Electronic compliance monitoring of topical treatment after ophthalmic surgery.

The success of many medical treatments is built on compliance. Electronic monitoring is the most accurate tool to quantify compliance by measuring adherence. In order to assess the efficiency of a recently introduced miniature monitoring device for eye drop application, we evaluated adherence in ophthalmic patients undergoing post-operative short-term topical treatment.

Comparison of corneal thickness of long-term contact lens wearers for different types of contact lenses.

Purpose: To compare the central corneal thickness (CCT) values of long-term wearers of different types of contact lenses with those of each other and a normal control group.

Methods: Twenty-three healthy eyes with no history of contact lens wear were used for the control group. Forty-eight eyes were evaluated in four different groups according to the type of contact lens worn; each group comprised 12 eyes.

Visual field changes after laser in situ keratomileusis in myopic eyes.

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of acute elevation of intraocular pressure (IOP) during laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) on the visual field in myopic eyes.

Setting: Istanbul University, Cerrahpassa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey.

Methods: Thirty-seven eyes of 37 patients were included in the study.

Long term follow-up of retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in eyes with optic nerve head drusen.

Purpose: To investigate the effect of optic nerve head drusen (ONHD) on the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness during follow-up period.

Methods: Twenty-three non-glaucomatous eyes having clinically visible ONHD confirmed by colored disc photos were studied. RNFL thickness was determined with Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT).

Repair of Descemet's membrane detachment after viscocanalostomy.

We report an alternative descemetopexy technique in a case of Descemet's membrane detachment after viscocanalostomy, possibly caused by high-molecular-weight viscoelastic material.

Fungal keratitis after nonpenetrating glaucoma surgery.

Purpose: The purpose was to report a case of fungal keratitis that occurred following viscocanalostomy.

Methods: A 63-year-old man who underwent viscocanalostomy in his left eye presented with pain, redness, watering, and a decrease in visual acuity. Slit lamp examination showed teardrop-like stromal infiltration of the superior cornea.