The Effect of Age on Dexamethasone Intravitreal Implant (Ozurdex®) Response in Macular Edema Secondary to Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion.

Purpose: To investigate the effect of age on dexamethasone intravitreal implant (Ozurdex®) response in macular edema secondary to branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO).

Methods: Seventy-three eyes of 73 patients with macular edema secondary to BRVO were recruited in the study. The patients in the study were divided into the following four groups according to their ages: group 1 (<60 years), group 2 (60-69 years), group 3 (70-79 years), and group 4 (≥80 years).

Evaluation of foveal photoreceptor layer in eyes with macular edema associated with branch retinal vein occlusion after ozurdex treatment.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the central retinal thickness (CRT), outer nuclear layer thickness (ONLT), photoreceptor layer thickness (PLT), photoreceptor layer integrity, and the correlation between visual acuity and PLT in eyes with branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO) 2 months after treatment with intravitreal dexamethasone implant (Ozurdex; Allergan, Inc, Irvine, CA). In this prospective study, 32 eyes of 32 patients were enrolled. A single injection of Ozurdex was administered to all the patients.

Systemic endothelial function in primary open-angle glaucoma.

Objective. We aimed to assess peripheral vascular endothelial function in open-angle glaucoma (POAG) by measuring flow-mediated dilatation (FMD). Materials and Methods.

Evaluation of the Macular, Peripapillary Nerve Fiber Layer and Choroid Thickness Changes in Behçet's Disease with Spectral-Domain OCT.

Purpose. To assess the macular, choroid, and peripapillary nerve fiber layer thickness (RNFL) in Behçet's disease (BD) patients with and without ocular involvement by means of optical coherence tomography (OCT) and compare these findings with healthy controls. Design.

Isolated multiple pigment epithelial detachments with unknown cause.

There are many etiological factors that have led to the development of retinal pigment epithelial detachment (PED). In this paper, we have reported a patient with isolated multiple PEDs. Based on this fact, this paper aimed to give an overview of the causes of PEDs.

Evaluation of the macula, retinal nerve fiber layer and choroid thickness in postmenopausal women and reproductive-age women using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography.

Objective: Menopause is a physiological life period that potentially affects various organs and systems. Therefore, a wide spectrum of signs and symptoms of eyes may be clinically observed in the postmenopausal period.

Aim Of The Study: To evaluate the macular, retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) and choroidal thickness alterations by using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) in postmenopausal women and compare with healthy reproductive-age women controls.

Short-term impact of intravitreal ranibizumab injection on axial ocular dimension and intraocular pressure.

Objective: To evaluate the short-term impact of intravitreal ranibizumab injection on axial ocular dimension (AOD) and intraocular pressure (IOP).

Methods: A total of 31 patients who received 0.05 mL intravitreal ranibizumab injection (IRI) for age-related macular degeneration and 30 healthy volunteers were enrolled in the study.

The change in ocular higher-order aberrations after pterygium excision with conjunctival autograft: a 1-year prospective clinical trial.

Purpose: To investigate the effects of pterygium excision with conjunctival autograft plus corneal polishing on ocular higher-order aberrations (HOAs) and to monitor the changes throughout the first postoperative year.

Methods: A total of 18 eyes of 16 patients with primary pterygium who had an indication for surgical excision were included in the study. All patients underwent a detailed ophthalmologic examination preoperatively and at the third and twelfth postoperative months.

An assessment of ocular morbidities of children born prematurely in early childhood.

Purpose: To assess the ocular morbidities of premature children in early childhood.

Methods: One hundred seventeen children with a history of gestational age of less than 37 weeks at birth underwent ophthalmic examination including visual acuity testing with Lea symbols, anterior and posterior segment examination, refraction, orthoptic examination for strabismus, and ocular biometry. They were subdivided into three groups according to gestational age (28 or less, 29 to 32, and 33 to 36 weeks).

Corneal endothelial characteristics and central corneal thickness in a population of Turkish cataract patients.

Objectives: The aim was to assess corneal endothelial characteristics and central corneal thickness (CCT) in a population of Turkish cataract patients and to define the impact of age and gender on these parameters.

Methods: Five hundred and seventeen cataract patients were examined with noncontact specular microscope preoperatively. The eye planned to be operated was selected for analysis.

Bilateral acute depigmentation of the iris first misdiagnosed as acute iridocyclitis.

Acute depigmentation of the iris is a new condition characterized by pigment dispersion in the anterior chamber, depigmentation of the iris stroma, and pigment deposition in the anterior chamber angle. A 33-year-old woman using a topical corticosteroid every 2 h for the treatment of acute iridocyclitis was referred to our clinic to seek another opinion because her symptoms had not improved. An ocular evaluation of the patient revealed pigment precipitates on the corneal endothelium, pigment dispersion in the anterior chamber, symmetrical diffuse depigmentation, granularity of the iris stroma, and pigment deposition in the trabecular meshwork.

Bilateral Tonic Pupils in the Absence of Pupillary Cholinergic Supersensitivity.

We report a 24-year-old woman with a presenting complaint of bilateral dilated pupils. The pupils were found to be dilated in bright and dim room lighting with minimal light reaction, showed an accommodation response, but did not demonstrate cholinergic supersensitivity. Neurological examination and neuro-imaging of the patient were normal.

Evaluation of the effect of tolterodine on pupil diameter and anterior chamber parameters with the Pentacam.

Background: To evaluate the effect of tolterodine on pupil diameter and anterior chamber parameters, including volume, depth, and angle, with the Pentacam.

Methods: The 56 eyes of 28 patients who were diagnosed as having overactive bladder and planned to be treated with tolterodine were followed up prospectively in the study. All the patients underwent full ophthalmic examination and scanning with the Pentacam (Oculus, Inc.

Common embryological links to the optic pit and anterior segment structures.

Purpose: To analyze the anterior segment structures in patients with an optic disc pit to evaluate the common embryological links to the optic disc pit and anterior segment structures in these patients.

Methods: Ten patients with a unilateral optic disc pit detected during routine examination of the posterior pole and 15 healthy subjects as a control group underwent anterior segment analysis with Pentacam (Oculus, Inc., Wetzlar, Germany).

Retinal tomographic measurements in optic disc pit.

Background: The aim was to assess the Heidelberg Retina Tomograph II measurements in optic disc pit.

Methods: The study included 10 patients with a unilateral optic disc pit. The patients had no other ocular conditions except refractive errors.