Seminal Ophthalmology Papers - Retina and Vitreous

Natural history

Retinopathy of Prematurity – Terry 1942

Retinal breaks without detachment – Davis 1974

Disciform degeneration of the macula – Chandre, Gragoudas, Friedman, Van Buskirk and Klein 1974

Asymptomatic retinal breaks – Byer 1982

Senile retinoschisis with implications for management – Byer 1986

Lattice degeneration of the retina – Byer 1989
Asymptomatic retinal breaks,– Byer 1998

Subclinical retinal detachment resulting from asymptomatic retinal breaks. – Byer 2001

Spontaneous regression and disappearance of subclinical rhegmatogenous retinal detachment – Byer 2001

Surgery of the Retina and Vitreous

Scleral buckling – Schepens 1951

Intraocular gases for retinal detachment – Rosengren1952

Light coagulation for treatment and prevention of the retinal detachment - Meyer-Schwickerath 1954

Laser photocoagulation – Zaret, Breinin, Schmidt, Ripps, Siegel, and Solon 1961

Pars Planna Victrectomy – Machemer 1971

Liquid silicone to repair retinal detachments – Cibis 1962

Cryosurgery to seal retinal holes – Lincoff 1964

Description of retinal breaks in normal eyes – Rutnin 1967

A systematic approach to locating retinal holes – Lincoff 1964

Pars plana vitrectomy – Machemer 1971

The topographical features of the vitreoretinal juncture – Foos 1972

Long acting gas in the management of retinal detachments – Norton 1973

The role of the retinal pigment epithelium in massive periretinal proliferation and retinal detachment – Machemer 1975

The role of the glial cells epithelium in massive periretinal proliferation and retinal detachment - Laqua 1975

Managing giant retinal tears – Machemer 1978

Vitrectomy for treating complications of diabetic retinopathy – Michels 1978

The principles and methods in managing infectious endophthalmitis – Forster 1980

Intravitreal expansion of perfluorocarbon bubbles – Lincoff 1980

The role of osmolarity of intravitreal injections and retinal detachment – Marmor 1980

Vitrectomy in the treatment of macular pucker – Michels 1981

Antiproliferative therapy in the treatment of proliferative vitreoretinopathy – Blumenkranz 1982

Intraocular argon laser in the management of severe proliferative vitreoretinopathy – Parke 1982

Outpatient pneumatic retinopexy – Hilton 1986

Low viscosity liquid fluorochemicals in vitreous surgery – Chang 1987

Surgical removal of subfoveal neovascularization in the presumed ocular histoplasmosis syndrome – Thomas 1991

Vitreous surgery for macular holes – Kelly 1991

A clinical classification of retinal detachments with proliferative vitreoretinopathy – Machemer 1991

Posterior vitreous detachment with early management as the premier line of defense against retinal detachment – Byer 1994

Age Related Macular Degeneration

Argon laser photocoagulation for neovascular maculopathy. Five-year results from randomized clinical trials - Macular Photocoagulation Study Group 1991

Photodynamic therapy with Verteporfin (Visudyne) - TAP Group 1999

Macugen (pegaptanib) - Gragoudas, Adamis, Cunningham, Feinsod, and Guyer 2004

Avastin (bevacizumab) – Michels, Rosenfeld, Puliafito, Marcus and Venkatraman 2005

Lucentis (ranibizumab)

Ranibizubam treatment for neovascular ARMD - Heier, Antoszyk, Pavan, Leff, Rosenfeld, Ciulla, Dreyer, Gentile, Sy, Hantsbrager, and Shams 2006

MARINA Ranibizumab for neovascular ARMD – Rosenfeld, Brown, Heier, Boyer, Kaiser, Chung, and Kim 2006

ANCHOR - Ranibizumab versus Verteporfin for neovascular ARMD - Brown, Kaiser, Michels, Soubrane, Heier, Kim, Sy, and Schneider 2006

Diabetic Retinopathy

Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy

Diabetic retinopathy and photocoagulation Meyer-Schwiderath 1968

Preliminary report on effects of photocoagulation therapy. The Diabetic Retinopathy Study Research Group. 1976

Photocoagulation treatment of proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Clinical application of Diabetic Retinopathy Study (DRS) findings, DRS Report Number 8. The Diabetic Retinopathy Study Research Group. Ophth 1981

Macular edema

Photocoagulation for diabetic macular edema. Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy
Study report number 1. Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study research group.1985

Cystoid macular edema following cataract extraction – Gass 1966

Fundus Angiography

Fluorescein Angioscopy – MacLean and Maumanee 1959

Fluorescein Angiography – Novotny and Alvis 1961

Indocyanine Green Angiography – Flower and Hochheimer 1973

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