Pupillographic Analysis of COVID-19 Patients: Early and Late Results After Recovery.

Objectives: We aimed to investigate the short- and long-term static and dynamic pupillary responses of patients recovered from coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) using quantitative infrared pupillography.

Methods: This study included patients who recovered from COVID-19 (Group 1) and age- and gender-matched controls (Group 2). A detailed ophthalmic examination was performed at 1 month and 6 months after the diagnosis of COVID-19.

A comparative study of knotless versus knotted transscleral suture-fixated intraocular lens implantation.

Purpose: To compare functional outcomes and complication rates of two scleral fixated intraocular lens implantation (SFIOL) techniques.

Methods: In this retrospective study, there were 30 eyes of 30 patients who underwent SFIOL implantation for dislocation of the IOL or crystalline lens. Group 1 (n = 17) comprised patients who received scleral-fixated polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) IOL implantation through a self-sealing sclerocorneal tunnel with the suture burial technique, and group 2 (n = 13) comprised patients who received scleral-fixated foldable acrylic IOL implantation with a cartridge using a self-sealing clear corneal incision (CCI) with knotless Z-suture technique between 2014 and 2019.

SD-OCT assessment of macular and optic nerve alterations in patients recovered from COVID-19.

Objective: To quantify microstructutal alterations in the macula and peripapillary retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) in patients recovered from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) using spectral domain optic coherence tomography (SD-OCT).

Design: Retrospective, observational.

Participants: This comparative, cross-sectional study included patients who recovered from COVID-19 (Group 1) and age- and sex-matched normal controls (Group 2).

Foveal Displacement following Temporal Inverted Internal Limiting Membrane Technique for Full Thickness Macular Holes: 12 Months Results.

To compare conventional 360° internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling and temporal inverted ILM flap technique with regard to postoperative foveal displacement. Patients who underwent 23 G vitrectomy with either 360° ILM peeling (Group 1) or temporal inverted ILM technique (Group 2) for idiopathic macular hole with a minimum follow up of 12 months were included. The metamorphopsia rates and distances between fovea and 3 retinal landmarks: the first retinal vascular bifurcation or crossover located superonasal and inferonasal to the fovea and ciliary vessel at the temporal margin of the disc, were compared on MultiColor SLO and near-infrared reflectance images.

Osseointegrated Implants for Orbito-Facial Prostheses: Common Complications and Solutions.

Purpose: To evaluate anatomical and functional results of osseointegration with magnetic coupling for oculofacial prosthetic rehabilitation after exenteration.

Methods: This retrospective study included 11 consecutive patients who received orbital reconstruction and oculofacial prosthetic rehabilitation between September 2015 and October 2019. Patient demographics, surgical indications, previous treatment procedures, histopathologic features, and reconstructive procedures were recorded.

Subretinal Coapplication of Tissue Plasminogen Activator and Bevacizumab with Concurrent Pneumatic Displacement for Submacular Hemorrhages Secondary to Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration.

Objectives: To evaluate the functional and morphological outcomes of vitrectomy in combination with intravitreal 5% C3F8 tamponade and subretinal injections of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) and anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) in patients with submacular hemorrhage (SMH) and to investigate the preoperative prognostic factors.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective study included 30 patients (16 women, 14 men) diagnosed with SMH secondary to neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Preoperative SMH thickness and area, ellipsoid zone integrity, and postoperative reduction in the amount of subfoveal blood on optical coherence tomography and fundus photographs were assessed.

The predictive value of ectopic inner retinal layer staging scheme for idiopathic epiretinal membrane: surgical results at 12 months.

Background/objectives: To assess the effect of ectopic inner foveal layers (EIFL) based staging scheme, foveal avascular zone (FAZ) alterations and other microstructural optical coherence tomography (OCT) findings on visual function for patients undergoing idiopathic epiretinal membrane (iERM) surgery.

Subjects/methods: In this retrospective study, patients who underwent 27 G pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) for idiopathic ERM with a minimum follow-up of 12 months were included. Preoperative and postoperative OCT scans, FAZ area measurements on en face OCT angiography images and mean retinal sensitivity (MRS) using microperimetry were recorded in all cases.

The Influence of Crescent-Shaped Selective Internal Limiting Membrane Staining on Vital Dye Toxicity in Temporal Inverted Flap Technique.

: To investigate the macular function and morphology after temporal inverted internal limiting membrane (ILM) flap technique with and without staining of the ILM flap in contact with the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE).: This retrospective study included 30 patients with idiopathic macular hole (MH), who underwent 27 G vitrectomy and temporal inverted ILM flap technique with brillant blue G (BBG) assisted ILM staining. In Group 1 (n = 16), a large bubble of perfluorocarbon liquid (PFCL) measuring approximately 6-disc diameters was used to cover the hole and central part of the ILM flap whereas in Group 2 (n = 14), only a small drop of PFCL to merely cover the MH was used.

