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  1. This study aimed to characterize the clinical results and usability of intraoperative optical coherence tomography (iOCT) associated with a digital visualization system in vitreoretinal surgery for macular hol...

    Authors: Leticia Pinheiro de Freitas, Jamil Miguel Neto, Laís Lauria Neves, Thais Bastos, Alexandre Caiado Ferreira Pires, Antônio Marcelo Barbante Casella, David Leonardo Cruvinel Isaac and Marcos Pereira de Ávila
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:57
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  2. To assess macular anatomical and vascular parameters in individuals working in iron ore mines using Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) and Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography (OCTA) imaging to explore pot...

    Authors: Navid Faraji, Seyyed Pouria Tafti, Niloofar Khoshroo, Alireza Khoshrou, Elham Bakhtiari, Saeid Eslami, Nasser Shoeibi, Mohammad Reza Ansari Astaneh, Seyedeh Maryam Hosseini, Majid Abrishami, Hamid Reza Heidarzadeh, Parnian Arjmand and Mojtaba Abrishami
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:56
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  3. It is evident that the physiopathological pathways of ocular and renal microvascular tissues in patients with systemic lupus are similar. Previously, this was confirmed by employing traditional fundus examinat...

    Authors: Ahmed Ibrahim Basiony, Sameh Mohamed Elgouhary, Hadeer Elbasuony Mohamed and Enas Sobhy Zahran
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:55
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  4. Vision degrading mydesposiae (VDM) can have a significant impact on a patient’s quality of life. Pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) is a surgical modality used to treat a variety of vitreoretinal diseases and is an a...

    Authors: Malshi Karunatilake, Brendon Fijardo, Eugene Michael and Rizwan Somani
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:54
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  5. Proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) is a major cause of failure in cases of retinal detachment (RD) repair. Intravitreal melphalan, a known inhibitor of cellular proliferation, offers a novel therapeutic app...

    Authors: Carlos A. Moreira-Neto, Jose S Pulido, Luca Bongiovanni de Miranda Gonçalves, Gabriel Nunes Cavalcanti, Acacio Souza Lima, José de Paula Barbosa Neto, Daniel Lavinsky, Talita Virginia Fernandes de Oliveira, Fernando Ejii Ogata, Lucas Zago Ribeiro, Luiz Fernando Teixeira, Flavia Borelli Gomes do Nascimento, Luiz H. Lima, Octaviano Jr. Magalhães, Michel Eid Farah and Maurício Maia
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:53
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  6. To evaluate the impact of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP), gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), and their combined presence (GDM-HDP) as perinatal risk factors for severe retinopathy of prematurity (...

    Authors: Narges Khoshtinat, Maryam Moayeri, Hanieh Fakhredin, Afsar Dastjani Farahani, Fariba Ghassemi, Alireza Mahmoudi, Fatemeh Bazvand and Amin Nabavi
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:52
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  7. We used state-of-the-art high-resolution retinal imaging to explore the treatment (loading dose of aflibercept) of diabetic macular edema (DME) among treatment-naive patients. Swept-source (SS) OCT and OCT-Ang...

    Authors: Marcussi Palata Rezende, Fernanda Atoui Faria, Daniel Prado Beraldo, Julia Polido, Rubens Belfort Jr. and Thiago Cabral
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:51
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  8. Long-term complications occur in some patients with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease (VKHD).This study aimed to evaluate the presence of bacillary layer detachment (BALAD) at presentation as an early predictor of ...

    Authors: Ruy Felippe Brito Gonçalves Missaka, Mauro Goldbaum, Cleide Guimarães Machado, Emmett T. Cunningham Jr, Fernanda Maria Silveira Souto, Marcelo Mendes Lavezzo, Priscilla Figueiredo Campos da Nóbrega, Camillo Carneiro Gusmão, Viviane Mayumi Sakata, Maria Kiyoko Oyamada, Carlos Eduardo Hirata and Joyce Hisae Yamamoto
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:50
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  10. To evaluate the efficacy of artificial intelligence (AI) in screening for diabetic retinopathy (DR) using fundus images and optical coherence tomography (OCT) in comparison to traditional screening methods.

    Authors: Abdullah S. Alqahtani, Wasan M. Alshareef, Hanan T. Aljadani, Wesal O. Hawsawi and Marya H. Shaheen
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:48
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  12. To summarize knowledge about the effects of experimental and iatrogenic hypothermia on ocular structures, with a specific focus on retinal consequences and therapeutical perspectives in vitreoretinal surgery.

