Current Eye ResearchPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-01-28DOI: 10.1080/02713683.2025.2456788
Kimberly Hreha, Nathan A Boucher, Brian Mac Grory, April Martina Burch, Emmanuel Acheampong, Heather E Whitson
{"title":"Research Best Practices for Eye Stroke Vision Rehabilitation: A Qualitative Study.","authors":"Kimberly Hreha, Nathan A Boucher, Brian Mac Grory, April Martina Burch, Emmanuel Acheampong, Heather E Whitson","doi":"10.1080/02713683.2025.2456788","DOIUrl":"10.1080/02713683.2025.2456788","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Central retinal artery occlusion, also known as an eye stroke, results in visual impairment and functional challenges. Our study objectives were to identify meaningful measures and factors that indicate or enable successful recovery after eye stroke and to determine optimal processes to support research, including exploring barriers and facilitators to successful research participation.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We used qualitative methods including the 5Ts Framework (target population identification, team composition, time considerations, tips to accommodate older adults, tools for inclusive enrollment of older adults) to provide a guide to the development of the semi-structured interviews and to help facilitate the research process such as the set-up of interviews. We enrolled three groups: individuals living with the sequelae of eye stroke, care partners, and health care providers. We conducted a descriptive content analysis with an inductive approach.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Twenty-five people participated. This group included 10 eye stroke survivors (median age, 62.5; range, 56-84 years; 20% were women), 4 care partners (median age, 57 years; range, 56-59 years; 100% were women), and 11 health care providers (median age, 33 years; 25-60 years; 54.5% were women). Four themes emerged from the data: (1) returning to full independence, (2) family support, (3) strategies for participation, and (4) lack of accessibility.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The themes identified by participant groups indicated that strategies such as providing sufficient lighting and incorporating family support are key for research participation by individuals with vision impairment related to eye stroke. Furthermore, it is essential that researchers determine ways to address inequities, including lack of accessibility to research sites. This work has implications for how research teams develop research processes and implement research findings into clinical settings for eye stroke survivors.</p>","PeriodicalId":10782,"journal":{"name":"Current Eye Research","volume":" ","pages":"544-550"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12037306/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143051892","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Current Eye ResearchPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-02-05DOI: 10.1080/02713683.2025.2458131
Sile Yu, Chunhong Yan, Guanghao Qin, Emmanuel Eric Pazo, Xiangdong He, Peng Qi, Mingze Li, Dongming Han, Wei He, Xingru He
{"title":"Assessing the Impact of AI-Assisted Portable Slit Lamps on Rural Primary Ophthalmic Medical Service.","authors":"Sile Yu, Chunhong Yan, Guanghao Qin, Emmanuel Eric Pazo, Xiangdong He, Peng Qi, Mingze Li, Dongming Han, Wei He, Xingru He","doi":"10.1080/02713683.2025.2458131","DOIUrl":"10.1080/02713683.2025.2458131","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To investigate the effect of an AI-assisted portable slit lamp (iSpector) and basic ophthalmology training on cataract detection, referral, and surgery rate in rural areas.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This randomized control trial randomly assigned 63 village doctors to either the AI-assisted group (providing iSpector and training) or the control group (providing training). Doctors were followed for 1 year before intervention as a baseline and 1 year after to make the comparison. Multivariable Poisson regression was applied to compare the difference in cataract detection, referral, and surgery rate between the two groups, adjusted for primary doctors' baseline characteristics. We further conducted subgroup analysis to estimate the change after the intervention.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Compared to the control group, the detection, referral, and surgery rate of cataracts among the AI-assisted group was comparable, 1.7 times higher, and 4.9 times higher, respectively. Providing iSpector and training increased the detection, referral, and surgery rate of cataracts. However, only based on training to elevate the detection rate of cataracts did not change the referral and surgery rate.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>iSpector helps village doctors detect and refer cataract patients appropriately, thus increasing the probability that patients receive cataract surgery.</p>","PeriodicalId":10782,"journal":{"name":"Current Eye Research","volume":" ","pages":"551-558"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143254907","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Current Eye ResearchPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-02-03DOI: 10.1080/02713683.2025.2458152
Neal Rangu, Michael Heath, Michael Szkarlat, Kai Ding, Roya Garakani, Kenan Bakri, Evan Pike, Hooman Harooni, Christopher Chow, Surendar Dwarakanathan, Liam Redden, Kamran M Riaz