Giant osteomas: Clinical results and surgical approach from ophthalmic point of view.

Purpose: To present clinical ocular manifestations, radiological features and surgical results of giant paranasal osteomas involving the orbit.

Design: Retrospective, interventional, case series.

Methods: The study included patients treated for giant paranasal osteoma involving the orbit.

Evaluation of Lacrimal Drainage Function in the Anophthalmic Socket by Dacryoscintigraphy.

Purpose: To investigate whether impaired lacrimal pump function is a possible cause of discharge in patients wearing an artificial eye compared with the remaining healthy eye.

Methods: Consecutive patients wearing unilateral ocular prosthesis for ≥6 months were included in this retrospective study. Excluded were any deformities of eyelids or nasal passage, socket complications such as entropion, ectropion, ptosis, infection, pyogenic granuloma, contracted socket, obstruction of nasolacrimal duct diagnosed with lacrimal irrigation and a difference greater than 2 mm in terms of protrusion between two eyes detected by Hertel exophthalmometry.

Evaluation of inner retinal dimples and internal limiting membrane flap configuration after temporal inverted ILM flap technique.

Purpose: To quantitatively evaluate structural changes associated with inner retinal dimples (IRDs) and qualitatively classify the internal limiting membrane (ILM) flap configuration after temporal inverted ILM flap technique using spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT).

Methods: Twenty-three eyes of 23 patients with successfully closed idiopathic, large (>400 μm) macular hole were enrolled. Patients were treated with pars plana vitrectomy followed by temporal inverted ILM flap technique.

XEN Gel Stent versus trabeculectomy: Short-term effects on corneal endothelial cells.

Purpose: To compare the short-term changes in corneal endothelial cells after trabeculectomy or XEN Gel Stent implantation.

Design: Prospective, interventional, comparative study.

Methods: Changes in corneal endothelium in patients that underwent XEN Gel Stent implantation or trabeculectomy were prospectively evaluated.

Combined Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery and 27-Gauge Transconjunctival Sutureless Vitrectomy.

Purpose: To report the outcomes of combined surgery using femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery (FLACS) and sutureless 27-gauge pars plana vitrectomy with intravitreal tamponade.

Methods: This retrospective clinical study involved 23 eyes of 23 patients on whom combined vitreoretinal surgery was performed. Patients were initially given the femtosecond laser treatment that was performed after selection of capsulotomy and lens fragmentation patterns.

Foveal avascular zone and vessel density in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Purpose: To compare the retinal and choroidal microvasculature quantitatively via optical coherence angiography (OCTA) in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) who were under methylphenidate (MFD) treatment or newly diagnosed as ADHD and were not taking any medication.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional, comparative, and observational study. The children who were between 6 and 17 years old and previously diagnosed as ADHD and were under MFD treatment or who were newly diagnosed as ADHD were included in the study.

The Effect of Two Different Frontalis Sling Approaches on Postoperative Eyelid Contour: A Comparative Study.

Purpose: To compare two different frontalis sling approaches, tarsal fixation and orbicular muscle fixation, using silicone rod (FCI Ophthalmics, Marshfield Hills, MA, USA) in terms of postoperative upper eyelid contour in patients with poor levator muscle function.

Design: Retrospective, comparative, case series.

Methods: Ten eyes of seven patients who received frontalis sling surgery with orbicularis muscle fixation (group 1), eight eyes of seven patients who received frontalis sling surgery with tarsal fixation (group 2) and 30 eyes of 15 age and sex-matched healthy controls (control group) were included.

Conventional internal limiting membrane peeling versus temporal inverted internal limiting membrane flap for large macular holes.

Purpose: To compare the functional, anatomical, and morphological results of conventional internal limiting membrane peeling versus temporal inverted internal limiting membrane flap technique for the treatment of macular holes larger than 400 μm.

Design: Retrospective, comparative case series.

Methods: A total of 33 patients were included, of whom 18 were treated with internal limiting membrane peeling (Group 1) and 15 were treated with temporal inverted internal limiting membrane flap technique (Group 2).

Comparison of Three Different Techniques on the Movement of Implants After Evisceration.

Purpose: To compare the results of 3 evisceration techniques involving placement of an acrylic implant within the scleral shell without posterior sclerotomy (Group 1), posterior sclerotomy with placement of a porous implant within the intraconal space (Group 2) and posterior sclerotomy with placement of a acrylic implant within the intraconal space (Group 3) with respect to ocular mobility, implant complications and patient satisfaction.

Methods: Single-center, retrospective, interventional case series. A chart review of 72 patients undergoing evisceration between February 2013 and January 2018 was carried out.