Incremental cost-effectiveness of initial cataract surgeryBrandon G Busbee
Center for Evidence-Based Health Care Economics, Wills Eye Hospital, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Ophthalmology 109:606-12; discussion 612-3. 2002
..This information, incorporating patient preferences into evidenced-based medicine, will play an increasingly important role in the evaluation of health care in the future...
Twelve-Month Efficacy and Safety of 0.5 mg or 2.0 mg Ranibizumab in Patients with Subfoveal Neovascular Age-related Macular DegenerationBrandon G Busbee
Tennessee Retina, Nashville, Tennessee Electronic address
Ophthalmology 120:1046-56. 2013
..5 mg and 2.0 mg administered monthly and on an as-needed (PRN) basis in treatment-naïve patients with subfoveal neovascular age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD)...
Cost-effectiveness of ocular interventionsBrandon G Busbee
The Center for Evidence Based Health Care Economics, Retina Vascular Unit, Cataract and Primary Eye Care Service, Wills Eye Hospital, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Curr Opin Ophthalmol 14:132-8. 2003
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Endophthalmitis: a reappraisal of incidence and treatmentBrandon G Busbee
Retina Vitreous Associates, Nashville, Tennessee 37203, USA
Curr Opin Ophthalmol 17:286-91. 2006
..The current publications that address either the incidence or treatment of endophthalmitis are reviewed...
Cost-utility analysis of cataract surgery in the second eyeBrandon G Busbee
Center for Evidence Based Health Care Economics, Wills Eye Hospital, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Ophthalmology 110:2310-7. 2003
..To perform a reference case cost-utility analysis of second-eye cataract surgery by using the current literature on cataract outcomes and complications...
Advances in knowledge and treatment: an update on endophthalmitisBrandon G Busbee
The Retina Service, New England Eye Center Tufts University and Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Curr Opin Ophthalmol 15:232-7. 2004
..Because complete elimination of postsurgical endophthalmitis appears unattainable, strategies directed at optimal prevention, diagnosis, and management are constantly pursued...
Changing trends in the microbiologic aspects of postcataract endophthalmitisFranco M Recchia
Division of Vitreoretinal Diseases and Surgery, Vanderbilt Eye Institute, Nashville, Tenn 37232, USA
Arch Ophthalmol 123:341-6. 2005
..To analyze the microbiologic spectrum and in vitro susceptibility profiles over the last 11 years of organisms isolated from the vitreous of patients with endophthalmitis following cataract surgery...
Update on treatment strategies for bleb-associated endophthalmitisBrandon G Busbee
Retina Vitreous Associates, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Curr Opin Ophthalmol 16:170-4. 2005
..SUMMARY: More options are now available to treat bleb-associated endophthalmitis. No one treatment paradigm is definitively superior in producing desired visual outcomes...
Vitreous nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug concentrations and prostaglandin E2 levels in vitrectomy patients treated with ketorolac 0.4%, bromfenac 0.09%, and nepafenac 0.1%Jeffrey S Heier
Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
Retina 29:1310-3. 2009
..To assess vitreous concentrations of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and prostaglandin E(2) in patients treated with NSAIDs before vitrectomy...
Bleb-associated endophthalmitis: clinical characteristics and visual outcomesBrandon G Busbee
Retina Service, New England Eye Center, Boston, USA
Ophthalmology 111:1495-503; discussion 1503. 2004
..09). CONCLUSIONS: Bleb-associated endophthalmitis causes significant visual morbidity. Patients with culture-negative BAE and patients treated with prompt PPV may achieve better visual outcome...
Overview of ocular anesthesia: past and presentJuanita S Bryant
New England Eye Center Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Curr Opin Ophthalmol 22:180-4. 2011
..Many choices of ocular anesthetic techniques are available to the ophthalmologist. This study reviews currently used techniques of topical, subconjunctival and regional block anesthesia used in ophthalmic procedures...
CME review: A cost-utility analysis of laser photocoagulation for extrafoveal choroidal neovascularizationBrandon G Busbee
Center for Value-Based Medicine, and Department of Ophthalmology, Tufts New England Medical Center, USA
Retina 23:279-87; ; quiz 443-4. 2003
..CONCLUSION: Laser photocoagulation for extrafoveal choroidal neovascularization associated with age-related macular degeneration appears to be cost-effective when compared with interventions across multiple medical specialties...
Value-based medicine: a new paradigm to evaluate treatments for vitreoretinal diseases and other medical interventionsBrandon G Busbee
Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston, MA 02114, USA
Int Ophthalmol Clin 44:155-72. 2004