The Role of Automated Peripheral Iridectomy Combined with Phacoemulsification and Mini Ex-PRESS Shunt Implantation in Patients with Chronic Angle Closure Glaucoma.

Purpose: To evaluate the role of automated peripheral iridectomy as an adjunctive tool combined with phacoemulsification and ExPRESS shunt implantation in management of cases with chronic angle closure glaucoma.

Setting: Magrabi eye hospital.

Methods: This prospective study included 22 eyes of 22 patients with chronic angle closure glaucoma and cataract who underwent Ex-PRESS shunt implantation, cataract extraction and surgical peripheral iridectomy at the site of shunt implantation in the period between January 2018 and April 2020.

Small Incision Lenticule Extraction for Correction of Pediatric Unilateral Anisometropic Myopia.

Purpose: To evaluate the effects of femtosecond laser small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) on treating unilateral myopic anisometropia in children with spectacles or contact lens intolerance.

Methods: This was a retrospective study that included children with unilateral myopic anisometropic amblyopia who underwent a SMILE procedure at Alpha Vision Center, Zagazig, Egypt, from January 2014 to December 2016.

Results: One hundred twenty-four eyes of 124 patients were included in this study.

Scleral Fixation of Single-Piece Foldable IOL Using Double-Flanged Technique.

Purpose: To describe the efficiency and visual results of a new method of transconjunctival intrascleral fixation of single-piece foldable IOL using double-flanged 6/0 prolene suture.

Materials And Methods: Seventeen aphakic eyes of 17 patients without adequate capsular support were involved in this study. Lens was prepared by passing the 6/0 prolene suture in a track in the haptic of single-piece foldable IOL created by 31 g needle.

Double-Flanged polypropylene Suture for Scleral Fixation of Cionni Capsule Tension Ring.

Purpose: To describe a new technique for transconjunctival intrascleral fixation of Cionni CTR using double-flanged polypropylens suture.

Methods: This is a prospective interventional case series which included 7 cases with severe (more than 180 degrees) zonular dialysis. Three cases were hereditary lens subluxation (Marfan syndrome), 2 cases with traumatic subluxation and 2 cases with pseudo-exfoliation syndrome.

Pattern of Intermediate Uveitis in an Egyptian Cohort.

: To describe the clinical experience with intermediate uveitis at six Egyptian tertiary eye centers.: A multicenter retrospective chart review of all patients with intermediate uveitis seen at six ocular inflammation referral clinics in Egypt between January 2010 and January 2017.: The study included a total of 781 patients with intermediate uveitis.