Prognostic factors and clinical features of rhino-orbital-mucormycosis cases: an update for patient and visual survivals.

Aim: To determine the frequency of patients' vision survival and prognostic factors and evaluate clinical features in rhino-orbital mucormycosis.

Methods: Forty-three eyes of 43 patients followed up with orbital mucormycosis infections were included in the study. Demographic characteristics of the patients, symptoms at admission, ophthalmologic and non-ophthalmologic examination findings, clinical findings during follow-up, medical and surgical procedures, and complications were recorded.

Tarsorrhaphy with Sutureless Amnion Transplantation: Practical Management of Ocular Surface Pathologies.

Objectives: The objective of the study was to evaluate the technique of tarsorrhaphy combined with sutureless amniotic membrane transplantation in the treatment of resistant ocular surface pathologies.

Methods: In this study, the post-operative results of patients who underwent tarsorrhaphy combined with sutureless amniotic membrane between May 2016 and July 2021 were evaluated. In this technique, we have placed the amniotic membrane on the ocular surface, and then simple tarsorrhaphy has been performed.

Obsructive sleep apnea syndrome: is it a risk factor for ocular surface disease and ocular comorbidities?

Purpose: To investigate the accompanying ocular findings in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) and evaluate the susceptibility to ophthalmological diseases.

Materials And Methods: In this cross-sectional study, qualifying study subjects were patients who had been diagnosed with severe OSAS (apnea/hypopnea index (AHI > 30/h), n = 31), and control subjects (n = 30) who had an AHI index of < 5 (as normal). General ophthalmological examination, eyelid laxity measurements, corneal topography, visual field, retinal nerve fiber layer parameters, dry eye tests were performed on the patients.

Scleral fixation of iris-Intraocular lens complex (Reper®) with Canabrava double-flanged technique: a case report.

A 38-year-old patient who developed aphakia and aniridia secondary to trauma suffered from vision loss. To improve her vision, an iris-intraocular lens complex (Reper®) was fixed to the sclera with Canabrava's double-flanged technique. There was a satisfactory increase in the patient's visual acuity and no complications were observed during the 6-months follow-up.

Novel Use of Double-Layer Amniotic Membrane Technique in Tube Erosion in a Pediatric Patient.

This case report illustrates the successful use of the double-layer amniotic membrane technique in a child with glaucoma and aniridia. A 3.5-year-old girl with bilateral congenital glaucoma as well as aniridia, lens coloboma, nystagmus, and strabismus had been followed up since birth.

Multicenter case series of standalone XEN implant vs. combination with phacoemulsification in Turkish patients.

Purpose: To evaluate and compare the efficacy, safety and needling timing and rates of standalone XEN implant vs. combination with phacoemulsification in Turkish patients.

Methods: Retrospective, multicenter study which included the data of patients, who had open angle glaucoma including primary open angle glaucoma and pseudoexfoliation glaucoma, underwent standalone XEN implantation (XEN alone) and combined surgery with phacoemulsification (XEN + Phaco) between 2016 and 2018.

Evaluation of the Cataract Surgery 2018 Survey in Terms of Achieving Refractive Cataract Surgery Targets.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to show at what rate the technological equipment used in cataract surgery by Turkish ophthalmologists and their knowledge are reflected in practice and how up to date they are.

Materials And Methods: A questionnaire conducted using SurveyMonkey was used to evaluate the answers to 17 questions from 823 members of the Turkish Ophthalmological Association. Results were evaluated in subgroups according to the participants' age, occupational status, institutions, and whether they conducted relevant academic activities, and the data were compared as inadequate, standard, and contemporary approaches according to the determined criteria.

Pilomatrix carcinoma of the lacrimal caruncle: a case report.

A 45-year-old man presented with a 3-month history of a mass located in the caruncle of his right eye. An incisional biopsy had been performed one month prior by another specialist, and the histopathology report showed basal cell carcinoma. The mass was completely excised with a 2 mm safety margin, and the large conjunctival defect was reconstructed with one sheet of amniotic membrane allograft.

The Role of Topical Azithromycin in the Treatment of Meibomian Gland Dysfunction.

Purpose: The efficacy of topical azithromycin (AZ) supplementation to systemic AZ has not been studied. This study evaluates the efficacy of topical AZ supplementation to systemic AZ, warm compresses, artificial tears, and lid scrubs for the treatment of meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD).

Methods: Eighty-five patients with stage 4 MGD were enrolled in the study.

Ischemic optic neuropathy in robotic-assisted gynaecologic surgery: A case report.

The study was aimed to present a rare case of who developed non arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) following robotic-assisted gynaecologic surgery. A 58-year-old female patient presented with vision loss in right eye after non-complicated robotic-assisted total hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oopherectomy. We observed on fundoscopy optic disc edema and splinter hemorrhages at the optic disc edges.

Use of topical bevacizumab for conjunctival intraepithelial neoplasia.

