Research Library

Recent Publications

A comprehensive index of peer-reviewed results, case studies, and scientific breakthrough data generated at Cascade Medical Research Institute.

9 Publications
Cornea

Topical Losartan and Systemic Vitamin C to Mitigate Corneal Fibrosis After Superficial Keratectomy Complicated by Infection

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, 2025

This case study is following the outcomes of a patient treated with topical losartan and systemic vitamin C for corneal fibrosis.

Cornea

Brillouin Microscopy for Corneal Biomechanics

Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, Jun 2024

This study sought to explore the efficacy and applicability of Brillouin Microscopy in measuring corneal biomechanics by performing a series of experiments including live rabbits and ex vivo pig eyes using the Brillouin optical scanner system (BOSS).

Innovative Protocols

Dropless Vitrectomy Surgery in 2025

Expert Review in Ophthalmology, 2025

This study investigates the outcomes of a novel postoperative dropless protocol that eliminates the usage of preoperative and postoperative topical eye drops for 25G and 27G vitrectomies.

Retina

Self-Supervised Contrastive Learning Improves Machine Learning Discrimination of Full Thickness Macular Holes From Epiretinal Membranes in Retinal OCT Scans

PLOS Digital Health, Aug 2024

This study tests the hypothesis that the use of artificial intelligence can be useful in distinguishing full thickness macular holes from epiretinal membranes and pseudoholes.

Retina

Quantification of Neuronal Dendrite Structure in Mouse Retinal Bipolar Cells Using Fractal Dimension, D

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Jun 2024

This study tests the hypothesis that two-month old healthy mice will have retinal bipolar cell dendritic arbors with an average fractal dimension of approximately 1.40.

Cornea

Early Findings of Phase 1/2 Trial Assessing Accelerated Epithelial-On Crosslinking for Keratoconus

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Jun 2024

This study assesses outcomes of epithelial-on crosslinking comparing a pulsed versus continuous protocol.