Prophylactic intravitreal antibiotics reduce the risk of post-traumatic endophthalmitis after repair of open globe injuries.

Purpose: To investigate efficacy of prophylactic intravitreal antibiotics in reducing incidence of endophthalmitis after repair of open globe injuries. At King Abdulaziz University Hospital, a standard protocol of intravenous vancomycin and ceftazidime was used in all cases.

Methods: Charts of 353 patients who presented between January 2010 and January 2014 with open globe injury were retrospectively reviewed.

Liver transplantation in Wilson's disease: Single center experience from Saudi Arabia.

Aim: To determine liver transplantation outcomes in Wilson's disease (WD) patients, focusing on neurological manifestations.

Methods: This retrospective study assessed data from 16 WD patients (nine males, 56%) who had liver transplants between 1991 and 2007. Survival, graft function, and neurological complications were assessed during a follow-up period of up to 15 years.

Epistaxis as the initial manifestation of brucellosis.

Brucellosis is a multisystem disease with a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations. Hematologic complications in the form of mild pancytopenia are occasionally reported in the course of acute brucellosis. Rarely, thrombocytopenia is severe and can be associated with purpura and mucosal bleeding.