Purpose: To report our experience in the treatment of intraepithelial neoplasia of the conjunctiva using topical bevacizumab.

Methods: Ten eyes of 10 patients with conjunctival neoplasia received 25 mg/mL bevacizumab topically. Changes in the lesions were documented weekly using digital photography.

Intravitreal injection of methotrexate in an experimental rabbit model: determination of ultrastructural changes.

Purpose: To investigate the ultrastructural changes of the rabbit retina induced by intravitreal methotrexate injection.

Materials And Methods: Ten New Zealand white rabbits were enucleated bilaterally at different time periods after intravitreal methotrexate injection. One rabbit was used as control group and one rabbit was used as intact group.

[External ophthalmomyiasis: case reports].

We report two cases with external ophthalmomyiasis due to infestation with the larvae of Oestrus ovis. During an ophthalmologic examination, motile larvae were seen on the conjunctiva, which were removed and sent to the Department of Parasitology for identification. Microscopic examination of the specimens revealed that both patients were infested with the first stage larvae of O.

Intravitreal injection of methotrexate in an experimental rabbit model: determination of pharmacokinetics.

Purpose: To investigate the pharmacokinetics of intravitreally administered methotrexate.

Materials And Methods: Twenty-one New Zealand white rabbits were used in the study. The pharmacokinetics of intravitreally injected 800 μg/0.

Autologous human fibrin glue in multilayered amniotic membrane transplantation.

We describe and evaluate the efficiency of autologous human fibrin glue in multilayered amniotic membrane transplantation in a 66-year-old female with a persistent deep corneal ulcer and descemetocele. Defective epithelium of descemetocele was removed; separate and multilayered amniotic membranes were transplanted using autologous human fibrin glue. Finally a large amnion at the top was sutured on the cornea.

Severe acute corneal hydrops in a patient with Down syndrome and persistent eye rubbing.

We report a case of severe acute corneal hydrops in an 11-year-old boy with keratoconus associated with Down syndrome and vigorous eye rubbing. Complete resolution of the corneal edema and a central corneal scar was seen in the 8th week of final follow-up. Eye-rubbing may play a role in the pathogenesis of acute hydrops, and conventional therapy can be successful in its management, even in severe cases.

Management of severe allergic conjunctivitis with topical cyclosporin a 0.05% eyedrops.

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of topical cyclosporin A 0.05% in the management of severe allergic conjunctivitis.

Methods: Seven patients with severe allergic conjunctivitis who were not responding to topical steroids, antihistamines, and mast cell stabilizers were given topical cyclosporin A 0.

Topical mitomycin C for the treatment of conjunctival tumor.

Background: To evaluate the efficacy of topical mitomycin C (MMC) for the treatment of conjunctival tumor in a prospective design.

Methods: Nine patients (nine eyes) with conjunctival tumor were studied. The patients received topical MMC 0.

Interleukin (IL)-6, interleukin (IL)-8 levels and cellular composition of the vitreous humor in proliferative diabetic retinopathy, proliferative vitreoretinopathy, and traumatic proliferative vitreoretinopathy.

Purpose: To investigate the interleukin (IL)-6 levels, IL-8 levels, and cellular composition of the vitreous humor in patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR), proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR), and traumatic PVR.

Methods: Vitreous samples from 14 patients with PDR, 10 patients with PVR, and 10 patients with traumatic PVR were analyzed. Fifteen cadaver eyes were used as controls.

Pars plana vitrectomy in ocular injury with intraocular foreign body.

Background: We evaluated 70 cases of ocular injuries with intraocular foreign bodies to determine the results of surgical management.

Methods: The site of penetration was cornea in 58 (82.9%), sclera in 8 (11.

Bilateral choroidal infiltration from indolent non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: a rapid course with poor prognosis.

A 42-year-old-woman, with a 2 year history of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma suffered sudden bilateral visual loss. This unusual patient presented with an unifocal choroidal tumor in the superionasal quadrant in both eyes. Fluorescein angiography revealed early and late intense subretinal fluorescence.

Visual acuity and corneal topographic changes related with pterygium surgery.

Purpose: Applied pre- and postoperative corneal topography outcomes with visual acuities were evaluated to determine the surgical results in pterygium therapy.

Methods: The study group consisted of 30 eyes of 26 patients with primary and recurrent pterygium. Mean patient age was 52.

Surgical management of scleral defects.

Purpose: To evaluate the results of surgical management of scleral defects using fascia lata, cornea, and sclera as graft materials.

Methods: The scleral defects of 8 patients were repaired surgically. Six had previous intraocular surgery, 1 had eye trauma, and the other had both intraocular surgery and trauma.

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma presenting with uveitis occurring after blunt trauma.

We report here an unusual patient suffering from visual loss with refractory uveitis which was occured after a blunt trauma to her left eye. While in the hospital cervical lymph node and anterior chamber aspiration cytology with immunohistochemical staining were performed. The histopathologic diagnosis was highly malignant B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma.