Publications by authors named "Abdul R Charbaji"
Purpose: To investigate best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), subretinal fluid (SRF) absorption time or ellipsoid zone (EZ) restoration time and various variables in patients with persistent SRF after successful primary repair of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD).
Methods: This retrospective multicenter study allowed independent analysis of the healing pattern by two observers based on composite of serial cross-sectional macular optical coherence tomography (OCT) scans. Univariate and multivariate analyses were implemented.
Article Synopsis
- The study examined the effects of leaving vitreous cortex remnants (VCR) during pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) in patients with primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD), focusing on anatomic outcomes after surgery.
- Over a 6-month period, 103 patients were followed, with different types of VCR observed, yet only 8.7% experienced recurrent RRD and the presence of VCR did not significantly correlate with complications like proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) or epiretinal membrane (ERM).
- The conclusion indicates that retaining VCR during PPV does not negatively affect the initial surgical success or the development of subsequent complications.
A Case-Cohort Study of Exfoliation Risk Factors and Literature Review.
Middle East Afr J Ophthalmol
October 2021
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the risk factors associated with exfoliation in a case-cohort setting and literature review. This single-center, prospective, case-cohort study was carried out from January 2010 to April 2020 on patients operated for cataract surgery by a single surgeon in Lebanon. Forty-nine consecutive patients with exfoliation syndrome (XFS) and 62 consecutive control patients were identified and further investigated for selected systemic (diabetes mellitus, systemic hypertension, asthma, or atopy) and ocular variables (baseline vision, severity of nuclear sclerosis, glaucoma, eye rubbing, history of dry eye, or allergic eye disease).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To determine the patient-related factors that contribute to intraoperative corticocapsular adhesions (CCA) during phacoemulsification cataract extraction (PCE).
Methods: Prospective, single surgeon, multi-year study of consecutive patients undergoing PCE was performed. At the conclusion of each procedure, the surgeon recorded the CCA and perceived surgeon stress score.
Purpose: To determine the patient-related factors that contribute to surgeon stress during phacoemulsification cataract extraction (PCE) performed under unassisted topical anesthesia.
Methods: This is a prospective study of perceived surgeon stress during phacoemulsification by a single surgeon of consecutive patients undergoing PCE. At the conclusion of each procedure, the surgeon recorded the perceived stress according to the following three indices: surgeon score, qualitative score (yes or no), and total score (sum of itemized causes of stress).