Evaluation of retinal microvascular network in patients with systemic sclerosis: An optical cohorence tomography angiography study.

Purpose: To investigate the long-term effect of systemic sclerosis on the optic disk and retinal capillary network and to see whether the drugs used in the treatment of SSc affected optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) parameters.

Materials And Methods: This cross-sectional case-control study included 40 systemic sclerosis patients and 40 healthy individuals. We included only one eye of each patient in the study.

Evaluation of subclinical changes in recently diagnosed pediatric hypertension patients without hypertensive retinopathy: an OCT study.

Purpose: To investigate subclinical choroidal and retinal changes in recently diagnosed pediatric hypertension (HT) patients.

Methods: This prospective case-control study consisted of 62 treatment naive HT patients (34 essential HT and 28 renal-induced HT) and 62 control subjects aged 10-16 years. All demographic data and ocular parameters were noted.

The safety and efficacy of phacoemulsification surgery in uncomplicated cataracts with and without an ophthalmic-viscosurgical-device.

Purpose: To compare and evaluate the results of phacoemulsification surgery involving and not involving an ophthalmic-viscosurgical-device (OVD).

Methods: A prospective, randomized controlled trial included 60 eyes of 60 patients scheduled to receive phacoemulsification surgery. In order of presentation, patients were randomized into two groups to undergo different surgical techniques: the OVD-free group ( = 30) and the OVD group ( = 30).

Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty versus penetrating keratoplasty: comparison of clinical outcomes in contralateral eyes.

Purpose: This study aimed to compare the clinical outcomes following deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty and penetrating keratoplasty in contralateral eyes of the same patients.

Methods: In this retrospective, comparative case series, clinical outcome data included best-corrected visual acuity, refractive spherical equivalent, refractive astigmatism, endothelial cell density, endothelial cell loss, central corneal thickness, and intraocular pressure, which were evaluated at 6, 12, 24, and 36 months after deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty and penetrating keratoplasty. Additionally, complications were assessed.

Subclinical Alterations in Retinal Layers and Microvascular Structures with OCTA in ANCA-Associated Vasculitides.

Purpose: Using OCTA, investigate the capillary network and retinal layers in granulomatosis with ANCA associated vasculitis (AAV) patients who did not manifest apparent ocular involvement and compare the findings with healthy subjects.

Method: The present study, which is designed as a prospective and case-control study, includes 22 AAV patients and 35 control participants. OCTA parameters were noted.

New Scleral Fixation Technique for Subluxated Posterior Chamber İntraocular Lens.

Objectives: This study describes a new scleral fixation technique to treat a subluxated intraocular lens (IOL).

Methods: Four eyes of 4 patients were treated for a subluxated IOL with the described technique at Batigoz Eye Hospital. Demographic data, IOL type, and follow-up details were recorded, including the length of follow-up, postoperative refraction error, and complications.

Normative Data of Superficial Retinal Vascular Plexus and the Relationship to Retinal Layers.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between optical coherence tomography (OCT) and optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) parameters in a healthy population and to detect any changes that occur with age.

Methods: A total of 100 healthy participants were included in this prospective, observational, and comparative study. The participants were categorized in 4 groups according to age: Group 1: 21-30 years, Group 2: 31-40 years, Group 3: 41-50 years, Group 4: 51-60 years of age.

Changes in anterior segment parameters and presence of dry eye disease in patients with acromegaly: A Sirius topography study combined with meibography.

Purpose: To investigate anterior segment parameters (ASPs) and dry eye disease (DED), including the status of the meibomian glands, in patients with acromegaly.

Methods: In this cross-sectional, comparative study, 36 acromegaly patients and 40 healthy sex- and age-matched controls were included. Participants received a comprehensive ophthalmological examination, including intraocular pressure measurements with Goldmann applanation tonometry (IOP) and central corneal thickness corrected intraocular pressure (IOP) measurements, and were evaluated for ASPs and DED.

Evaluation of subclinical alterations in retinal layers and microvascular structures with OCT and OCTA in healthy young short-term smokers.

Purpose: To detect the changes that can be determined with optical coherence tomography (OCT) and optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) in young and short-term smokers.

Method: In this cross-sectional, observational, and comparative study, 45 "healthy" smokers and 45 healthy non-smoker control participants were included. Those with a smoking history between 1 year to 5 years and an average of 10-30 cigarettes per day were included in the study.

Outcomes of a new suture technique for the treatment of dislocated intraocular lenses: locked loop on the haptic.