{"title":"Clinical Outcomes of Two Lenticule Thickness Types in Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty: One-Year Results.","authors":"Neal Rangu, Michael Heath, Michael Szkarlat, Kai Ding, Roya Garakani, Kenan Bakri, Evan Pike, Hooman Harooni, Christopher Chow, Surendar Dwarakanathan, Liam Redden, Kamran M Riaz","doi":"10.1080/02713683.2025.2458152","DOIUrl":"10.1080/02713683.2025.2458152","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To compare clinical outcomes of eyes undergoing Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) with 51-99 μm and <50 μm lenticules.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Retrospective, multi-center case series of 480 eyes undergoing DSAEK with precut tissue from a single eye bank between 2019 and 2022 performed by five surgeons at five centers. Eyes were divided into 51-99 μm or <50 μm groups according to post-cut graft thickness. The main outcome measure was inter-group comparison according to best-corrected distance visual acuity (BCDVA); additional outcome measures were primary graft failure (PGF), rebubbling, and cystoid macular edema (CME) rates in context of specific preoperative risk factors, intraoperative characteristics, and vision-limiting vs. non-vision-limiting morbidities.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>BCDVA at one year postoperatively was 0.5 ± 0.5 and 0.4 ± 0.4 logMAR for the 51-99 μm and <50 μm groups, respectively (<i>p</i> = 0.692). Regraft rate was 3.21% for 51-99 μm and 1.89% for <50 μm grafts (<i>p</i> = 0.4854). Rebubbling rate was 8.56% for the 51-99 μm group and 13.21% for the <50 μm group (<i>p</i> = 0.151). Analysis of rebubbled eyes showed no difference in rate of sulfur hexafluoride tamponade (<i>p</i> = 0.201), lenticule insertion method (<i>p</i> = 0.293), and glaucoma surgery history (<i>p</i> = 0.996). Higher rebubbling rates occurred in eyes with previous scleral-fixated intraocular lenses (<i>p</i> < 0.001). The effect of potential preoperative and intraoperative risk factors (e.g. insertion method (<i>p</i> = 0.979) and concurrent cataract surgery (<i>p</i> = 0.701)) on rebubbling was not significantly different between the two groups. CME rate was 4.01% for 51-99 μm and 7.54% for <50 μm groups (<i>p</i> = 0.131).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>51-99 μm and <50 μm DSAEK grafts offer similar visual outcomes. Both lenticule thicknesses have similar regrafting, rebubbling, and CME rates.</p>","PeriodicalId":10782,"journal":{"name":"Current Eye Research","volume":" ","pages":"481-489"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143078874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zhen Li, Tanja Stachon, Julia Zimmermann, Simon Trusen, Fabian N Fries, Maximilian Berger, Shweta Suiwal, Ning Chai, Berthold Seitz, Lei Shi, Maryam Amini, Nóra Szentmáry
{"title":"Response to the Letter to the Editor: Expression of PAX6 and Keratocyte-Characteristic Markers in Human Limbal Stromal Cells of Congenital Aniridia and Healthy Subjects, <i>In Vitro</i>.","authors":"Zhen Li, Tanja Stachon, Julia Zimmermann, Simon Trusen, Fabian N Fries, Maximilian Berger, Shweta Suiwal, Ning Chai, Berthold Seitz, Lei Shi, Maryam Amini, Nóra Szentmáry","doi":"10.1080/02713683.2025.2497335","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02713683.2025.2497335","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10782,"journal":{"name":"Current Eye Research","volume":" ","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143962651","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Machine Learning-Driven Identification of Hematological and Immunological Biomarkers for Predicting Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy Progression.","authors":"Sibo Zhao","doi":"10.1080/02713683.2025.2498035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02713683.2025.2498035","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy (PDR) is a severe complication of diabetes characterized by neovascularization and retinal detachment, leading to significant vision loss. This study investigates the predictive power of hematological and immunological markers in PDR progression.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data from 126 patients were analyzed using advanced machine learning techniques, including LASSO regression, elastic net modeling, and backward stepwise regression.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The findings identified age, gender, IL-1, and lymphocyte count (LYM) as significant predictors of PDR, with a high AUC value of 0.839 from the ROC curve analysis. These markers, particularly cytokines in the aqueous humor and peripheral blood, offer a convenient and rapid method for early detection and risk assessment of PDR.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Despite the limitations of being a cross-sectional study with a relatively small sample size, the results highlight the clinical significance of these biomarkers and underscore the need for further validation in larger, more diverse populations. This study contributes to the development of targeted interventions and improved management strategies for diabetic retinopathy, emphasizing the importance of immunological health in disease progression.</p>","PeriodicalId":10782,"journal":{"name":"Current Eye Research","volume":" ","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143977968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of the Efficacy of an Assistive Device for Blind People: A Prospective, Non-Randomized, Single Arm, and Open Label Clinical Trial.","authors":"Yiming Zhao, Shuo Yang, Yong Tao, Hao Kang","doi":"10.1080/02713683.2025.2495212","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02713683.2025.2495212","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To evaluate the efficacy of an assistive device (BrainPort<sup>®</sup> Vision Pro) for blind people in object recognition and orientation-and-mobility.