Nicole J Topilow, Rafaella Cleto Penteado, Michelle Ting, Eman Al-Sharif, George A Villatoro, Jin Sook Yoon, Catherine Y Liu, Bobby S Korn, Don O Kikkawa
{"title":"Orbital decompression following treatment with teprotumumab for thyroid eye disease.","authors":"Nicole J Topilow, Rafaella Cleto Penteado, Michelle Ting, Eman Al-Sharif, George A Villatoro, Jin Sook Yoon, Catherine Y Liu, Bobby S Korn, Don O Kikkawa","doi":"10.1016/j.jcjo.2024.06.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcjo.2024.06.003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To quantify the observed decrease in orbital decompressions being performed at one tertiary care institution and to determine the rate and predictive factors of orbital decompression surgery following treatment with teprotumumab for thyroid eye disease.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Epic's SlicerDicer program was used to analyze recent trends in the overall number of thyroid eye disease (TED) patients evaluated in the oculoplastic surgery department, as well as usage trends of CPT codes 67445 (lateral orbitotomy with bone removal for decompression) and 67414 (orbitotomy with removal of bone for decompression). A retrospective chart review of active moderate-to-severe TED patients treated with teprotumumab was performed at a single tertiary care center. The main outcome measure was whether or not patients underwent bony orbital decompression surgery following treatment with teprotumumab. The SlicerDicer search demonstrated stable usage of CPT codes 67445 and 67414 from 2016 to 2019, followed by a significant decrease from 2020 to 2023, over a background of increasing numbers of TED patients evaluated in clinic. Following teprotumumab therapy, 25% of patients and 18% of orbits underwent bony decompression. Surgically decompressed patients had higher pre- and post-teprotumumab exophthalmometry measurements compared with patients who did not undergo bony decompression. Average time to decompression following conclusion or cessation of teprotumumab therapy was 12.6 months.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>While the number of TED patients treated at one tertiary care center has risen over recent years, the number of orbital decompression surgeries has declined. Orbital decompression, however, is still needed in select patients after treatment with teprotumumab.</p>","PeriodicalId":9606,"journal":{"name":"Canadian journal of ophthalmology. Journal canadien d'ophtalmologie","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141765542","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":"Stereopsis reconstruction in congenital absence of the inferior rectus.","authors":"ZhiYin Lou, Chao Li, MengXia Yuan, Fan Yang","doi":"10.1016/j.jcjo.2024.06.012","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcjo.2024.06.012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9606,"journal":{"name":"Canadian journal of ophthalmology. Journal canadien d'ophtalmologie","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141751197","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}
Ryan H Mason, Samuel A Minaker, Gabriela Lahaie Luna, Priya Bapat, Armin Farahvash, Anubhav Garg, Nishaant Bhambra, Rajeev H Muni
{"title":"Changes in aqueous and vitreous inflammatory cytokine levels in nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy: systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"Ryan H Mason, Samuel A Minaker, Gabriela Lahaie Luna, Priya Bapat, Armin Farahvash, Anubhav Garg, Nishaant Bhambra, Rajeev H Muni","doi":"10.1016/j.jcjo.2024.05.031","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcjo.2024.05.031","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Diabetic retinopathy is a complication of diabetes mellitus with the potential for significant patient morbidity. Although changes to intraocular inflammatory cytokines are integral to disease pathogenesis, studies have been inconsistent about which exact cytokines are associated with diabetic retinopathy. We aimed to quantitatively summarize proangiogenic and proinflammatory cytokines in nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR), given its frequency among those with diabetes mellitus.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A systematic literature search without year limitation to February 21, 2022, identified 59 studies assessing vitreous or aqueous cytokine levels in NPDR, encompassing 1378 eyes with NPDR and 1288 eyes from nondiabetic controls. Effect sizes were generated as standardized mean differences (SMD) of cytokine concentrations between patients with NPDR and controls.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Concentrations (SMD, 95% confidence interval, and p value) of aqueous interleukin-6 (IL-6) (2.58, 1.17‒3.99; p = 0.0003), IL-8 (1.56, 0.39‒2.74; p = 0.009), IL-17 (13.55, 7.50‒19.59; p < 0.001), transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) (2.44, 1.02‒3.85; p = 0.0007) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) (1.35, 0.76‒1.93; p < 0.00001), and vitreous VEGF (1.49, 0.60‒2.37; p = 0.001) were significantly higher in patients with NPDR when compared with those of healthy controls.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These cytokines may serve as disease markers of the biochemical alterations seen in NPDR and may guide interventions, as we move into an era of more targeted therapeutics.</p>","PeriodicalId":9606,"journal":{"name":"Canadian journal of ophthalmology. Journal canadien d'ophtalmologie","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141751193","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":"Comparing the efficacy and safety between femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery and conventional phacoemulsification cataract surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"Xinzhi Song, Ling Li, Xuemei Zhang, Jianjun Ma","doi":"10.1016/j.jcjo.2024.05.030","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcjo.2024.05.030","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To investigate the efficacy and safety of femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery (FLACS) compared with conventional phacoemulsification cataract surgery (CPCS).