Purpose: To evaluate surgical and refractive outcomes of a new sutured scleral fixation technique in the management of subluxated intraocular lenses (IOLs).

Methods: Nineteen eyes treated with the new scleral fixation technique were included. The mean corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA), postoperative refraction error, mean endothelial cell count (ECC), and complications were recorded.

Optical coherence tomography detection of changes in inner retinal and choroidal thicknesses in patients with early retinitis pigmentosa.

Purpose: To evaluate the inner retinal and choroidal thicknesses in patients with early retinitis pigmentosa.

Methods: We analyzed spectral-domain optical coherence tomography images of 35 retinitis pigmentosa patients and 40 healthy individuals. We measured macular and ganglion cell complex thicknesses.

Evaluation of subclinical retinopathy and angiopathy with OCT and OCTA in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Purpose: To evaluate the choroidal and retinal layers with optical coherence tomography (OCT) and retinal microvascular structures with optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients.

Method: In this prospective, cross-sectional and comparative study, a total of 35 SLE patients and 35 healthy control participants were included. SLE patients who were using hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and/or immunosuppressive agents are evaluated with OCT and OCTA.

The long-term effect of human immunodeficiency virus infection on retinal microvasculature and the ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer: an OCT angiography study.

Purpose: To investigate the long-term effect of HIV infection on the ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer and retinal capillary network.

Methods: This prospective, cross-sectional case-control study included 45 HIV-infected patients and 45 healthy individuals. Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) was used for the assessment of macular, peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thicknesses, ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer, vessel density, perfusion density, and foveal avascular zone.

Evaluation of the retinal layers and microvasculature in patients with acromegaly: a case-control OCT angiography study.

Background: The aim of study was to evaluate the retinal layers and macular capillary network with OCTA in acromegaly patients, to compare with healthy population.

Methods: In this prospective, observational, and comparative study, 40 acromegaly patients and 40 healthy control participants were included. Serum IGF-1 levels and disease duration of all patients were noted.

Retinal and choroidal vascular structures are affected in axial spondyloarthritis: an optical coherence tomography study.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to evaluate the retinal and choroidal structures in r- and nr-axSpA patients using spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) and to compare changes with healthy controls.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 70 axSpA patients (50 radiographic- and 20 nr-axSpA) and 50 healthy control subjects were included. Choroidal thickness (ChT), macular thickness, retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL), and the ganglion cell complex (GCC) were measured by SD-OCT.

The Increment of Choroidal Thickness in Euthyroid Graves' Ophthalmopathy: Is It an Early Sign of Venous Congestion?

Objective: Clinical manifestations of Graves' ophthalmopathy (GO) are caused by the overcompression of orbital tissues within the restricted orbital bone cavity. Impaired ocular blood flow may disrupt the retinal microstructure and functions. In this study, we aimed to investigate the macular and choroidal thickness changes in GO compared with healthy subjects.

Evaluation of the anterior segment parameters after Nd: YAG laser Capsulotomy: Effect the design of intraocular lens Haptic.

Objective: To evaluate the changes in anterior segment parameters after neodymium-yttrium-aluminum-garnet (Nd:YAG) laser capsulotomy in 1-piece and 3-piece IOLs.

Methods: In an institution, 65 eyes of 65 consecutive pseudophakic patients with posterior capsule opacification underwent Nd:YAG laser capsulotomy. The patients were divided into two groups according to the IOL type.

Traumatic wound dehiscence after penetrating keratoplasty.

Background: We aimed to evaluate the risk factors, clinical features and outcomes of surgery for traumatic wound dehiscence (TWD) following penetrating keratoplasty (PK).

Methods: Twenty-six patients with TWD following PK were evaluated retrospectively in terms of factors related to the trauma, types of reconstructive surgery, final graft clarity, and visual acuity.

Results: There were 26 patients with a mean age of 40.

Prevalence of amblyopia in children undergoing nasolacrimal duct irrigation and probing.

Purpose: To investigate ambylopia and amblyopia risk factors of children who underwent nasolacrimal duct (NLD) irrigation and probing for congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction (CNLDO).

Materials And Methods: The medical records of patients who had undergone NLD irrigation and probing for CNLDO at an age of 3 years or younger were reviewed, and 51 of the patients were recalled between October 1 and December 31, 2011 for a detailed ophthalmic examination to determinate amblyopia or amblyopia risk factors. Amblyopia was accepted as difference in visual acuity of two or more Snellen lines between the two eyes or visual acuity of 20/30 or worse in either eye.