Effectiveness of comprehensive approach in rejuvenating the aging lower periorbita.

Purpose: To investigate the efficacy of a comprehensive surgical approach for rejuvenation of the aging lower periorbita.

Methods: Between February 2018 and January 2023, 80 eyes of 40 patients with lower lid dermatochalasis (LLD), lower lid laxity (LLL) or orbicularis laxity of the lower lid (OL) admitted to the oculoplastic surgery department of our clinic were included in the study. 18 eyes had LLD, 14 eyes had LLL, 18 eyes had LLD and LLL, and 30 eyes had LLD, LLL and OL.

Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty and penetrating keratoplasty in macular corneal dystrophy: comparison of visual and topographic outcomes and complications.

Purposes: This study aims to assess and compare the postoperative visual and topographic outcomes, complications, and graft survival rates following deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty and penetrating keratoplasty in patients with macular corneal dystrophy.

Methods: In this study we enrolled 59 patients (23 male; and 36 female) with macular corneal dystrophy comprising 81 eyes. Out of these, 64 eyes underwent penetrating keratoplasty, while 17 eyes underwent deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty.

Long-term ocular surface stability in conjunctivolimbal autograft and ocular surface safety in the donor eyes.

Purpose: The current study is aimed to present the long-term results of the patients who underwent conjunctivolimbal autograft (CLAU) as the primary operation in unilateral limbal stem cell deficiency and the ocular surface safety of the donor eyes. The patients were followed up for five years or longer.

Methods: The records of all patients who underwent CLAU as the primary operation were retrospectively analyzed.

Rejuvenating the aging upper periorbita.

Purpose: To investigate the efficacy of a comprehensive surgical approach in rejuvenating the aging upper periorbita.

Methods: Three hundred and twenty eyes of 160 patients who were treated for dermatochalasis(D), eyebrow ptosis (EP) and blepharoptosis (BP) were included in the study. One hundred and ninety-eight patients had only dermatochalasis, 74 patients had D and EP, 39 patients had D and BP, 7 patients had D, EP and BP and 2 patients had D, EP and blepharospasm.

Prevalence of Ocular Surface Disease and Associated Risk Factors in Glaucoma Patients: A Survey Study of Ophthalmologists.

Objectives: This survey study of ophthalmologists investigated the prevalence and clinical manifestations of ocular surface disease (OSD) in glaucoma patients, assessment methods used, risk factors, glaucoma drugs considered responsible, and treatment approaches.

Materials And Methods: A questionnaire prepared jointly by the Turkish Ophthalmological Association Cornea and Ocular Surface Society and Glaucoma Society using SurveyMonkey was sent to ophthalmologists via e-mail. The distribution of parameters was compared with chi-square test and p<0.

Treatment of persistent epithelial defects with single-dose autologous serum eye drops.

Purpose: We aimed to investigate the efficacy and safety of single-dose autologous serum eye drops (ASEDs) for treatment of persistent corneal epithelial defects (PEDs).

Methods: About 34 eyes of 26 patients treated from March 2016 to May 2020 with a single dose of ASEDs for PEDs that did not respond to conventional treatment were retrospectively evaluated. Patient demographics, predisposing factors, size, and duration of the PED, duration of treatment, and dosage of ASEDs, PED healing time, success rate of the ASED treatment, and follow-up time after the onset of ASED treatment were recorded.

Corneal Pathology and Cataract: Combined Surgery or Sequential Surgery?

Objectives: To compare our combined surgery (CS) and sequential surgery (SS) results.

Materials And Methods: The files of 44 patients who underwent CS (penetrating keratoplasty [PK], cataract extraction, and intraocular lens [IOL] implantation) and 126 patients who underwent SS (cataract extraction and IOL implantation in a second session after PK) between January 2009 and December 2018 were evaluated retrospectively. One eye of the patients who were followed up for at least 1 year was included in the study.

Anterior Segment Surgeries Under Topical Fresh Frozen Plasma Treatment in Ligneous Conjunctivitis.

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of topical fresh frozen plasma (FFP) therapy on clinical symptoms, findings, and prognosis after anterior segment surgeries in patients with ligneous conjunctivitis (LC).

Methods: Retrospective case note review.

Results: Eleven eyes of 7 cases whose remission was not achieved after medical treatment such as topical corticosteroids, cyclosporine A, and heparin were included in the study.

Anterior segment parameters in Behçet's patients with ocular involvement.

Purpose: To evaluate anterior segment findings in Behçet's disease patients within the ocular involvement inactive period.

Methods: One hundred twenty patients with Behçet uveitis in the inactive period (Behçet's disease group) and 121-age and sex matched healthy subjects (control group) were examined. Anterior segment parameters were assessed by Scheimpflug camera.

Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking With Photoactivated Chromophore for Infectious Keratitis After Penetrating Keratoplasty.

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of corneal collagen cross-linking with photoactivated chromophore (PACK-CXL) plus medical treatment in comparison with the non-CXL group in the management of graft infections after penetrating keratoplasty.

Methods: Forty eyes of 40 patients, 18 eyes in the PACK-CXL group and 22 eyes in the non-CXL group, with graft infections were retrospectively reviewed. Patients with microbial keratitis who were resistant to medical treatment for at least 1 week were treated with PACK-CXL in conjunction with medical treatment.

Methacrylated gelatin hydrogels as corneal stroma substitutes: study.

Methacrylated gelatin (GelMA) hydrogels were prepared to serve as corneal stroma equivalents. They were highly transparent (ca. 95% at 700 nm), mechanically strong and withstood handling and had high human corneal keratocyte viability (98%) after 21 days of culture period.

Wound dehiscence after penetrating keratoplasty.

Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate factors affecting wound dehiscence due to blunt trauma following penetrating keratoplasty (PK) and the clinical outcomes.

