Advances in biomaterial synthesis and fabrication, stem cell biology, bioimaging,
microsurgery procedures, and microscale technologies have made minimally invasive …

Simple Summary Cancer is a global public health issue. The development and use of in vitro
cellular models with pre-clinical animal models are essential to elucidate the complex …

Objective To forecast age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and its consequences in the
United States through the year 2050 with different treatment scenarios. Methods We …

Health care economic analyses are becoming increasingly important in the evaluation of
health care interventions, including many within ophthalmology. Encompassed with the …

PURPOSE: To test the assumption that the National Eye Institute Visual Function
Questionnaire (NEI VFQ) measures visual functioning, assess the validity of its subscales …

Economic evaluations are increasingly being used by those bodies such as government
agencies and managed care groups that make decisions about the reimbursement of health …

PURPOSE: To examine combined photodynamic therapy (PDT) with verteporfin and
intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide for choroidal neovascularization (CNV) secondary to …

Two new drugs provide startling benefits in the treatment of age-related macular
degeneration (AMD). The clinical and cost effectiveness of ranibizumab (Lucentis) was …

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a chronic, progressive, degenerative disease of
the macula and is the leading cause of central vision loss among elderly people in the …

PURPOSE: To assess the visual utility values of patients with ocular disease and to compare
these values with those of patients with systemic health states DESIGN: Cross-sectional …