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This prospective, single arm, and open label clinical trial enrolled 24 participants who had profound visual impairment (visual acuity < 1/60 and/or visual field constriction <5°). After a three-hour training of BrainPort Vision Pro device instruction, participants were instructed to perform functional tasks including an assistive walking program and object recognition project. Five chances were given for each task, and success was defined as correctly completing at least three times. Success rates were used to evaluate the effectiveness of the device.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The success rates of participants wearing the device were significantly higher for both orientation-and-mobility task and objects/place-setting recognition tasks, compared to those without the aid. Device-related adverse events did not occur throughout the study.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This is the first attempt to evaluate the efficacy of the BrainPort Vision Pro for blind people in China. It is shown as a viable assistive device for blind individuals to directly interact with their environments through a real perception from tongue stimulation, without remarkable side effects in the current study. With the advancement and popularization, more blind people will have access to and benefit from the BrainPort Vision Pro in the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":10782,"journal":{"name":"Current Eye Research","volume":" ","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143984194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of Meibomian Gland Expression on Optical Quality in Patients with Meibomian Gland Dysfunction.","authors":"Hongzhe Li, Wentao Tong, Man Hu, Ziqi Meng, Pingjun Chang, Yune Zhao","doi":"10.1080/02713683.2025.2497324","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02713683.2025.2497324","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To evaluate the changes in meibomian gland function, ocular surface parameters, and optical quality before and after meibomian gland expression in patients with meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients with MGD underwent meibomian gland expression once weekly for 4 consecutive weeks. Comprehensive assessments, including the Ocular Surface Disease Index questionnaire, tear break-up time, corneal fluorescein staining, lid margin abnormality grading, meibum expressibility and quality evaluations, Schirmer I test (SIT), as well as optical quality examinations using the Pentacam and Optical Quality Analysis System II, were conducted before and after the treatment.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>124 eyes of 62 patients were included in the study. Most meibomian gland function and ocular surface parameters showed significant improvement after treatment. Except for and coma (<i>p</i> = .029), no other significant changes in optical quality were observed. Changes in SIT were significantly correlated with changes in total corneal high-order aberrations (tHOA-4mm) (<i>r</i> = -.224, <i>p</i> = .019). Changes in objective scattering index were significantly associated with changes in spherical aberration (<i>r</i> = .219, <i>p</i> = .022), trefoil (<i>r</i> = .797, <i>p</i> < .001), total high-order aberrations (<i>r</i> = .408, <i>p</i> < .001) and total corneal spherical aberration (<i>r</i> = .590, <i>p</i> < .001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Meibomian gland expression effectively improves meibomian gland function and ocular surface parameters. However, it does not appear to significantly impact optical quality in patients with MGD.</p>","PeriodicalId":10782,"journal":{"name":"Current Eye Research","volume":" ","pages":"1-6"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143989287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of Capsular Tension Ring Implantation on Postoperative Rotational Stability and Visual Performance of a Multifocal Toric Intraocular Lens.","authors":"Jiao Qi, Xiaoxin Hu, Wenwen He, Keke Zhang, Jiaqi Meng, Yi Lu, Xiangjia Zhu","doi":"10.1080/02713683.2025.2495219","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02713683.2025.2495219","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To investigate the effect of capsular tension ring (CTR) implantation on postoperative rotational stability and visual performance of a plate-haptic multifocal toric intraocular lens in highly and non-highly myopic eyes.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Consecutive cataract patients intended for phacoemulsification and plate-haptic multifocal toric IOL (AT LISA 909 M) implantation were enrolled and randomized to receive either co-implantation of a CTR or not. Axial length (AL) ≥ 26 mm was defined as highly myopic (HM) eyes. At 3 months postoperatively, IOL rotation degree, residual astigmatism, visual acuity, higher-order aberrations, modulation transfer function, dysfunctional lens index (DLI), and quality of vision index (QVI) were assessed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>This prospective cohort study included 44 eyes with CTR implanted and 43 without. In HM eyes, the CTR group showed significantly smaller degree of IOL rotation and less residual astigmatism compared to the non-CTR group, however, no such differences were found in non-HM eyes (both <i>p</i> > 0.05). Furthermore, in HM eyes, despite no difference in visual acuity, the CTR group exhibited significantly lower spherical aberrations and higher DLI and QVI compared to the non-CTR group (all <i>p</i> < 0.05), although no such differences were observed in non-HM eyes (all <i>p</i> > 0.05). Multivariate analysis identified longer AL, larger white-to-white, and non-use of CTR as independent risk factors for greater IOL rotation.