Comparison of Autorefraction and Photorefraction with and without Cycloplegia Using 1% Tropicamide in Preschool Children.

Purpose: We aimed to investigate whether the accuracy of the Plusoptix A09 photorefractor in children with ametropia is enhanced by cycloplegia with 1% tropicamide.

Methods: A total of 70 eyes (70 children) were retrospectively reviewed. Noncycloplegic photorefraction, cycloplegia with 1% tropicamide, cycloplegic photorefraction, and cycloplegic refraction with a tabletop autorefractometer were performed on all subjects in this order.

Anterior Chamber Angle and Volume Do Not Change after Myopic Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis in Young Patients.

Purpose: We aimed to investigate whether anterior chamber angle, depth, and volume change after myopic laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) in young patients.

Methods: This retrospective study included 29 eyes of 29 patients (15 females and 14 males) between the ages of 18 and 39 years who underwent LASIK for the treatment of myopia. In addition to complete ophthalmic examination, anterior chamber angle (ACA), central anterior chamber depth (ACD), and anterior chamber volume (ACV) were measured by using a Sirius rotating Scheimpflug camera combined with Placido disc corneal topography (CSO, Florence, Italy).

Intravitreal Bevacizumab Treatment in Type 2 Idiopathic Macular Telangiectasia.

Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy of intravitreal bevacizumab treatment in type 2 idiopathic macular telangiectasia (IMT).

Materials And Methods: Six eyes of 5 patients with type 2 IMT who received intravitreal bevacizumab between 2009 and 2014 were included in this study. All the patients had an ophthalmological examination including best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), dilated fundus examination, spectral domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) and fluorescein angiography.

Subfoveal choroidal thickness changes after intravitreal bevacizumab therapy for central serous chorioretinopathy.

Purpose:: To evaluate subfoveal choroidal thickness (SFCT) changes after intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB) therapy for central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) using enhanced depth imaging spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (EDI-OCT).

Methods:: In this retrospective study, we assessed the medical records of patients with CSC who received IVB (IVB group) or who were observed without intervention (control group). SFCT was measured using EDI-OCT.

Clinical Features and Prognosis of Herpetic Anterior Uveitis.

Objective: To evaluate clinical features, complications, visual outcomes and treatment modalities in patients clinically diagnosed with herpetic anterior uveitis (AU).

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 67 patients seen at the Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Ophthalmology Clinic, Uveitis and Cornea Department from January 2009 to June 2013.

Results: Thirty-seven patients (55.

Implantation of foldable posterior chamber intraocular lens in aphakic vitrectomized eyes without capsular support.

Purpose: To evaluate the outcomes of three different surgical techniques for foldable posterior chamber intraocular lens (PCIOL) implantation in vitrectomized eyes without capsular support.

Methods: A total of 60 patients with aphakic and vitrectomized eyes without capsular support were enrolled. All patients underwent three-piece foldable PCIOL implantation into the posterior chamber through a small corneal incision.

Evaluation of the Ganglion Cell Complex and Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer in Low, Moderate, and High Myopia: A Study by RTVue Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography.

Purpose: To assess the effect of low, moderate, and high myopia on the thickness of the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) and Ganglion cell complex (GCC) measured by Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography (SD-OCT) in non-glaucomatous subjects.

Methods: The subjects were divided into three groups: low (n = 81, 35.6%), moderate (n = 79, 34.

Intravitreal Bevacizumab for Treatment of Central Serous Chorioretinopathy.

Purpose: To compare the outcomes of treatment with intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB) versus observation in central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR).

Methods: In a retrospective comparative study, records of 45 patients with CSCR were reviewed. Twenty-two patients received IVB (1.

Subfoveal choroidal thickness changes after intravitreal bevacizumab injection for neovascular age-related macular degeneration and diabetic macular edema.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the changes in subfoveal choroidal thickness (SFCT) after intravitreal injection of bevacizumab (IVB) for neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic macular edema (DME). This retrospective, consecutive, interventional case series study included 43 eyes [21 affected eyes with neovascular AMD (AMD group) and 22 affected eyes with DME (DME group)] which were treated with 1.25 mg/0.

Evaluation of Subfoveal Choroidal Thickness in Internal Carotid Artery Stenosis.

Purpose. To evaluate the relationship between internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis and subfoveal choroidal thickness (SFCT) in the elderly population. Methods.

Dexamethasone Implant for the Treatment of Type 1 Idiopathic Macular Telangiectasia.

Purpose: To report our results of 4 patients about the efficacy and safety of intravitreal dexamethasone implant for type 1 idiopathic macular telangiectasia (IMT).

Methods: Four patients' charts with type 1 IMT treated with intravitreal dexamethasone implant were retrospectively reviewed. All patients underwent full ophthalmic examination including best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), spectral domain optical coherence tomography, and fluorescein angiography.

Choroidal Thickness in Eyes with Fuchs Uveitis Syndrome.

Purpose: This study measured the macular thickness, peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness, subfoveal choroidal thickness (SFCT), and ganglion cell complex (GCC) thickness in eyes with Fuchs uveitis syndrome (FUS).

