TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 23, Issue 6 (June 2009)
Controversy
Should avastin be used to treat age-related macular degeneration in the NHS? – Yes
J Raftery and L Dent
Eye 23: 1247-1249; advance online publication, May 1, 2009; doi:10.1038/eye.2009.85
Should Avastin be used to treat age-related macular degeneration in the NHS? – No
N V Chong
Eye 23: 1250-1253; advance online publication, May 1, 2009; doi:10.1038/eye.2009.84
Reviews
Ocular complications following I-125 brachytherapy for choroidal melanoma
J C Wen, S C Oliver and T A McCannel
Eye 23: 1254-1268; advance online publication, March 6, 2009; doi:10.1038/eye.2009.43
Ocular teratogens: old acquaintances and new dangers
A Tandon and A Mulvihill
Eye 23: 1269-1274; advance online publication, February 20, 2009; doi:10.1038/eye.2009.30
Clinical Studies
Intravitreal ranibizumab for choroidal neovascularization secondary to pathologic myopia: 12-month results
J M Monés, L Amselem, A Serrano, M Garcia and M Hijano
Eye 23: 1275-1281; advance online publication, May 29, 2009; doi:10.1038/eye.2009.88
The effect of long-term wear of soft lenses of low and high oxygen transmissibility on the corneal epithelium
I Jalbert, D F Sweeney and F Stapleton
Eye 23: 1282-1287; advance online publication, October 10, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.307
Penetrating keratoplasty: indications, outcomes, and complications
I Rahman, F Carley, C Hillarby, A Brahma and A B Tullo
Eye 23: 1288-1294; advance online publication, October 24, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.305
The visual and refractive outcomes of combined and sequential penetrating keratoplasty, cataract extraction, and intraocular lens insertion
D Q Nguyen, L L Mumford, M N A Jones, W J Armitage, S D Cook, S B Kaye and D M Tole
Eye 23: 1295-1301; advance online publication, October 3, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.301
Intralesional and sub-Tenon's infusion of corticosteroids for treatment of refractory periorbital and orbital capillary haemangioma
R Friling, R Axer-Siegel, D Ben-Amitai, N Goldenberg-Cohen, D Weinberger and M Snir
Eye 23: 1302-1307; advance online publication, November 7, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.300
Fungal keratitis in the United Kingdom 2003–2005
S J Tuft and A B Tullo
Eye 23: 1308-1313; advance online publication, October 3, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.298
Vitreoretinal management of the complications of sickle cell retinopathy by observation or pars plana vitrectomy
T H Williamson, R Rajput, D A H Laidlaw and B Mokete
Eye 23: 1314-1320; advance online publication, October 3, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.296
The antibiotic resistance pattern of conjunctival bacteria: a key for designing a cataract surgery prophylaxis
E Fernández-Rubio, J L Urcelay and T Cuesta-Rodriguez
Eye 23: 1321-1328; advance online publication, October 3, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.295
Reference intervals and discrimination values of the Lanthony desaturated D-15 panel test in young to middle-aged Japanese army officials: the Okubo Color Study Report 1
T Shoji, Y Sakurai, E Chihara, S Nishikawa and K Omae
Eye 23: 1329-1335; advance online publication, October 3, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.292
Optical coherence tomographic characteristics and surgical outcome of eyes with myopic foveoschisis
X Fang, Y Weng, S Xu, Z Chen, J Liu, B Chen, P Wu, H Ni and K Yao
Eye 23: 1336-1342; advance online publication, October 3, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.291
LDL apheresis in the treatment of non-arteritic ischaemic optic neuropathy: a 6-month follow-up study
S Guerriero, G Giancipoli, A Cantatore, G Sacco, P Brescia, M T Saliani and A Ramunni
Eye 23: 1343-1344; advance online publication, September 19, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.287
Automated vitrector-assisted iridectomy and phacoemulsification in eyes with coexisting cataract and adherent leucomas
T Agarwal, V Jhanji, P Dutta and J S Titiyal
Eye 23: 1345-1348; advance online publication, November 14, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.283
Lipofuscin- and melanin-related fundus autofluorescence visualize different retinal pigment epithelial alterations in patients with retinitis pigmentosa
U Kellner, S Kellner, B H F Weber, B Fiebig, S Weinitz and K Ruether
Eye 23: 1349-1359; advance online publication, September 12, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.280
Relationship of diabetic macular oedema with glycosylated haemoglobin
T-H Chou, P-C Wu, J Z-C Kuo, C-H Lai and C-N Kuo
Eye 23: 1360-1363; advance online publication, September 12, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.279
Influence of age, central corneal thickness, and quality score on dynamic contour tonometry
M L S Jordão, A Pedroso de Carvalho Lupinacci, E L Ferreira, I J F Enomoto and V P Costa
Eye 23: 1364-1369; advance online publication, September 12, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.278
Ocular air gun injuries: a one-year surveillance study in the UK and Eire (BOSU). 2001–2002.
