Pain Control Following Photorefractive Keratectomy: A Prospective Clinical Trial Comparing Codeine Versus Oxycodone for the Management of Postoperative Pain.

Purpose: To compare the efficacy of oral codeine plus acetaminophen versus oxycodone plus acetaminophen for severe pain control following photorefractive keratectomy (PRK).

Methods: This single-center trial randomized 200 patients to receive codeine 30 mg/acetaminophen 325 mg (codeine group) or oxycodone 5 mg/acetaminophen 325 mg (oxycodone group)every 4 hours as needed for severe pain for 4 days following PRK. Patients recorded postoperative pain, tablet consumption, and tetracaine use.

Prevalence, Patterns, and Characteristics of Eye Injuries in Professional Mixed Martial Arts.

Purpose: To describe the frequency and type of eye injuries in fighters in mixed martial arts (MMA) competition.

Methods: Fight result data were collected from the Nevada Athletic Commission database from 2001 to 2020. Any fighters in a professional mixed martial arts (MMA) contest with an eye injury were included.

Complete Fusion of Both Eyelids in Stevens-Johnson Syndrome: Case Report.

An 18-year-old woman developed Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) with ocular involvement after taking ibuprofen. She was admitted to another hospital, received saline flushes and bacitracin ophthalmic ointment to the eyes, and became unable to open them. Upon transfer to this burn center 3 weeks after symptom onset, there was complete fusion of both eyelids with no visible cornea or sclera.

Refractive surgery in the HIV-positive U.S. Military Natural History Study Cohort: complications and risk factors.

Purpose: This study sought to assess the frequency of refractive surgery complications in HIV+ individuals and related risk factors.

Settings: Multiple centers in the United States.

Design: Prospective observational cohort study.

Traumatic aniridia after implantable phakic intraocular lens placement.

A 24-year-old man was involved in a high-velocity motor vehicle accident with polytrauma 2 years after implantation of a copolymer phakic IOL (pIOL) (Visian ICL). After being released from the intensive care unit, he reported decreased vision, pain, glare, and photophobia and was treated for hyphema without globe rupture. He was found to be aniridic during anterior chamber washout of the hyphema.