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The co-implantation of CTR improves the rotational stability of a multifocal toric IOL in HM eyes, hence subsequently enhancing visual quality.</p>","PeriodicalId":10782,"journal":{"name":"Current Eye Research","volume":" ","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143984193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Seven-Year Observation of Posterior Corneal Elevations After Small Incision Lenticule Extraction in Myopic Patients with Thin Corneas.","authors":"Weijung Ten, Fei Xia, Shengtao Liu, Bingqing Sun, Zimeng Zhai, Xingtao Zhou, Jing Zhao","doi":"10.1080/02713683.2025.2495217","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02713683.2025.2495217","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To assess the long-term stability of the posterior corneal surface in myopic patients with thin corneas after Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study involved 60 eyes from 60 patients (mean spherical equivalent (SE): -5.81 ± 1.79 D), divided into two groups based on preoperative central corneal thickness (CCT): Group A (CCT < 510 μm, thin cornea) and Group B (CCT ≥ 510 μm, normal cornea), with 30 eyes per group. Data collected preoperatively and 7 years postoperatively included visual acuity, SE, efficacy and safety indices, intraocular pressure, axial length, and posterior corneal surface elevation measured by Pentacam.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>No significant long-term complications were observed. Efficacy and safety indices were similar: 0.94 ± 0.16 and 1.07 ± 0.11 in Group A, and 0.94 ± 0.17 and 1.07 ± 0.16 in Group B. In Group A, posterior central elevation (PCE) increased significantly from baseline, while posterior thinnest elevation (PTE) decreased. Group B showed a significant increase in mid-peripheral elevation at 4 mm (MPE-4 mm). Subgroup analysis revealed increased PTE and MPE-6 mm in low-to-moderate myopia in Group A, and increased peripheral elevations in similar myopia levels in Group B. High myopia patients showed no significant changes. Correlation analysis in Group A showed that changes in 7-year PTE were negatively correlated with residual bed thickness (RBT) and positively correlated with the ablation ratio (AR). Similarly, changes in PCE and PTE correlated with RBT and AR.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>SMILE effectively corrects myopia long-term but increases posterior surface elevation in thin corneas. Patients with high myopia and thin corneas should monitor RBT and AR to ensure long-term corneal stability and safety.</p>","PeriodicalId":10782,"journal":{"name":"Current Eye Research","volume":" ","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143983402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Heun Min, Noraliz Garcia-O'Farrill, Patricia Garcia, Andrew Thomson, Allan A Hunter
{"title":"Prospective Telemedicine Postoperative Protocol Following Microincision Vitrectomy Surgery (MIVS).","authors":"Heun Min, Noraliz Garcia-O'Farrill, Patricia Garcia, Andrew Thomson, Allan A Hunter","doi":"10.1080/02713683.2025.2490768","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02713683.2025.2490768","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Retrospective studies show a low proportion of postoperative (PO) complications or alterations in management after Microincision Vitrectomy Surgery (MIVS). To our knowledge, this is the first prospective analysis of a telemedicine alternative to the standard practice for PO visits after MIVS. The purpose of this study is to evaluate telemedicine for the management of postoperative visits (POV) following MIVS.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Ongoing randomized, prospective study with 53 patients assigned (1:1) to two arms of POV schedules including Virtual Telemedicine visits (VT) <i>vs.</i> In-person Telemedicine (IP) visits. POV schedules in both groups included visits on the same day after surgery and week(s) 1, 2, 8, and 12. Complete exams with visual acuity, intraocular pressure, and dilated fundus exams of the operative eye were performed by the retina surgeon on day 0, weeks 2 and 12 in both groups. Protocolized focused undilated exams on weeks 1 and 8 either remotely (VT group) or in-person (IP group). Statistical analyses included Mann-Whitney U tests between groups using Microsoft Excel.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Primary outcome, mean POV logMAR BCVA, showed no statistically significant difference (<i>p</i>-value = 0.70) between VT and IP groups. Other pre- and post-surgical comparisons (e.g. IOP, RNFL score) showed no statistical differences. No post-surgical complications have been noted.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Telemedicine-assisted POV may be a safe and convenient alternative for patients undergoing uncomplicated MIVS, but additional and larger studies are needed.</p>","PeriodicalId":10782,"journal":{"name":"Current Eye Research","volume":" ","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143970127","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}