    Authors: Emanuele Crincoli, Matteo Mario Carlà, Alfonso Savastano, Mariacristina Savastano, Raphael Kilian, Clara Rizzo, Tomaso Caporossi and Stanislao Rizzo
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:46
    Content type: Review Published on:

  13. The aim of this study was to compare the safety and efficacy of 20,000 cuts per minute (cpm) with 10,000 cpm in vitreous cutters.

    Authors: Shing Chuen Chow, Jeffrey Man Yeung Lo, Mehnaz Quddus, Qing Li, Wai Ching Lam and Nicholas Siu Kay Fung
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:45
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  14. Artificial intelligence (AI)-driven biomarker segmentation offers an objective and reproducible approach for quantifying key anatomical features in neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) using opt...

    Authors: Michael Hafner, Franziska Eckardt, Jakob Siedlecki, Benedikt Schworm, Tina R. Herold, Ben Asani, Siegfried G. Priglinger and Johannes B. Schiefelbein
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:44
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  15. Plus disease is characterized by abnormal changes in retinal vasculature of premature infants. Presence of Plus disease is an important criterion for identifying treatment-requiring cases in Retinopathy of Pre...

    Authors: Sayed Mehran Sharafi, Nazanin Ebrahimiadib, Ramak Roohipourmoallai, Afsar Dastjani Farahani, Marjan Imani Fooladi, Golnaz Gharehbaghi and Elias Khalili Pour
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:43
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  16. This study was conducted as a retrospective, exploratory analysis to assess early anatomical and functional effects of intravitreal aflibercept 8 mg in neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) in a ...

    Authors: Jennifer Cattaneo, Eva C. De Oliveira Figueiredo, Andrea Montesel, Sandra Vermeirsch and Chiara M. Eandi
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:42
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  17. The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare has revolutionized various medical domains, including radiology, intensive care, and ophthalmology. However, the increasing reliance on AI-driven s...

    Authors: Luis Filipe Nakayama, Lucas Zago Ribeiro, Fernando Korn Malerbi and Caio Saito Regatieri
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:41
    Content type: Comment Published on:

  18. Intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) agents are the standard of care in DME, a sight-threatening complication of diabetic retinopathy. However, many patients show suboptimal respons...

    Authors: Saeed Karimi, Mehdi Nouri, Amir Reza Mansouri, Golnar Hassanzadeh, Hosein Nouri, Saber Mohsen Rikani and Seyed-Hossein Abtahi
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:40
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  19. To evaluate methods of preoperative axial length (AL) estimation for intraocular lens (IOL) power calculation in patients with macula-off rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD). These methods included optical...

    Authors: Sukhum Silpa-archa, Chitchanok Samanwongthai, Variya Nganthavee and Korawin Charoensuk
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:39
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  20. To evaluate the significance of age and gender on macular retinal and choroidal thicknesses (RT and CT) and related vascular density (VD) using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) in a wide spectru...

    Authors: Fariba Ghassemi, Morteza Karimi, Farhad Salari and Kia Bayat
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:38
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  21. Effects of macular shape changes on the retina have been studied in pathologic myopia. However, whether there are individual differences in macular shape in non-pathologic myopia and the influence of macular s...

    Authors: Hiroto Terasaki, Ryoh Funatsu, Koki Okamura, Naohisa Mihara, Hideki Shiihara, Takehiro Yamashita, Shozo Sonoda and Taiji Sakamoto
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:37
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  22. To evaluate the potential adjunctive effect of pledget anesthetic to topical proparacaine applied in a droplet form in patients undergoing intravitreal injections (IVI).

    Authors: Jeffrey Man Yeung Lo, Veronica Yui Yan Li, Rachel Ka Ying Cheung, Shing Chuen Chow, Kendrick Co Shih, Nicholas Siu Kay Fung and Wai-Ching Lam
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:36
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  24. A variety of different treatments have been proposed to effectively treat chronic central serous chorioretinopathy but there remains uncertainty regarding the efficacy of a number of treatment options. We aim ...

    Authors: Henok Getahun and Rajendra S. Apte
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:34
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  25. To evaluate the therapeutic effect of a single intravitreal dexamethasone implant (Ozurdex®) in eyes with refractory diabetic macular oedema (DME) anatomically via optical coherence tomography (OCT) and functiona...