Methods: In total, 25 patients with unilateral FUS were enrolled. The diagnosis of FUS was based on the presence of several of the following clinical features: absence of acute symptoms and ciliary injection; small to medium-sized and stellate keratic precipitates (KP) diffusely scattered on the entire corneal endothelium; chronic low-grade anterior chamber inflammation; iris stromal atrophy with or without heterochromia; lack of posterior synechiae; iris nodules; and vitreous cells and debris.

COMPARING PERIPHERAL VITRECTOMY UNDER AIR AND FLUID INFUSION FOR PRIMARY RHEGMATOGENOUS RETINAL DETACHMENT.

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of peripheral vitrectomy under air infusion in comparison with fluid infusion in patients undergoing 23-gauge pars plana vitrectomy for primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.

Methods: A total of 80 eyes of 80 patients with primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment were enrolled into the study. Forty cases underwent peripheral vitrectomy under air infusion (air group), and a control group of equal number underwent peripheral vitrectomy under fluid infusion (fluid group).

Management of iatrogenic crystalline lens injury occurred during intravitreal injection.

To evaluate the approach to management of iatrogenic crystalline lens injury occurred during intravitreal injection (IVI). The patients who were managed operatively or followed-up without intervention after the iatrogenic lens injury due to IVI were included in the study. Capsular breaks remained either quiescent or resulted in cataract formation in the patients with inadvertent crystalline lens capsule damage.

Clinical characteristics of intermediate uveitis in adult Turkish patients.

Aim: To describe the clinical characteristics of Turkish patients with intermediate uveitis (IU) and to investigate the effect of clinical findings and complications on final visual acuity (VA).

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of patients with IU who had at least 6mo of follow-up and were older than 16y.

Results: A total of 78 eyes of 45 patients were included in the study and the mean follow-up period was 19.

Acute retinal pigment epitheliitis: spectral domain optical coherence tomography, fluorescein angiography, and autofluorescence findings.

A 17-year-old presented with central and paracentral scotomas in his right eye for one week. There was no remarkable medical or ocular history. Blood analyses were within normal range.

Anterior segment ischemia following diode laser photocoagulation for aggressive posterior retinopathy of prematurity.

Purpose: To describe the clinical and demographical characteristics and treatment outcomes of the premature infants who were presented with the signs of anterior segment ischemia (ASI) following transpupillary diode laser photocoagulation for aggressive posterior retinopathy of prematurity (APROP).

Methods: The records of the premature infants who developed ASI following bilateral laser photocoagulation between November 2010 and December 2013 in a single institution for the treatment of APROP were retrospectively reviewed. The clinical and demographical characteristics, laser parameters, anterior segment complications, and structural outcomes were evaluated.

Slanted medial rectus recession is effective in the treatment of convergence excess esotropia.

Purpose: To evaluate the surgical outcomes of slanted medial rectus recession in patients diagnosed as having convergence excess esotropia.

Methods: Bilateral slanted recession of medial rectus muscles was performed in 16 patients with convergence excess esotropia. The lower margins of medial rectus muscles were recessed 1 to 2 mm more than the upper margins.

Evaluation of macular thickness change after inferior oblique muscle recession surgery.

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the changes in macular thickness following inferior oblique muscle recession surgery.

Materials And Methods: Thirty-eight eyes from 21 patients undergoing ocular muscle surgery were included. Patients were grouped into three groups based on the type of surgical intervention: Group I (n = 12), inferior oblique recession surgery alone; Group II (n = 12), inferior oblique plus horizontal muscle surgery; Group III (n = 14), horizontal muscle surgery alone.

Effects of polyquaternium- and benzalkonium-chloride-preserved travoprost on ocular surfaces: an impression cytology study.

Purpose: To compare the toxicity effect of polyquaternium (PQ) and benzalkonium chloride (BAK) preservation of travoprost on the ocular surface.

Methods: This prospective study included 44 eyes of 44 patients with newly diagnosed glaucoma. Twenty-two patients used PQ-preserved travoprost (PQ group) and 22 patients used BAK-preserved travoprost (BAK group).

The safety and efficacy of brinzolamide 1%/timolol 0.5% fixed combination versus dorzolamide 2%/timolol 0.5% in patients with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare the intraocular pressure (IOP) lowering efficacy and to determine patient preference based on ocular discomfort with fixed combination brinzolamide/timolol and fixed combination dorzolamide/timolol in patients with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension who required a change in therapy due to elevated IOP while receiving IOP-lowering medication.

Methods: This was a 3-month, randomized, double-blinded, active-controlled, parallel-group trial. Patients had open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension, which could not be controlled with monotherapy and were randomized to twice daily therapy with either brinzolamide 1%/timolol 0.

Systemic side effects of antiviral therapy in a patient with acute retinal necrosis.

Purpose: To report a case of Acute Retinal Necrosis (ARN)-developed nephrotoxicity during intravenous acyclovir treatment and toxic hepatitis during oral valacyclovir treatment.

Design: Interventional case report.

Methods: Retrospective chart review.

Ipsilateral rotational autokeratoplasty for the management of traumatic corneal scar.

A 40-years-old male patient with a corneal scar secondary to perforating eye injury had undergone ipsilateral rotational autokeratoplasty in our clinics. The corneal scar involved the pupillary area. The patient had a preoperative visual acuity of counting fingers.