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were systematically searched in PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, ClinicalTrials.gov, CNKI, and Wanfang. Main outcomes were visual acuity, capsulotomy parameters, effective lens position, and complications. Secondary outcomes included refractive outcomes, intraoperative parameters, and corneal parameters.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In total, 41 RCTs involving 9310 eyes were included. There was a statistically significant difference in favour of FLACS over CPCS for uncorrected distance visual acuity at 12 months (mean difference [MD] -0.03; 95% CI -0.05 to -0.01); corrected distance visual acuity at 1 week (MD -0.05; 95% CI -0.07 to -0.02) and 12 months (MD -0.02; 95% CI -0.04 to -0.00); area of capsulotomy at 1 month (MD 4.04 mm<sup>2</sup>; 95% CI 3.45-4.64) and 6 months (MD 5.02 mm<sup>2</sup>; 95% CI 3.28-6.77); and intraocular lens centroid-pupil centroid distance at 1 week (MD -0.06 mm; 95% CI -0.08 to -0.05), 1 month (MD -0.07 mm; 95% CI -0.09 to -0.06), and 6 months (MD -0.06 mm; 95% CI -0.07 to -0.04). With regard to surgical complications, FLACS was less than CPCS for the incidence of decentred IOL (odds ratio 0.06; 95% CI 0.01-0.24). However, FLACS did not increase the incidence of other intraoperative or postoperative complications except subconjunctival hemorrhage.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Both FLACS and CPCS are effective and safe. FLACS achieves better visual outcomes in the early postoperative period and long-term follow-up, accompanied by more accurate capsulotomy and more optimized effective lens position than CPCS. However, no difference of visual outcomes was found after middle-term follow-up.</p>","PeriodicalId":9606,"journal":{"name":"Canadian journal of ophthalmology. Journal canadien d'ophtalmologie","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141751194","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":"A case of vitreous haze and a subretinal lesion diagnosed as a neuroendocrine neoplasm by vitreous biopsy","authors":"Danni Shen , Rie Tanaka , Yukako Ishiyama , Mariko Tanaka , Toshikatsu Kaburaki","doi":"10.1016/j.jcjo.2024.05.023","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcjo.2024.05.023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9606,"journal":{"name":"Canadian journal of ophthalmology. Journal canadien d'ophtalmologie","volume":"59 6","pages":"Pages e860-e862"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141751188","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":"A simple and effective simulation model for corneal foreign body and rust ring removal","authors":"Matthew J. Maguire, Tara Bader","doi":"10.1016/j.jcjo.2024.05.020","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcjo.2024.05.020","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9606,"journal":{"name":"Canadian journal of ophthalmology. Journal canadien d'ophtalmologie","volume":"59 6","pages":"Pages e871-e873"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141751189","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}
Ryung S. Lee , Edward Kuwera , Saif Aldeen Alryalat , Osama Al Deyabat , Andrew G. Lee
{"title":"Cerebellopontine angle compression with follicular dendritic cell sarcoma of the skull base","authors":"Ryung S. Lee , Edward Kuwera , Saif Aldeen Alryalat , Osama Al Deyabat , Andrew G. Lee","doi":"10.1016/j.jcjo.2024.05.017","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcjo.2024.05.017","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9606,"journal":{"name":"Canadian journal of ophthalmology. Journal canadien d'ophtalmologie","volume":"59 6","pages":"Pages e853-e856"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141751192","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}
Bita Esmaeli, Janet Fan, Hila Goldberg, Tracy Lu, Neil D Gross, Neal Akhave, Luana Guimaraes Sousa, Renata Ferrarotto
{"title":"Immune checkpoint inhibitors with or without chemotherapy for orbital, conjunctival, and ocular adnexal squamous cell carcinoma.","authors":"Bita Esmaeli, Janet Fan, Hila Goldberg, Tracy Lu, Neil D Gross, Neal Akhave, Luana Guimaraes Sousa, Renata Ferrarotto","doi":"10.1016/j.jcjo.2024.05.018","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcjo.2024.05.018","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Periocular squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is relatively rare and presents unique anatomic considerations due to proximity to the eye and risk to ocular structures associated with high-dose radiation therapy or radical surgery. We present our observations in patients with periocular SCC treated with immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy in an effort to decrease surgical morbidity or avoid high-dose radiation therapy.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Retrospective review of patients with orbital, conjunctival, or periocular SCC who were treated with ICI either in the neoadjuvant setting prior to surgery or for treatment of perineural spread in the orbit/skull base.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Twelve men and 5 women with orbital (n = 6), conjunctival (n = 5), or lacrimal sac/duct (n = 2) SCC, or SCC with perineural spread (n = 4) were treated with ICI (cemiplimab or pembolizumab) either as single drug (n = 9) or combined with chemotherapy (n = 8). Overall, 5 patients achieved complete response, 8 patients achieved partial response, and 4 patients achieved stable disease, using the response evaluation criteria in solid tumors (RECIST) criteria. The objective response rate was 76.5%. In 12 patients ICI was used in the neoadjuvant setting prior to surgery. In 4 patients with perineural spread and unresectable disease, ICI was used to avoid high-dose radiation therapy. One additional patient with conjunctival SCC with nodal metastasis was treated with ICI alone and achieved a dramatic complete response and has thus far managed to avoid surgery altogether.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>ICI either as single drug or in combination with chemotherapy has a high response rate in patients with periocular SCC. Future prospective trials should aim to correlate molecular data with response.</p>","PeriodicalId":9606,"journal":{"name":"Canadian journal of ophthalmology. Journal canadien d'ophtalmologie","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141751195","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}