Methods: The medical records of patients who experienced blunt traumatic wound dehiscence after PK between 1995 and 2015 were analyzed retrospectively. The incidence and etiology of the trauma, the time interval between PK and globe rupture, final graft clarity, best-corrected visual acuity, complications, secondary surgeries, and factors potentially affecting wound dehiscence size were recorded.

Interface fluid syndrome secondary to endothelial failure due to toxic anterior segment syndrome after cataract surgery.

Purpose: To present a case of previous laser in situ keratomileusis with interface fluid syndrome secondary to toxic anterior segment syndrome following cataract surgery.

Case Report: A 52-year-old woman, complaining blurred vision in her right eye for 18 months after cataract surgery, was referred to our clinic. She was diagnosed with toxic anterior segment syndrome, postoperatively, which resolved in 3 days.

Infection After Crescentic Lamellar Wedge Resection in Pellucid Marginal Degeneration.

Infectious keratitis after corneal lamellar surgery is a rare complication. In this report, we present unexpected complications after crescentic lamellar wedge resection (CLWR) and their treatment in a patient with pellucid marginal degeneration. A 42-year-old male patient developed fungal keratitis due to in the late postoperative period after CLWR.

Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK): intraoperative and postoperative complications and clinical results.

Purpose: To evaluate the complications and clinical results of Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) in patients with endothelial failure that occurred during the learning curve of a surgeon.

Methods: Fifty eyes of 50 patients with DMEK and ≥6 months of follow-up were included. The patients were divided into the first 25 (group 1) and the second 25 (group 2) procedures performed by the surgeon.

Effect of Donor Cornea on the Surgical Outcomes of Penetrating Keratoplasty: Imported Cornea Versus Domestic Cornea.

Objectives: In this study, we compared the surgical outcomes of penetrating keratoplasty using domestic and imported donor corneas.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively evaluated 200 eyes and 200 consecutive patients who underwent penetrating keratoplasty by using domestic and imported donor corneas between January 2013 and December 2013. The donor characteristics, preoperative clinical features, and clinical outcomes at 6, 12, 24, and 36 months were assessed.

Outcomes of Trabeculectomy and Glaucoma Drainage Devices for Elevated Intraocular Pressure After Penetrating Keratoplasty.

Purpose: To assess and compare the outcomes of trabeculectomy with and without antimetabolites (AMs) and glaucoma drainage devices (GDDs) in the management of elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) after penetrating keratoplasty (PK).

Methods: Data of 84 eyes of 81 patients who underwent trabeculectomy (12 eyes without an AM and 42 eyes with an AM) or GDD implantation (30 eyes) after PK were reviewed retrospectively. The main outcome measures were IOP control, corneal graft survival, and postoperative ocular complications.

Mantle Cell Lymphoma Presenting with Acute Bilateral Ophthalmoplegia.

A 72-year-old woman presented with acute onset of double vision, bilateral complete blepharoptosis, and nearly complete ophthalmoplegia. Orbital and brain magnetic resonance imaging were normal. Further investigation revealed bicytopenia with hepatosplenomegaly.

The reasons for evisceration after penetrating keratoplasty between 1995 and 2015.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the indications and frequency of evisceration after penetrating keratoplasty (PK).

Methods: The medical records of all patients who underwent evisceration after PK between January 1, 1995 and December 31, 2015 at Ankara Training and Research Hospital were reviewed. Patient demographics and the surgical indications for PK, diagnosis for evisceration, frequency of evisceration, and the length of time between PK and evisceration were recorded.

The effects of tolterodine on anterior segment and choroidal thickness in patients with overactive bladder syndrome.

Background: To evaluate the effects of tolterodine on anterior segment and choroidal thickness by using the Pentacam system and optical coherence tomography (OCT) (Pentacam).

Methods: A total of 122 eyes of 61 patients (34 female; 27 male) were included in the study. All patients underwent a regular ocular examination and intraocular pressure measurements before and after 3 months of antimuscarinic drug tolterodine treatment, in addition, pupil diameter, anterior chamber depth, anterior chamber volume, anterior chamber angle, and lens thickness were measured through Pentacam (Oculus Inc.

Comparison of Outcomes in Patients Who Underwent Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty and Those Converted to Penetrating Keratoplasty.

Objectives: To compare clinical outcomes of cases who underwent deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) and cases who were converted to penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) from DALK surgery.

Materials And Methods: The records of 54 patients for whom DALK surgery was planned and were operated for different diagnoses between March 2013 and June 2015 were retrospectively analyzed. Patients were divided into two groups: group 1 (PKP group) consisted of 23 cases who were converted to PKP due to Descemet's membrane perforation at any stage of surgery; group 2 (DALK group) consisted of 31 patients whose surgery could be completed as DALK.

The outcome of penetrating keratoplasty for corneal scarring due to herpes simplex keratitis.

Purpose:: To determine the outcomes of penetrating keratoplasty (PK) for treatment of corneal scarring caused by Herpes simplex virus (HSV) keratitis, and whether the corneal scar type affects treatment outcome.

Methods:: A retrospective analysis of patients who underwent PK for HSV-related corneal scarring between January 2008 and July 2011 was performed. The patients were categorized into two groups.

Surgical outcomes of perforated and unperforated corneal descemetocele.

Objective: To compare the surgical outcomes of amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT) and penetrating keratoplasty (PK) in perforated and non-perforated corneal descemetocele.

Method: In this study, we retrospectively examined 48 eyes of 48 patients operated with AMT, and 32 eyes of 32 patients operated with PK for perforated and non-perforated descemetocele.

Results: There were no significant differences between the two groups with regard to age, sex, laterality, follow-up duration, cause of descemetocele, and localization (p > 0.