Assessing safety and success after using bevacizumab, 5-fluorouracil or placebo in primary trabeculectomy. A prospective randomized placebo controlled 1-year follow-up study.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine whether glaucoma patients after trabeculectomy could benefit more from subconjunctival injections of bevacizumab than 5-FU or placebo.

Methods And Results: Fifty-one eyes of 51 patients were recruited for primary MMC (0.2 mg/mL for 1 min) augmented trabeculectomy.

Safety and efficacy of phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation through a small pupil using minimal iris manipulation.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare the results of phacoemulsification through a small pupil using minimal iris manipulation versus phacoemulsification through a well-dilated pupil.

Methods: This prospective randomized control (comparative) study comprised 78 patients (group I) with a maximally dilated pupil size of ≤4.00 mm and 45 patients (group II) with dilated pupil size of ≥7.

Lidocaine spray vs tetracaine solution for transnasal fiber-optic laryngoscopy.

Statement Of Problem: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of lidocaine spray 10%, compared with tetracaine 2% solution, as a local anesthetic for patients undergoing transnasal fiber-optic laryngoscopy.

Method Of Study: A prospective study was conducted on patients undergoing transnasal fiber-optic laryngoscopy. Microsurgical sponges were applied in each side of the nose for 10 minutes before laryngoscopy.