April 2021 Issue Highlights

The April 2021 CJO is now available online. Here are just a few of this issue’s highlights:  

Resident Perspectives + visual abstract: Our residents have summarized 4 articles that are relevant to ophthalmology learners here in Canada and around the globe, including the article featured in our April visual abstract, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on characteristics of retinal detachments: the Canadian experience.  

Original research articles:

• Micro-incision, trans-iridal aspiration cutter biopsy for ciliary body tumours [original research]
• Age-related differences in presentation and outcomes of anti-VEGF treatment of retinal vein occlusion  [original research]
• Optical coherence tomography angiography findings in patients with COVID-19  [original research]
• Outcomes and complications of Boston keratoprosthesis type I implantation in unilateral versus bilateral corneal blindness [original research]
• Use of neuromuscular blocking drugs in strabismus surgery: systematic review and ophthalmology survey study [systematic review]

Research letters, photo essays, and case reports:

• Distribution of recurrence time intervals after anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy for myopic choroidal neovascularization [research letter]
• Canadian ophthalmology resident experience during the COVID-19 pandemic [case report]
• Serous retinal detachment following bronchoscopy-induced hypertensive emergency [case report]
• Late-onset spontaneous EX-PRESS shunt dislocation into anterior chamber [case report]
• Retinal ganglion cell loss in postmortem tissue of Alzheimer disease, glaucoma, and healthy normal subjects [case report]

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