G. Dawson,
Walter Delpero,
Mark Greve,
Vladimir Kozousek,
Wai-Ching Lam,
David A.L. Maberley
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91-101
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Is an informed consent enough?
We find in this issue of the journal an article that should be of interest to all ophthalmologists. Erraguntla and colleagues have studied the quality of parental comprehension following the process o...
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G. Robert LaRoche
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Cyclops
Activated microglia are mediators of retinal inflammation in the photoreceptor cell death that occurs in age-related macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa. Using the Royal College of Surgeons ...
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Martin J. Steinbach
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105
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Parental comprehension following informed consent for pediatric cataract surgery
Abstract: Objective: To investigate the effectiveness of information transfer by the pediatric cataract surgeon to the parents or guardians of children during the informed-consent process. Design: Pro...
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Vasudha Erraguntla,
Irina De la Huerta,
Sunita Vohra,
Mohamed Abdolell,
Alex V. Levin
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107-112
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A comparison of techniques: informed consent for resident involvement in cataract surgery
Abstract: Objective: To compare three different techniques of obtaining informed patient consent and the relative acceptance rates for resident involvement in cataract surgery. The techniques differed...
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Rajeshvar K. Sharda,
Jeffrey H. Sher,
Brian J. Chan,
Lawrence E. Kobetz,
Keith D. Mann
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Determinants of informed consent in a cataract surgery clinical trial: why patients participate
Abstract: Objective: To identify the determinants of patients' decision-making for participation in a cataract surgery clinical trial in a tertiary care hospital. Design: Prospective observational stu...
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Marios Constantinou,
Vishal Jhanji,
Peggy Pei-Chia Chiang,
Ecosse L. Lamoureux,
Gwyneth Rees,
Rasik B. Vajpayee
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118-123
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Practice patterns of Canadian Ophthalmological Society members in cataract surgery: 2011 survey
Abstract: Objective: To establish the practice patterns of the members of the Canadian Ophthalmological Society (COS) in cataract surgery. Design: Web-based questionnaire. Participants: Members of the...
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Lindsay Ong-Tone,
Ali Bell,
Yin Yin Tan
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124-130
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A comparison of cataract surgical practices in Canada and the United States
Abstract: Objective: To determine cataract surgical practices in Canada and the United States. Design: Cross-sectional study. Participants: 1250 clinician members of the Canadian Ophthalmological Soci...
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Tyler Sorensen,
Clara C. Chan,
Michael Bradley,
Rosa Braga-Mele,
Randall J. Olson
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131-139
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Cataract surgery in patients older than 90 years of age
15 March 2012
Abstract: Objective: The aim of this study was to examine whether differences exist after cataract surgery is performed in patients over and under 90 years of age. Study Design: Retrospective, nonrand...
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Tetsuya Mutoh,
Shuichi Isome,
Yukihiro Matsumoto,
Makoto Chikuda
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140-144
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Anaesthetic plus dilating gel improves pupil dilation for cataract surgery
15 March 2012
Abstract: Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of a combination anaesthetic plus dilating gel (ADG) on pupil dilation (PD) and corneal anaesthesia (KA) compared to traditional preoperative pharmacother...
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Delan Jinapriya,
David R.P. Almeida,
Davin Johnson,
Isabella Irrcher,
Sherif R. El-Defrawy
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145-149
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The course of corneal and intraocular pressure changes during pregnancy
14 March 2012
Abstract: Objective: To determine concurrent changes in corneal thickness, intraocular pressure (IOP), and corneal topography measurements during normal pregnancy. Design: Prospective cohort study. Pa...
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Yasemin Kozluca Efe,
Silay Canturk Ugurbas,
Atilla Alpay,
Suat Hayri Ugurbas
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150-154
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Relationship between central corneal thickness and progression of visual field loss in patients with open-angle glaucoma
15 March 2012
Abstract: Objective: To determine whether a relationship exists between central corneal thickness (CCT) and visual field (VF) progression in treated patients with open-angle glaucoma and asymmetric co...
