Seth E Buscho, Imanouel M Samai, Saif Aldeen Alryalat, Osama Al Deyabat, Alan Lumsden, Zsolt Garami, Andrew G Lee
{"title":"Reversal of cortical blindness after retrograde stent placement for innominate artery stenosis.","authors":"Seth E Buscho, Imanouel M Samai, Saif Aldeen Alryalat, Osama Al Deyabat, Alan Lumsden, Zsolt Garami, Andrew G Lee","doi":"10.1016/j.jcjo.2024.12.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcjo.2024.12.008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9606,"journal":{"name":"Canadian journal of ophthalmology. Journal canadien d'ophtalmologie","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143188402","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}
Angelica Hanna, Diana Lucia Martinez, Matthew B Schlenker, Iqbal I K Ahmed
{"title":"Socioeconomic status and vision care utilization in Canada: a systematic review.","authors":"Angelica Hanna, Diana Lucia Martinez, Matthew B Schlenker, Iqbal I K Ahmed","doi":"10.1016/j.jcjo.2025.01.016","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcjo.2025.01.016","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Despite a universal health care system, access to vision care in Canada is not necessarily equally accessible to all patients. The purpose of this review was to explore the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and vision care utilization in Canada.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Medline, Embase, CINAHL, and Cochrane were searched from inception to January 2024 for relevant articles containing original data. Studies that explored the association between SES and vision care utilization in Canadian patients were included. Risk of bias was assessed using the Newcastle-Ottawa and AXIS assessment tools. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize findings. The review was registered in PROSPERO (registration number: CRD42024502482) and followed PRISMA guidelines.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The search yielded 2,670 records with 23 studies included in this review. The included studies covered all provinces and ranged in date between 1985 and 2022. The included studies explored the relationship between SES and utilization of ophthalmic care, optometric care, or both. Overall, 17 of the 23 studies found that patients of lower SES were significantly more likely to have decreased usage of vision care. Decreased vision care utilization was found for all optometry, ophthalmology care, and diabetic retinopathy screening, as well as for patients of all ages, and in all provinces.</p><p><strong>Discussion/conclusion: </strong>Low socioeconomic status was consistently associated with decreased vision care utilization for patients of all ages. Efforts are required to increase accessibility to vision care for low-income individuals and to improve health equity.</p>","PeriodicalId":9606,"journal":{"name":"Canadian journal of ophthalmology. Journal canadien d'ophtalmologie","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143439922","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}
Jonathan El-Khoury, Abdullah Al-Ani, Andrea Dahoud, Bryan Arthurs, Christian El-Hadad
{"title":"Analysis of ocular emergencies: incidence and clinical patterns over 4 years at tertiary centers in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.","authors":"Jonathan El-Khoury, Abdullah Al-Ani, Andrea Dahoud, Bryan Arthurs, Christian El-Hadad","doi":"10.1016/j.jcjo.2025.01.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcjo.2025.01.006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9606,"journal":{"name":"Canadian journal of ophthalmology. Journal canadien d'ophtalmologie","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143122311","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}
Waleed K Alsarhani, Ahmed Abdelaal, Cynthia L Larche, Amandeep S Rai, Peter J Kertes
{"title":"Educational background, professional experience, and research productivity of Canada's academic ophthalmology leadership.","authors":"Waleed K Alsarhani, Ahmed Abdelaal, Cynthia L Larche, Amandeep S Rai, Peter J Kertes","doi":"10.1016/j.jcjo.2025.01.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcjo.2025.01.007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The aim of the study was to assess the educational background, professional experience, and research productivity of Canada's academic ophthalmology leadership.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This cross-sectional study focused on leaders from ophthalmology departments at 15 Canadian universities, as well as the Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology (CJO) editorial board and the Canadian Ophthalmological Society (COS) board of directors.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Ninety-one academic leaders were identified, which included 15 chairs, 9 vice chairs, 17 hospital chiefs, and 15 program directors. Additionally, the 10 members of the COS board of directors and the 31 members of the editorial board of the CJO were included. The duration of professional experience was the longest for hospital chiefs (26.63 ± 7.08 years) followed by chairs (23.86 ± 6.11 years) (p < 0.001). Chairs had the largest mean number of publications (87.13 ± 73.17), followed by vice chairs (70.89 ± 78.29) (p = 0.012). The most common residency programs attended by position holders were offered by the University of Toronto, followed by McGill University. Forty-three academic ophthalmology leaders graduated from U.S. fellowship training programs (48.3%). CJO editors were most likely to have a professor appointment (p = 0.002), fellowship training (p = 0.042), U.S. fellowship training (p = 0.007), a larger number of publications (p = 0.006), and a greater h-index (p = 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Chairs followed by vice chairs demonstrated the highest mean number of publications and h-index. More than half of the academic leaders had fellowship training either in the U.S. or Toronto. Prospective ophthalmologists interested in academic leadership may leverage these data to strategically guide their professional careers.</p>","PeriodicalId":9606,"journal":{"name":"Canadian journal of ophthalmology. Journal canadien d'ophtalmologie","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143073707","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}
Elayna G Bruce, Blake Archer, Saif Aldeen Alryalat, Osama Thiabat, Andrew G Lee
{"title":"Left homonymous hemianopsia secondary to intravenous tenecteplase.","authors":"Elayna G Bruce, Blake Archer, Saif Aldeen Alryalat, Osama Thiabat, Andrew G Lee","doi":"10.1016/j.jcjo.2024.12.014","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcjo.2024.12.014","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9606,"journal":{"name":"Canadian journal of ophthalmology. Journal canadien d'ophtalmologie","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143037174","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":"Periocular humidity with different forms of face masking.","authors":"Michele Zaman, Davin Johnson","doi":"10.1016/j.jcjo.2025.01.017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcjo.2025.01.017","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9606,"journal":{"name":"Canadian journal of ophthalmology. Journal canadien d'ophtalmologie","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143432577","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}
Fanghan Anna Yang, Leanne Stunkel, Manu S Goyal, Gregory P Van Stavern
{"title":"Mixed vascular lesion presenting as isolated vertical diplopia.","authors":"Fanghan Anna Yang, Leanne Stunkel, Manu S Goyal, Gregory P Van Stavern","doi":"10.1016/j.jcjo.2025.01.011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcjo.2025.01.011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9606,"journal":{"name":"Canadian journal of ophthalmology. Journal canadien d'ophtalmologie","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143051676","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":"Successful resolution of early fibrin occlusion of PreserFlo MicroShunt with Nd:YAG laser treatment.","authors":"Rodolfo Bonatti, Kevin Hodgson, Marcelo Nicolela","doi":"10.1016/j.jcjo.2025.01.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcjo.2025.01.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9606,"journal":{"name":"Canadian journal of ophthalmology. Journal canadien d'ophtalmologie","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143051681","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}
Haaris M Khan, Steven Schendel, Frederick S Mikelberg, Mahyar Etminan
{"title":"Acute angle-closure glaucoma risk: a comparative study of escitalopram and antidepressants.","authors":"Haaris M Khan, Steven Schendel, Frederick S Mikelberg, Mahyar Etminan","doi":"10.1016/j.jcjo.2025.01.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcjo.2025.01.004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9606,"journal":{"name":"Canadian journal of ophthalmology. Journal canadien d'ophtalmologie","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143051667","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}