Publications by authors named "B M Hosal"
Objectives: To identify microbiological growth on bicanalicular silicone tubes (BST) placed during dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) surgery and to analyze the association between culture results and surgical outcomes and BST removal time.
Materials And Methods: A total of 80 lacrimal drainage systems of 68 patients who had external DCR with bicanalicular silicone intubation were included the study. Twenty-five tubes (31.
Purpose: To evaluate the role of viral infections in the pathogenesis of primary acquired nasolacrimal duct obstruction.
Methods: The study included 48 patients diagnosed with primary acquired nasolacrimal duct obstruction undergoing dacryocystorhinostomy surgery. Prior to dacryocystorhinostomy surgery, nasal swab sample was taken from the inferior meatus at the same side.
Orbital involvement in systemic sarcoidosis is a rare condition. We report a case of orbital sarcoidosis with bilaterally huge lacrimal gland involvement as the initial manifestation of systemic sarcoidosis. A 20-year-old woman admitted the ophthalmology department with progressive bilateral upper eyelid swelling for 6 months.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the role of apoptosis in the pathogenesis of blepharoptosis.
Patients And Methods: Forty-five eyelids of 43 consecutive patients (16 female, 27 males) that underwent levator resection surgery for ptosis correction were included in the study. Twenty-six of the eyelids had congenital myogenic ptosis and 19 had aponeurotic ptosis.
Purpose: To compare the clinical findings and the cytological grade of the disease before and after 6 months of topical cyclosporine A treatment in patients with dry eye.
Setting: : This single-center prospective study was performed at the Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara University School of Medicine, between January 2007 and June 2008.
Method: Forty-five patients with dry eye (with 5 mm/5 minutes or less Schirmer test) were included in the study.