    Authors: Aya Refaat Ali Mohammed, Mohamed Farouk Sayed Othman, Yehia Mahmoud Khairat and Amr Ahmed Mohamed Abdelrahman
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:33
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  26. To compare the efficacy and safety of half-dose and one-third-dose photodynamic therapy (PDT) with verteporfin in patients with chronic central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC).

    Authors: Mohsen Farvardin, Dorna Eghtedari, Maryam Shahmohammadi and Mohammadkarim Johari
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:32
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  27. To determine if eyes with the foveal crack sign (FCS) in macular pattern dystrophy (MPD) progress to macular holes, and if FCS occurs in the context of hyperreflective foci (HRF) that do not reach the threshol...

    Authors: Rainer Rodriguez and David J. Browning
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:31
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  28. Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a leading cause of visual impairment and blindness in preterm infants. Early identification of key risk factors is essential for effective screening and timely intervention....

    Authors: Mohammad Reza Mazaheri Habibi, Azadeh JafariMoghadam, Narges Norouzkhani, Elham Nazari, Bahareh Imani, Azam Kheirdoust and Seyed Ali Fatemi Aghda
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:30
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  29. Macular diseases (MD) lead to frequent clinic visits, involve time-consuming visual acuity (VA) measurements by professionals. Independent home measurements could improve efficiency. This study evaluates the a...

    Authors: Casper van der Zee, Leon Daniel Huang Huynh, Saskia Marijke Imhof, Jeannette Ossewaarde-van Norel, Redmer van Leeuwen and Robert Pieter Leendert Wisse
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:29
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  30. This study aimed to determine the optimal OCT angiography (OCT-A) scanning pattern using the SPECTRALIS HRA-OCT2 device to evaluate macular microvasculature perfusion in healthy subjects.

    Authors: Ramkailash Gujar, Giulia Gregori, Rosa Dolz-Marco, Alessio Muzi, Jay Chhablani, Daniela Fruttini, Lorenzo Mangoni, Clara Rizzo, Cesare Mariotti and Marco Lupidi
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:28
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  31. Authors: Mansour Bahardoust, Yadollah Mehrabi, Farzad Hadaegh, Davood Khalili and Ali Delpisheh
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:27
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:9

  32. This study aimed to evaluate the surgical management and long-term follow-up of hypotony related to post-vitrectomy peripheral circumferential retinal detachment (PCD).

    Authors: Leandro Cabral Zacharias, Lívia da Silva Conci, Davi Paraguassu de Sousa Martins, Rony Carlos Preti, Leonardo Proveti Cunha and Mario Luiz Ribeiro Monteiro
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:26
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  33. This paper presents a modification of the needle-assisted retropupillary fixation technique for iris-claw intraocular lenses (IOLs). We introduce a novel, minimally invasive reenclavation technique for managin...

    Authors: Celso Costa, Nuno Gouveia, Pedro Fonseca, Miguel Raimundo, Joaquim Murta and João Figueira
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:25
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  34. Authors: Giacomo Visioli, Ludovico Alisi, Elvia Mastrogiuseppe, Giuseppe Maria Albanese, Enrico Romano, Ludovico Iannetti, Marta Armentano, Francesca Giovannetti and Magda Gharbiya
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:24
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2023 9:35

  35. Authors: Vinicius Campos Bergamo, Luis Filipe Nakayama, Nilva Simeren Bueno de Moraes, Ivan Maynart Tavares, Mauro Silveira De Queiroz Campos, Ana Luisa Hofling‑Lima and Maurício Maia
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:23
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:18

  37. Smoking increases oxidative stress, affecting the vascular endothelium by decreasing the antioxidant vitamin C and disrupting regular nitric oxide activity. It reduces blood flow in the retina and choroid due ...

    Authors: Miguel A. Quiroz-Reyes, Erick A. Quiroz-Gonzalez, Miguel A. Quiroz-Gonzalez and Virgilio Lima-Gomez
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:21
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  38. Retinocytoma, or retinoma, is a rare benign intraocular tumor primarily affecting the retina. It is often considered a precursor or a differentiated form of retinoblastoma, a malignant retinal tumor predominan...

    Authors: Maysa Al-Hussaini, Sarah Al Sharie, Hala Sultan, Mona Mohammad and Yacoub A. Yousef
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:20
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  39. The retina’s intricate interplay of forces and structures, with a focus on the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and photoreceptors, is essential for retinal health and function. Among these forces, electrostat...

