Frontalis sling surgery - pediatric versus adult population: characteristics and outcomes.

Purpose: Frontalis sling surgery is a common method for ptosis correction for both pediatric and adult populations. This study aims to compare the characteristics and outcomes of this surgery in these two populations.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study.

Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the orbit: pediatric case series.

Objective: To describe the clinical, imaging characteristics, and treatment of pediatric orbital Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH).

Design: Retrospective case series.

Participants: Children with orbital LCH.

Alpha-1 antagonist treatment for eyelid retraction in patients with thyroid eye disease-a prospective pilot study.

Background: Sympathetic overstimulation of Müller's muscle is a suggested mechanism underlying upper eyelid retraction in thyroid eye disease (TED). We examined the effect of tamsulosin, an alpha-1 antagonist, on eyelid retraction in patients with TED.

Methods: A single-centre prospective study.

Pre-Operative Planning of a DCR Surgery Using Virtual Reality.

Purpose: To assess a novel Virtual Reality (VR) tool designed to enhance understanding of the nasal anatomy in patients eligible for DCR surgery.

Methods: Preoperative Computed Tomography (CT) scans of the orbit were obtained and loaded as DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) files onto the D2P software (3D Systems Inc. Littleton, CO) for tissue segmentation and 3D model preparation.

Elevated serum thyroid stimulating immunoglobulin linked to failure of first-line intravenous methylprednisolone monotherapy in moderate-to-severe thyroid eye disease.

Purpose: To assess factors associated with failure of intravenous methylprednisolone (IVMP) monotherapy as the first-line treatment for thyroid eye disease (TED) and to identify patients who might benefit from supplementing mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) to IVMP.

Methods: Data for all patients with TED treated with IVMP according to the EUGOGO protocol in our center between 2016-2021 were retrospectively analysed.

Results: Forty-seven patients (mean age 51.

Patient-Specific Orbital Implants Vs. Pre-Formed Implants for Internal Orbital Reconstruction.

Purpose: To compare the outcome of orbital blowout fracture repair by means of pre-formed porous-polyethylene titanium implants (PFI) vs patient-specific porous-polyethylene implants (PSI).

Methods: Retrospective cohort study. Baseline characteristics, ophthalmic examination results, ocular motility, fracture type, the timing of surgery, implant type, and final relative enophthalmos of all patients operated on for blow-out fractures in a single center were collected and analyzed.

A Multidisciplinary Thyroid Eye Clinic: A One-stop Shop.

Background: Little is known about the success of multidisciplinary thyroid eye disease (TED) clinic.

Objectives: To present the characteristics, treatments, and outcomes of patients treated in a multidisciplinary TED clinic.

Methods: A medical record review of all patients who attended a TED clinic was performed.

Medical cannabis oil for benign essential blepharospasm: a prospective, randomized controlled pilot study.

Objective: To examine the efficacy and safety of medical cannabis in benign essential blepharospasm (BEB).

Methods: This is a prospective, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. All consecutive adult BEB patients who had been treated with BTX-A injections without success between 3/2019 and 2/2020 were recruited.

COVID-19's Influence on Ocular Emergency Visits at a Tertiary Referral Center and Its Relationship to Emergency Indications by the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

Purpose: To examine the trends of ocular emergency admissions during the COVID-19 pandemic at a tertiary care center.

Methods: The study's sample consisted of all patients who were seen in the ophthalmic emergency room (OER) between March 15 and April 15, 2020 (during the COVID-19 pandemic) and in the same time frame of the previous year. The cases were categorized as urgent vs.

Kelly Punch Punctoplasty and Simple Punctal Dilatation Are Equally Effective for Punctal Stenosis: A Prospective Study.

Purpose: To examine the clinical, imaging, and histopathologic differences between Kelly punch punctoplasty and punctal dilatation, both with mini Monoka stent insertion.

Methods: This is a prospective, comparative clinical study. Patients with bilateral punctal stenosis and for whom surgery was advised participated in the study.

Quality of life of patients with thyroid eye disease: 3-year follow-up in a multidisciplinary clinic in Israel.

Background: Changes in the quality of life (QOL) of patients with thyroid eye disease (TED) were examined during a 3-year follow-up in a multidisciplinary eye clinic, and factors that may improve QOL were identified.

Methods: A retrospective review of medical records of all patients who attended the TED clinic at Sheba Medical Center, Israel, from May 2016 to May 2019 was performed. The retrieved data included demographics, comprehensive ophthalmic examination findings, clinical activity scores (CAS), laboratory test results, and QOL assessments by the Graves' Orbitopathy QOL (GO-QOL) questionnaire.

Gender differences in clinical presentation and prognosis of thyroid eye disease.

Objective: To examine the clinical differences in manifestation, treatment, and prognosis of thyroid-eye-disease (TED) between men and women.

Methods: This is a longitudinal cohort study. Men and women, who diagnosed with TED and treated at a multidisciplinary TED clinic, were compared regarding differences in demographics, eye examination, disease activity, and quality of life evaluation.