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Kathy Y. Cao,
Mustafa Kapasi,
Janet A. Betchkal,
Catherine M. Birt
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155-158
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Comparison of outcomes after switching treatment from intravitreal bevacizumab to ranibizumab in neovascular age-related macular degeneration
Abstract: Objective: To compare visual acuity and central retinal thickness in patients initially treated with bevacizumab (Avastin) and switched to ranibizumab (Lucentis) for neovascular age-related ...
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Jerrod S. Kent,
Yiannis Iordanous,
Alex Mao,
Anne-Marie Powell,
Shefalee Shukla Kent,
Tom G. Sheidow
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159-164
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Bevacizumab and ranibizumab for neovascular age-related macular degeneration: a treatment approach based on individual patient needs
Abstract: Objective: To compare the efficacy of intravitreal bevacizumab and ranibizumab for the treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration using an as-needed treatment regimen. Design:...
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Claudine Bellerive,
Benoît Cinq-Mars,
Gilles Lalonde,
Mario Malenfant,
Éric Tourville,
Yvon Tardif,
Marcelle Giasson,
Marc Hébert
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Hemorrhagic complications after intravitreal ranibizumab injection for polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy
15 March 2012
Abstract: Objective: To evaluate clinical features and risk factors for hemorrhagic complications in eyes with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) after intravitreal ranibizumab injection. Design:...
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Han Joo Cho,
Dong Won Lee,
Sung Won Cho,
Chul Gu Kim,
Jong Woo Kim
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170-175
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Effects of posterior capsular opacification on the evaluation of retinal nerve fiber layer as measured by stratus optical coherence tomography
Abstract: Objective: To evaluate the effects of posterior capsular opacification (PCO) and Nd:YAG laser capsulotomy on the evaluation of peripapillary retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) as measured by S...
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Necip Kara,
Hasan Altinkaynak,
Kemal Yuksel,
Tugba Kurt,
Ahmet Demirok
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176-180
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Recurrence rates of basal cell carcinoma of the periocular skin: what to do with patients who have positive margins after resection
Abstract: Objective: To determine the recurrence rates of basal cell carcinoma of the periocular skin in patients who were in the following 3 groups after pathologic analysis: Mohs frozen sections (ne...
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Kim N. Jebodhsingh,
Jennifer Calafati,
Forough Farrokhyar,
John T. Harvey
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181-184
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Relative prevalence of Aboriginal patients in a Canadian uveitic population
Abstract: Objective: To determine whether the prevalence of Aboriginal patients in a consecutive series of patients with uveitis differs significantly from the prevalence of Aboriginal persons in the ...
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Mili Roy
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185-188
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Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis masquerading as toxoplasmosis chorioretinitis
Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a rare but devastating progressive degenerative disorder of the nervous system caused by delayed reaction to persistent measles virus. We present the firs...
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Anand Chawla,
Sunila Jain
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e1-e2
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Using retinal architecture to help characterize patients who have multiple sclerosis
Most of the studies using optical coherence tomography (OCT) have aimed to explore whether changes in the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) correlate with functional deficits that occur in multiple scl...
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Fatih C. Gundogan,
Ahmet Tas,
Gungor Sobaci
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Author's Response
We would like to address the constructive comments put forth by Gundogen regarding our recent publication in the Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology (Costello, 2010), in which we reported the findings o...
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Fiona Costello,
Y. Irene Pan,
William Hodge
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189-191
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Evaluation of focal retinal function using multifocal electroretinography in patients with x-linked retinoschisis (CJO Vol. 45, No. 5)
In an article published in CJO in October 2010, Sen et al. evaluated focal retinal function using a multifocal electroretinogram (mfERG) in patients with x-linked retinoschisis (XLRS). The authors stu...
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Fatih C. Gundogan,
Ahmet Tas,
Omer Faruk Sahin
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We thank Gundogan et al for taking interest in our study. As correctly pointed out abnormal ffERG points towards the fact that XLRS is a global retinal dysfunction. This is explained by the underlying...
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Parveen Sen
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F.Y.Eye
To evaluate the functional benefits of blepharoplasty and blepharoptosis repair (including the Muller muscle resection, frontalis suspension, and levator resection), researchers conducted a large lite...
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Ian McIlraith
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