Publications by authors named "Abdul Elah Al-Towerki"
The prevalence of primary congenital glaucoma (PCG) in Saudi Arabia is high and the condition is a cause of childhood blindness in the country. Children often present with severe disease, requiring multiple procedures and a lifetime of medical care. The social and economic burden of the condition is substantial.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCorneal inflammation is often encountered as a key pathological event in many corneal diseases. Current treatments involve topical corticosteroids which require frequent instillations due to rapid tear turnover, causing side-effects such as corneal toxicity and elevated intraocular pressure (IOP). Hence, new interventions that can reduce side effects, dosing frequency, and increase patient compliance can be highly beneficial.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: We present the visual outcomes 6 weeks following Femtosecond laser assisted cataract surgery (FLACS) and conventional phacoemulsification cataract extraction (CE) cataract surgeries in 2013.
Materials And Methods: This was a review of health record type of study. Eyes operated by FLACS and an equal number of conventional phacoemulsification (CE) on the same day by same surgeon were included in the study.
Purpose: To evaluate a haptic-based simulator, MicroVisTouch™, as an assessment tool for capsulorhexis performance in cataract surgery. The study is a prospective, unmasked, nonrandomized dual academic institution study conducted at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins Medical Center (Baltimore, MD, USA) and King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).
Methods: This prospective study evaluated capsulorhexis simulator performance in 78 ophthalmology residents in the US and Saudi Arabia in the first round of testing and 40 residents in a second round for follow-up.
To report the long-term follow-up and visual outcome after excision of a traumatic iris cyst. A 4-year-old female presented with an iris cyst in her left eye 2 years after corneal laceration repair. An 8 × 7 mm cyst was located between 1 and 6 O'clock on the iris, extending into the anterior chamber.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To evaluate the outcome of primary adult optical penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) in a Saudi Arabian population.
Patients And Methods: A retrospective review was performed of the medical records of every Saudi Arabian patient 12 years of age or older who underwent PKP for keratoconus, corneal edema, stromal scarring, or stromal dystrophy at King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital between January 1, 1997, and December 31, 2001, and for whom a minimum of 3 months of follow-up was available.
Results: Of 910 eyes that met the inclusion criteria, there were 464 eyes with keratoconus, 188 eyes with corneal edema, 175 eyes with stromal scarring, and 83 eyes with stromal dystrophy.
Purpose: To evaluate the outcome of primary adult optical penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) performed with internationally acquired donor tissue.
Patients And Methods: A retrospective review was performed of the medical records of every patient 12 years of age or older who underwent PKP for keratoconus, corneal edema, stromal scarring, or stromal dystrophy at King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 2001, and for whom a minimum of 3 months' follow-up was available.
Results: Of 885 eyes that met the inclusion criteria, there were 453 eyes with keratoconus, 180 eyes with corneal edema, 171 eyes with stromal scarring, and 81 eyes with stromal dystrophy.
Purpose: To report a case of posttraumatic epithelial inclusion cyst of the anterior corneal stroma.
Methods: Case report.
Results: A 17-year-old girl presented with a large painless mass of the right cornea.
Purpose: To determine the incidence of early-onset (<30 days) and late-onset (>30 days) microbial keratitis after treatment of persistent corneal epithelial defects with amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT) utilizing tissue acquired from a commercial laboratory or prepared by the institutional eye bank.
Methods: A retrospective, non-randomized, sequential, comparative study was performed for every patient with a persistent corneal epithelial defect who underwent primary AMT at KKESH between January 1, 2003 and June 30, 2004.
Results: A total of 142 AMT procedures were performed for persistent corneal epithelial defects during the study period.
Superficial keratectomy using microkeratome for treatment of irregular climatic droplet keratopathy (free flap).
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol
January 2007
Purpose: To identify predisposed eyes, risk factors, and protective measures and to evaluate methods of treatment for fixed dilated pupil after penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) for macular corneal dystrophy (MCD) and keratoconus.
Design: Retrospective observational case series.
Methods: A retrospective review was conducted of the charts of 195 patients who had PKP for MCD and of 1800 patients who had PKP for keratoconus at the King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Purpose: To identify changing indications for keratoplasty over the last 20 years at a tertiary care eye hospital in a country with rapidly evolving ophthalmic care services.
Methods: A retrospective review was performed of the eye bank records of every patient who received a lamellar or penetrating keratoplasty at the King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, between January 1, 1983 and December 31, 2002. For each case, the primary surgical indication was identified.
Purpose: To report a rare case of corneal honeybee sting.
Methods: The corneal honeybee stinger was removed under slit-lamp guidance using a 27-gauge needle.
Results: Corneal edema resolved by 90% the next day after removal of the honeybee stinger without using topical steroids.