    Authors: Khayry Al-Shami, Jafar Shatnawi, Khaled Qasagsah, Salman Almurabi, Ghayda’ Shatnawi, Tasnim Darawsheh and Shahed Karaja
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:19
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  40. Postoperative endophthalmitis (PSE) is a severe ocular complication that can lead to irreversible vision loss or even globe atrophy. The Endophthalmitis Vitrectomy Study (EVS) historically guided PSE managemen...

    Authors: Vinicius Campos Bergamo, Luis Filipe Nakayama, Nilva Simeren Bueno de Moraes, Ivan Maynart Tavares, Mauro Silveira De Queiroz Campos, Ana Luisa Hofling-Lima and Maurício Maia
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:18
    Content type: Research Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:23

  41. Hypertensive retinopathy refers to changes in the retinal microvasculature resulting from elevated blood pressure, and the global burden ranges from 2 to 85%. However, there was no evidence on prevalence and a...

    Authors: Yitayal Abebe Gudayneh, Abebech Fikade Shumye, Abebech Tewabe Gelaye and Melkamu Temeselew Tegegn
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:17
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  42. To investigate the association between oxidative stress (OS) and both the risk of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) and the treatment response to intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth...

    Authors: Maiko Abe, Hiroshi Kunikata, Naoko Aizawa, Masayuki Yasuda, Fumihiko Nitta, Toshiaki Abe and Toru Nakazawa
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:16
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  43. Vitreous biopsy is a common technique used to guide management of acute endophthalmitis and help differentiate between infectious and inflammatory conditions. Currently, in-clinic vitreous biopsy is performed ...

    Authors: Charles DeBoer, Cindy Zhao, Prithvi Mruthyunjaya, Vinit B. Mahajan, Karen M. Wai and Steven R. Sanislo
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:15
    Content type: Editorial Published on:

  44. To illustrate the treatment effect of Pegcetacoplan for atrophy secondary to age-related macular degeneration (AMD), on an individualized topographic progression prediction basis, using a deep learning model.

    Authors: Irmela Mantel, Romina M. Lasagni Vitar and Sandro De Zanet
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:14
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  45. To examine the association between tear glucose (TG) and the presence and severity of diabetic retinopathy (DR) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

    Authors: Ningyao Cao, Lili Feng, Wei Xu, Fanglin He, Caiwen Xiao, Yan Liu, Weirong Xu, Jingjing Cui, Yuqian Guo, Lianqing Yao, Wenwen Xia, Fei Chen, Yong Li, Chuandi Zhou and Xiaofang Xu
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:13
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  46. To evaluate baseline optical coherence tomography (OCT) biomarkers in treatment-naïve patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) and their correlation with visual acuity changes followin...

    Authors: Hamid Riazi-Esfahani, Hooshang Faghihi, Fatemeh Bazvand, Mohammadreza Mehrabi Bahar, Hassan Khojasteh, Ahmed Husein Ahmed, Shahin Faghihi, Ali Fakhraie, Mohammad Hossein Zamani, Samin Ghasemi, Esmaeil Asadi Khameneh and Elias Khalili Pour
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:12
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  47. Diabetic retinopathy (DR) and macular edema (DME) are critical causes of vision loss in patients with diabetes. In many communities, access to ophthalmologists and retinal imaging equipment is limited, making ...

    Authors: Eun Young Choi, Joon Yul Choi and Tae Keun Yoo
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:11
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  48. Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a leading cause of vision impairment worldwide, affecting both retinal and choroidal vasculature. While advances in imaging technology, particularly optical coherence tomography an...

    Authors: M. Hossein Nowroozzadeh and Mansoureh Bagheri
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:10
    Content type: Review Published on:

  49. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of metformin and sulfonylurea (SUs) medication time on Diabetic retinopathy (DR) among newly diagnosed patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) using a pooled analysis. This...

    Authors: Mansour Bahardoust, Yadollah Mehrabi, Farzad Hadaegh, Davood Khalili and Ali Delpisheh
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:9
    Content type: Research Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:27

  50. In the last months, conflicting evidence on a possible association between the use of semaglutide and incident nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) has emerged. A recently published study, w...

    Authors: Fernando K. Malerbi and Marcello C. Bertoluci
    Citation: International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2025 11:8
    Content type: Comment Published on:

    The original article was published in International Journal of Retina and Vitreous 2024 10:97


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