Analysis of retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in anisometropic amblyopia via optic coherence tomography.

Objective: To detect retinal nerve fiber layer thickness differences of ambylopic and fellow eyes and ambylopic and control eyes.

Methods: The study comprised a total of 152 eyes recruited from Erzurum Region Training and Research Hospital, Turkey, between January 2018 and May 2018. Anisometropic amblyopia was the only cause of disability (visual acuity ≤ 6/12 and a difference in best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) between the two eyes of 0.

The Effect of Perioperative Topical Ketorolac 0.5% on Macular Thickness after Uneventful Phacoemulsification.

Background: To evaluate the effects of topical 0.5% ketorolac treatment combined with topical steroids on macular thickness in cases who had uneventful phacoemulsification surgery.

Methods: 58 eyes of 58 consecutive cases were included.

Effect of refractive error on temperament and character properties.

Aim: To determine the effect of refractive error on temperament and character properties using Cloninger's psychobiological model of personality.

Methods: Using the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI), the temperament and character profiles of 41 participants with refractive errors (17 with myopia, 12 with hyperopia, and 12 with myopic astigmatism) were compared to those of 30 healthy control participants. Here, temperament comprised the traits of novelty seeking, harm-avoidance, and reward dependence, while character comprised traits of self-directedness, cooperativeness, and self-transcendence.

Are most sixth nerve palsies really paralytic?

Background: Etiology and date of palsy are two important parameters that affect the treatment protocol of sixth nerve palsies. This study evaluated the treatment protocols and outcomes of treatment in sixth nerve palsies.

Methods: Thirty-four patients who had sixth nerve palsy were included.

Effects of intracameral use of adrenalin solution with preservative on corneal endothelium.

Objective: To evaluate the effects of injection of 1:100,000 dilution adrenalin with sodium bisulfite preservative on the corneal endothelium in phacoemulsification cataract surgery.

Methods: This retrospective study comprised 70 patients with age-related cataracts who had undergone phacoemulsification cataract surgery with intraocular lens (IOL) implantation without any surgical complications. In the adrenalin group, patients with intraoperative intracameral adrenalin use were included.

Capsule contraction syndrome in Behcet's disease.

We reported the case of a 39-year-old patient with inactive Behcet's syndrome developed capsule contraction syndrome after uneventful phacoemulsification and a foldable intraocular lens implantation. Two weeks after the operation, the patient was accepted to hospital with severe decrease of visual acuity (VA) on the operated eye. Capsule opening area had been reduced considerably by fibrotic tissue, which evaluated with full dilated pupil.