Prolidase activity in aqueous and serum samples of cataract cases with Pseudoexfoliation syndrome.

Pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PEX) represents an age-related systemic disease that is characterized by the accumulation of extracellular matrix material in ocular tissues and visceral organs. Abnormal matrix remodeling is thought to be one of the important factors in the etiopathogenesis of the disease. Prolidase represents an enzyme, which takes a significant part in collagen biosynthesis and remodeling of the extracellular matrix.

The effect of brimonidine and proparacaine on metabolic enzymes: Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, and glutathione reductase.

Oxidative stress is to upregulate the pentose phosphate pathway (PPP). The PPP consists of two functional branches, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) and 6-phosphogluconaste dehydrogenase (6PGD). Glutathione reductase (GR) has a significant role in catalyzing an oxidized glutathione form into a reduced form.

Pigment epithelial-derived factor in the lens anterior capsule of patients with senile cataract with pseudoexfoliation.

Background: This study sought to evaluate pigment epithelial-derived factor (PEDF) levels in lens anterior capsule material taken during cataract surgery from patients with senile cataract with pseudoexfoliation.

Methods: The study included 90 eyes of 86 patients who were diagnosed with, and underwent surgery for, cataracts. Sixty of the eyes included in the study had senile cataract.

Comparison of the Safety and Efficacy of Loteprednol Etabonate 0.5%/Tobramycin 0.3% with Dexamethasone 0.1%/Tobramycin 0.3% Following Strabismus Surgery.

Objective: To compare the anti-inflammatory efficacy and safety of 0.5% loteprednol etabonate/0.3% tobramycin (LE/T) and 0.

Paintball-related ocular trauma: Paintball or Painball?

Background: The aim of this study is to describe the type and severity of paintball-related ocular trauma and to determine the necessary precautions to minimize the risk of ocular injury regardless of whether adequate eye protection was used.

Material And Methods: A retrospective chart review identified patients treated for paintball-related ocular trauma at the Ataturk University Medical Hospital from June 2010 through March 2013. A descriptive analysis of data was performed.

Central corneal thickness in patients with meibomian gland dysfunction.

Purpose: The aim was to evaluate central corneal thickness in patients with meibomian gland dysfunction.

Methods: The study group was made up of 40 eyes of 20 patients with meibomian gland dysfunction (mean age, 40.55 ± 10.

Comparison of the efficacy of topical N-acetyl-cysteine and a topical steroid-antibiotic combination therapy in the treatment of meibomian gland dysfunction.

Purpose: This study aimed to compare the efficacy of topical N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC) with a topical steroid-antibiotic combination, betamethasone-sulfacetamide sodium therapy in patients with meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD).

Methods: Twenty patients with MGD were prospectively randomized and assigned into 2 groups. The patients were instructed to use either NAC 5% or a topical steroid-antibiotic combination, betamethasone 0.

A case of an extensive dentigerous cyst in the maxillary sinus leading to epiphora and nasal obstruction.

Background: The dentigerous cyst is defined as a cyst that originates by the separation of the follicle from around the crown of an unerupted tooth. The clinical examination reveals a missing tooth or teeth and possibly a hard swelling, sometimes resulting in facial asymmetry and possible pathologic fracture. A large maxillary cyst involves the whole sinus and can transmit pressure to the walls of the sinus and, consequently, cause ophthalmologic and nasal symptoms to develop.

Efficacy of topical N-acetylcysteine in the treatment of meibomian gland dysfunction.

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of topical N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC) therapy in patients with meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD).

Methods: Twenty patients with MGD were prospectively randomized and assigned into 2 groups. The patients were instructed to use either NAC 5% or preservative-free artificial tear topically 4 times a day for a month.

Epithelial healing in experimental corneal alkali wounds with nondiluted autologous serum eye drops.

Purpose: To evaluate the effects of the topical application of nondiluted autologous serum on epithelial healing as an adjuvant therapy in rabbit corneal alkali wounds.

Methods: Central corneal alkali wounds were produced on the right eye of 16 rabbits, by a 60-second application of a 6-mm round filter paper soaked in 1 N sodium hydroxide (NaOH). One group of rabbits (n=8) was treated with non-diluted autologous serum, the other control group (n=8) was treated with physiologic saline, topically 4 times a day.

Central serous chorioretinopathy associated with rowatinex usage.

Central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) is an idiopathic disorder characterized by serous detachment of the neurosensory retina. This report describes a case of CSC associated with rowatinex usage.

Topical pranoprofen 0.1% is as effective anti-inflammatory and analgesic agent as diclofenac sodium 0.1% after strabismus surgery.

To compare the anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects of topical pranoprofen 0.1% with diclofenac sodium 0.1% after strabismus surgery, 40 patients were prospectively randomized and assigned into 2 groups.

Effects of autologous serum eye drops on corneal wound healing after superficial keratectomy in rabbits.

Purpose: : To study the effects of topically applied autologous serum on the wound healing process of mechanically produced corneal ulcers.

Methods: : A superficial keratectomy was done in 1 eye from each of 28 rabbits, using a corneal trephine. Four groups of 7 rabbits were treated topically 4 times a day with nondiluted autologous serum; diluted autologous serum (20%); unpreserved pharmaceutical tear substitute; and physiologic saline.

Histopathological changes in ciliary ganglion of rabbits with subarachnoid hemorrhage.

The histopathological changes in the ciliary ganglia due to subarachnoid hemorrhage were investigated. Subarachnoid hemorrhage was produced by infusing autologous blood to the cisterna magna of rabbits. The number of neurons in the ganglia was evaluated with physical dissector method.