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Overview

David J. Apple was affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States. Their research primarily focused on the field of Medicine, with particular attention to Ophthalmology and Epidemiology as subfields of study.

The scientist contributed to topics including:

  • Intraocular Surgery and Lenses
  • Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries
  • Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies

One documented paper by David J. Apple is titled "Eradication of Posterior Capsule Opacification", published in 2020 in the journal Ophthalmology. This work garnered citations reflecting engagement within the academic community.

Frequent collaborators during their research career included:

  • Qun Peng
  • Nithi Visessook
  • Liliana Werner
  • Suresh K. Pandey
  • Marcela Escobar-Gómez

The primary publication venue associated with their work was the journal Ophthalmology.

Best Publications

  • Posterior capsule opacification.

    David J. Apple;Kerry D. Solomon;Manfred R. Tetz;Ehud I. Assia

  • Complications of intraocular lenses. A historical and histopathological review

    David J. Apple;Nick Mamalis;Katherine Loftfield;Joseph M. Googe

  • Eradication of posterior capsule opacification: documentation of a marked decrease in Nd:YAG laser posterior capsulotomy rates noted in an analysis of 5416 pseudophakic human eyes obtained postmortem.

    David J Apple;Qun Peng;Nithi Visessook;Liliana Werner

  • Congenital anomalies of the optic disc.

    David J. Apple;Maurice F. Rabb;Patricia M. Walsh

  • Surgical prevention of posterior capsule opacification. Part 1: Progress in eliminating this complication of cataract surgery.

    David J Apple;Qun Peng;Nithi Visessook;Liliana Werner

  • Surgical prevention of posterior capsule opacification. Part 3: Intraocular lens optic barrier effect as a second line of defense.

    Qun Peng;Nithi Visessook;David J. Apple;Suresh K. Pandey

  • Anterior chamber lenses. Part I: Complications and pathology and a review of designs.

    David J. Apple;Robert N. Brems;Richard B. Park;Dolores Kavka-Van Norman

  • Postoperative deposition of calcium on the surfaces of a hydrogel intraocular lens.

    Liliana Werner;David J Apple;Marcela Escobar-Gomez;Arne Öhrström

  • Adhesion of fibronectin, vitronectin, laminin, and collagen type IV to intraocular lens materials in pseudophakic human autopsy eyes. Part 1: histological sections.

    Reijo J. Linnola;Liliana Werner;Suresh K. Pandey;Marcela Escobar-Gomez

  • Intraocular lenses : evolution, designs, complications, and pathology

    David J. Apple

  • Anterior capsule opacification: correlation of pathologic findings with clinical sequelae.

    Liliana Werner;Suresh K Pandey;David J Apple;Marcela Escobar-Gomez

  • Harold Ridley and the invention of the intraocular lens

    David J. Apple;John Sims

  • Anterior capsule opacification : A histopathological study comparing different IOL styles

    Liliana Werner;Suresh K Pandey;Marcela Escobar-Gomez;Nithi Visessook

  • Dense opacification of the optical component of a hydrophilic acrylic intraocular lens: a clinicopathological analysis of 9 explanted lenses.

    Liliana Werner;David J Apple;Mahmut Kaskaloglu;Suresh K Pandey

  • Adhesion of fibronectin, vitronectin, laminin, and collagen type IV to intraocular lens materials in pseudophakic human autopsy eyes. Part 2: explanted intraocular lenses.

    Reijo J Linnola;Liliana Werner;Suresh K Pandey;Marcela Escobar-Gomez

  • Surgical prevention of posterior capsule opacification: Part 2: enhancement of cortical cleanup by focusing on hydrodissection

    Qun Peng;David J. Apple;Nithi Visessook;Liliana Werner

  • Decentration of flexible loop posterior chamber intraocular lenses in a series of 222 postmortem eyes.

    Steven O. Hansen;Manfred R. Tetz;Kerry D. Solomon;Mark D. Borup

  • Preparation and study of human eyes obtained postmortem with the Miyake posterior photographic technique.

    David J. Apple;Edward S. Lim;Robin C. Morgan;Julie C. Tsai

  • A comparison of ciliary sulcus and capsular bag fixation of posterior chamber intraocular lenses.

    David J. Apple;Nick Mamalis;James J. Reidy;Linda C. Novak

  • Posterior capsule opacification.

    Josef M. Schmidbauer;Luis G. Vargas;Qun Peng;Marcela Escobar-Gomez

Frequent Co-Authors

Gholam A. Peyman
Gholam A. Peyman University of Arizona
Anders Härfstrand
Anders Härfstrand Karolinska Institute
Traian V. Chirila
Traian V. Chirila Queensland Eye Institute
Jorge L. Alió
Jorge L. Alió Miguel Hernandez University
John C. Carey
John C. Carey University of Utah
Michael Belkin
Michael Belkin Tel Aviv University
Tetsuro Oshika
Tetsuro Oshika University of Tsukuba
Donald T.H. Tan
Donald T.H. Tan National University of Singapore
William E. Smiddy
William E. Smiddy University of Miami
Gullapalli N Rao
Gullapalli N Rao L V Prasad Eye Institute

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