New insight into the physiologic function of Müller's muscle.

Purpose: Müller's muscle is a sympathetically innervated smooth muscle which serves as an accessory upper eyelid retractor. Its physiologic function and purpose have not yet been clearly defined. We hypothesize that sympathetic innervation to Müller's muscle serves to adjust the upper eyelid's position to variations in pupil size in response to changes in light intensity.

Kelly punch punctoplasty vs. simple punctal dilation, both with mini-monoka silicone stent intubation, for punctal stenosis related epiphora.

Objectives: To compare the outcomes of stenotic punctal dilation by means of a punctal dilator alone vs. a Kelly punch punctoplasty, both followed by insertion of a mini-monoka stent, for treatment of symptomatic punctal stenosis.

Methods: A retrospective, comparative study.

Naevus of Ota: clinical characteristics and proposal for a new ocular classification and grading system.

Introduction: Naevus of Ota is a congenital condition that may involve the skin, eyeball and even intracranial structures usually in the distribution of the ophthalmic and maxillary divisions of the trigeminal cranial nerve. The purpose of this study was to summarise our experience with the ocular clinical presentation, imaging, outcome, treatment of complications and to offer a new classification of patients with naevus of Ota.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the patients' medical records and the following parameters were retrieved and analysed: demographics, clinical presentation complications and treatment of complications.

Changes in Refraction and Visual Acuity after Upper Eyelid Blepharoplasty versus Posterior Approach Ptosis Procedures.

Purpose: To evaluate surgically induced refractive changes (SIRC) and visual acuity (VA) changes after blepharoplasty combined with posterior approach ptosis surgery (Müller's muscle-conjunctival resection [MMCR]) versus upper eyelid blepharoplasty alone.

Methods: In this prospective, comparative, clinical study on patients undergoing MMCR and blepharoplasty, comprehensive ophthalmic examinations were performed preoperatively and 3 months postoperatively. SIRC were calculated with the 10-step Holladay method.

The clinical and histopathological characteristics of Kelly punch punctoplasty.

Purpose: To examine the clinical presentation, histopathological characteristics and surgical success of patients that underwent Kelly punch punctoplasty.

Methods: A retrospective consecutive case series of all patients diagnosed with punctal stenosis and referred to Kelly punch punctoplasty and mini-monoka insertion between January 2017 and December 2017. The demographic, clinical and prognosis parameters were retrieved and analyzed.

Endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy with and without mucosal flap-is there any difference?

Background: The nasal mucosa is sacrificed in conventional endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomies (EDCRs). Some surgeons, however, modify the technique by elevating a mucosal flap prior to creating the osteotomy with the aim of preserving the mucosa. To our knowledge, no clear-cut benefit of a mucosal flap has been established.

No impact of nasal septoplasty on the outcome of endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy.

Objective: To compare the outcomes of combined endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy (endoDCR) with nasal septoplasty for deviation of the nasal septum to endoDCR alone in cases of nasolacrimal duct obstruction (NLDO).

Methods: A retrospective cohort study that included 107 consecutive patients with NLDO, who underwent endoDCR with or without concomitant nasal septoplasty in our institution between October 2009 and October 2017.

Results: A total of 117 operations were performed (107 patients, 80.

Efficacy of Vismodegib for the Treatment of Orbital and Advanced Periocular Basal Cell Carcinoma.

Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of vismodegib, a Hedgehog pathway inhibitor, in treating orbital and advanced periocular basal cell carcinoma (BCC) in Israeli multidisciplinary medical centers.

Design: Retrospective case series.

Methods: Background, treatment, and outcome data were retrospectively collected from the medical records of all patients with locally advanced and metastatic orbital or periocular BCC treated with vismodegib in 2012-2017 at 2 tertiary medical centers.

Challenging Management of Double Vision After Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery-A Series of 6 Cases.

Purpose: To present 6 cases of orbital trauma, diplopia and strabismus after functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS).

Design: Retrospective observational case series.

Methods: The medical charts of suitable patients were reviewed for information on medical examination, imaging studies, the type of corrective surgery, and surgical outcomes.

The Epidemiological, Clinical, and Histopathological Characteristics of Lacrimal Gland Biopsies in a Tertiary Care Center in Israel.

Background: The distribution of pathology and clinical characteristics of lacrimal gland diseases are different in different areas of the world.

Objectives: To evaluate the incidence rate, patient characteristics, and indications for surgical intervention of lacrimal gland lesions in a tertiary care center in Israel.

Methods: All biopsied or surgically removed lacrimal gland lesions at the Goldschleger Eye Institute from 2009 to 2015 were identified.

Outcomes of Orbital Blow-Out Fracture Repair Performed Beyond 6 Weeks After Injury.

Purpose: Blow-out fractures cause expansion of the bony orbital walls and prolapse of orbital contents in the sinuses. This can result in diplopia, enophthalmos, and hypoglobus. Early surgical repair has been previously recommended, however, recent reports show that delayed surgery can also be effective.