4 Topic Commentaries

The Fellow Eye Is Never Just a Bystander

The Fellow Eye Is Never Just a Bystander

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  Kelly Donovan, MD, PhD

  Ophthalmology

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  Duke Eye Center, Duke University Medical Center

  In short, the extensive analyses used in this study showed an underwhelming correlation between fellow eyes.

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  Tiarnán D. L. Keenan, BM BCh, PhD

  Ophthalmology

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  National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health

  Meaning Results suggest that the GA enlargement rate in 1 eye often does not consistently predict the enlargement rate in the fellow eye; this assumption should be used cautiously in designing clinical trials or inferring treatment effects.

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  Devinder S. Chauhan, FRCOphth, MD

  Ophthalmology

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  Moorfields Eye Hospital, London

  A crucial guide to the level of risk for a fellow eye is the presence or absence of a posterior vitreous detachment.

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  Kazuyuki Kumagai, MD

  Ophthalmology

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  Shinjo Ophthalmologic Institute

  Curve-fit analysis showed that the estimated risk of MH in the fellow eye was 12.0% at 5 years and 16.9% at 10 years.

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