G N Shuttleworth, P Galloway, J M Sparrow and C Lane
Eye 23: 1370-1376; advance online publication, September 19, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.275
Cataract extraction after retinal detachment repair by vitrectomy : visual outcome and complications
C J Cole and D G Charteris
Eye 23: 1377-1381; advance online publication, September 5, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.255
A comparative study of tissue glue and vicryl suture for conjunctival and scleral closure in conventional 20-gauge vitrectomy
C Batman, Y Ozdamar, S Mutevelli, K Sonmez, G Zilelioglu and J Karakaya
Eye 23: 1382-1387; advance online publication, September 5, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.252
Posterior vitreous detachment following cataract surgery
D Hilford, M Hilford, A Mathew and P J Polkinghorne
Eye 23: 1388-1392; advance online publication, September 5, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.273
Patient ignorance is the main reason for treatment delay in primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in The Netherlands
F Goezinne, E C La Heij, T T J M Berendschot, N G Tahzib, L S Koetsier, J G M M Hoevenaars, A T A Liem, A Kijlstra, C A B Webers and F Hendrikse
Eye 23: 1393-1399; advance online publication, September 12, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.272
Nurse-led formal health review for immunosuppressed patients with uveitis
N P Jones and M Pickford
Eye 23: 1400-1403; advance online publication, September 26, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.270
Management of extensive subfoveal haemorrhage secondary to neovascular age-related macular degeneration
S Sacu, E Stifter, P V Vécsei-Marlovits, S Michels, C Schütze, C Prünte and U Schmidt-Erfurth
Eye 23: 1404-1410; advance online publication, August 29, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.267
Photoreceptor integrity and visual acuity in cystoid macular oedema associated with retinitis pigmentosa
A Oishi, A Otani, M Sasahara, H Kojima, H Nakamura, M Kurimoto and N Yoshimura
Eye 23: 1411-1416; advance online publication, August 22, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.266
Photodynamic therapy with verteporfin for polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy
M-W Lee, I Yeo, D Wong and C-L Ang
Eye 23: 1417-1422; advance online publication, August 29, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.265
Corneal transplant outcome in the Palestinian territories: a 2-year follow-up study
M Claesson, W J Armitage, K Olsson-Abdellatif and N Sargent
Eye 23: 1423-1426; advance online publication, August 15, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.263
Clinical outcomes after Ahmed valve implantation in refractory paediatric glaucoma
H K Yang and K H Park
Eye 23: 1427-1435; advance online publication, August 29, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.261
Effects of scan circle displacement in optical coherence tomography retinal nerve fibre layer thickness measurement: a RNFL modelling study
C Y L Cheung, C K F Yiu, R N Weinreb, D Lin, H Li, A Y Yung, C P Pang, D S C Lam and C K S Leung
Eye 23: 1436-1441; advance online publication, September 19, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.258
Transplantation of cultivated oral mucosal epithelial cells for severe corneal burn
D H-K Ma, M-T Kuo, Y-J Tsai, H-C J Chen, X-L Chen, S-F Wang, L Li, C-H Hsiao and K-K Lin
Eye 23: 1442-1450; advance online publication, April 17, 2009; doi:10.1038/eye.2009.60
Bilateral uneven cataracts in children: amblyopia management by sequential intraocular lens implantation
T Yu and E Dahan
Eye 23: 1451-1455; advance online publication, February 27, 2009; doi:10.1038/eye.2009.42
Laboratory Studies
Rapid action of oestradiol against hydrogen peroxide-induced oxidative stress in cataractous lens epithelium: an in vitro study
D Gajjar, D Patel, B Alapure, M R Praveen, A Patel, K Johar Sr and A R Vasavada
Eye 23: 1456-1463; advance online publication, September 19, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.284
Oxidative stress and antioxidant status in older adults with early cataract
L Li, J S Duker, Y Yoshida, E Niki, H Rasmussen, R M Russell and K-J Yeum
Eye 23: 1464-1468; advance online publication, September 19, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.281
Correspondence
IOL material and endophthalmitis
C D Morsman
Eye 23: 1469; advance online publication, July 4, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.207
Responding letter
L Kodjikian, M Rabilloud and J G Garweg
Eye 23: 1469; advance online publication, July 4, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.208
Cooling tetracaine to reduce pain of instillation before surgery
A E Soltani, M Ganji, M Goodarzi and S Moghimi
Eye 23: 1470; advance online publication, April 17, 2009; doi:10.1038/eye.2009.75
Recurrent bilateral dengue maculopathy following sequential infections with two serotypes of dengue virus
D T L Quek, T Barkham and S C B Teoh
Eye 23: 1471-1472; advance online publication, June 6, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.149
Photorefractive keratectomy in iris and choroidal coloboma using Pulzar Z1 solid-state technology from Customvis, Australia
M S Sridhar, P Kotamarthy and T Pujara
Eye 23: 1472; advance online publication, July 25, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.233
Jarisch–Herxheimer reaction: paradoxical worsening of tuberculosis chorioretinitis following initiation of antituberculous therapy
C M G Cheung and S P Chee
Eye 23: 1472-1473; advance online publication, July 4, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.204
Orbital cellulitis and cavernous sinus thrombosis secondary to necrobacillosis
V Hegde, D Mitry, D Mc Ateer and A Azuara-Blanco
Eye 23: 1473-1474; advance online publication, July 4, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.202
Bacterial contamination of the disposable prism holder during routine tonometry for intraocular pressure
D Lockington, S Mukherjee and D Mansfield
Eye 23: 1474-1475; advance online publication, June 6, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.163
Posterior scleritis presenting with simultaneous branch retinal artery occlusion and exudative retinal detachment
D Shukla, D Agrawal, A Dhawan and B Ramchandani
Eye 23: 1475-1477; advance online publication, July 11, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.217
Black or negative flashes in posterior vitreous detachment a transient symptom before lightning flashes commence
T H Williamson, L Watt and B Mokete
Eye 23: 1477; advance online publication, July 4, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.209
Successful surgical treatment of optic disc pit maculopathy
K Ziahosseini, C Sanghvi, W Muzaffar and P E Stanga
Eye 23: 1477-1479; advance online publication, July 25, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.211
Exposure to verteporfin and bevacizumab therapy for choroidal neovascularization secondary to punctate inner choroidopathy during pregnancy
E Rosen, A Rubowitz and J R Ferencz
Eye 23: 1479; advance online publication, July 11, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.218
Fat-forming variant of solitary fibrous tumour of the orbit: the entity previously known as lipomatous haemangiopericytoma
H Pitchamuthu, P Gonzalez, P Kyle and F Roberts
Eye 23: 1479-1481; advance online publication, July 11, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.215
Bilateral hypopyon and vitritis associated with rifabutin therapy in an immunocompetent patient taking itraconazole
N Saha, S Bansal, F Bishop and P McWhinney
Eye 23: 1481; advance online publication, July 18, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.240
UBM study in spontaneous bleb formation and blebitis after cataract surgery in Werner syndrome
S Moghimi, M Soleimani and R Soltani
Eye 23: 1481-1483; advance online publication, April 17, 2009; doi:10.1038/eye.2009.61
Transient amaurosis with intracameral lidocaine
K Chia and S Teoh
Eye 23: 1483; advance online publication, July 11, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.201
New fundus findings in a case of Kabuki syndrome
J L Chuah, J K Chuah and R Brown
Eye 23: 1483-1485; advance online publication, July 25, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.227
Corneal epithelial dysmaturation: case report
J W Koh
Eye 23: 1485-1486; advance online publication, June 20, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.191
Iris naevus with recurrent spontaneous hyphema simulating an iris melanoma
W K Song, W I Yang and S C Lee
Eye 23: 1486-1488; advance online publication, July 11, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.210
Pars plana vitrectomy and lensectomy for a nanophthalmic cataract
Y C Yap, J Park, G Duguid, C Migdal and E Schulenberg
Eye 23: 1488-1489; advance online publication, July 4, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.199
Large-angle congenital exotropia due to 'absent' medial recti: a case of congenital cranial dysinnervation disorder
A C Houtman, G Hocking, C Lloyd and S Biswas
Eye 23: 1489-1490; advance online publication, July 4, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.183
The minim technique for diagnostic anterior chamber paracentesis
M S Wertheim, P P Connell, M A Majid and A D Dick
Eye 23: 1491; advance online publication, August 8, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.231
Effect of systemic administration of valsartan, an angiotensin II type 1 receptor blocker, on retinal circulation in healthy humans
T Nagaoka, A Takahashi, E Sato, H Yokota, N Izumi and A Yoshida
Eye 23: 1491-1992; advance online publication, September 5, 2008; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.274
