Evaluation of Demographic Features of Eyelid Lesions.

Objectives: This study was an evaluation of demographic and histopathologic features of eyelid lesions.

Methods: The medical records of 261 patients (296 eyelid lesions) who attended a single clinic between 1997 and 2011 were examined retrospectively. The incidence of benign and malignant lesions, the pathological classification, and age and sex data were investigated.

Lagophthalmos and frozen globe as the initial presentation of invasive breast carcinoma.

A 75-year-old woman presented with six months history of progressing lagophthalmos and immobility of the left eye. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the orbit demonstrated infiltration of orbital fat and the extra-ocular muscles. We performed transverse blepharotomy of the left eyelid to correct lagophthalmos; and during surgery, we took a biopsy sample from levator muscle and orbital fat.

Levator resection in the management of myopathic ptosis.

Purpose: To evaluate the results of levator resection in patients with myopathic ptosis.

Methods: The medical records of consecutive patients who underwent levator resection surgery performed for myopathic ptosis between October 2009 and March 2013 were reviewed. Indications for surgery were ptosis obscuring the visual axis and margin-reflex distance ≤ 2 mm.

Analysis of age as a possible prognostic factor for transcanalicular multidiode laser dacryocystorhinostomy.

Purpose. To assess the prognostic value of age on the outcome of transcanalicular multidiode laser dacryocystorhinostomy (TCL-DCR) in patients with acquired nasolacrimal duct obstruction (NLDO). Methods.

Incision-sparing management of canaliculitis.

Purpose: To report our results of canaliculitis treatment with our incision-sparing technique which includes dilation of the punctum and compression of the canaliculus to express the sulphur granules, curettage and irrigation of the canaliculus with antibiotic solutions, and topical antibiotic use.

Methods: The medical records of all patients treated for canaliculitis between October 2009 and March 2013 were rewiewed. The punctum of affected canaliculus was dilated under local anesthesia.

Anterior chamber fixation of a posterior chamber intraocular lens: a novel technique.

We aimed to evaluate the implantation of a posterior chamber intraocular lens (IOL) in the anterior chamber (AC) with the haptics passing through two iridectomies to the posterior chamber. A total of 33 eyes of 33 patients with inadequate posterior capsular support due to either previous aphakia or posterior capsular rupture during cataract extraction were included in the study. A double iridectomy was performed on all patients using a vitrectomy probe on the midperiphery of the iris.

Comparison of revision surgeries with transcanalicular diode laser and external approaches in cases with failed transcanalicular diode laser dacryocystorhinostomy.

Purpose: To compare the success rates of revision surgeries with transcanalicular diode laser (TCDL) and external approaches in cases with failed TCDL dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR).

Methods: The medical records of the consecutive TCDL DCR surgeries performed for nasolacrimal duct obstruction between October 2009 and March 2013 were reviewed. Cases with the presence of canalicular stenosis, bone deformities, lacrimal sac neoplasms, additional intranasal deformities, dacryolithiasis, history of previous nasolacrimal surgery, and follow up less than 3 months were excluded from the study.

The efficacy of the combined procedure in involutional entropion surgery: a comparative study.

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of the combined procedure in the management of involutional entropion.

Methods: In this study, we reviewed 45 eyes of 36 patients who underwent the combined procedure (lateral tarsal strip, retractor tightening, and everting sutures) for the management of involutional lower eyelid entropion and compared the results with 31 eyes of 25 patients who underwent the Wies procedure. Exclusion criteria included previous lower eyelid surgery and follow-up of less than 6 months.

Assessing the effects of ketorolac and acetazolamide on macular thickness by optical coherence tomography following cataract surgery.

We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of topical ketorolac 0.5 % solution and oral acetazolamide 250 mg/day delivery during the first month after uneventful phacoemulsification surgery by measuring the macular thickness using optical coherence tomography. Our nonmasked randomized prospective study comprised 87 eyes of 80 patients.

Effect of intravitreal bevacizumab injection before Ahmed glaucoma valve implantation in neovascular glaucoma.

Purpose: To assess the efficacy of preoperative intravitreal bevacizumab injection (IVB) before Ahmed glaucoma valve (AGV) implantation in the treatment of neovascular glaucoma (NVG).

Methods: This retrospective, comparative and consecutive case series study included 41 eyes from 41 patients who underwent AGV implantation for treatment of NVG. The study group was composed of 19 patients (19 eyes) to whom IVB was administered before surgery, while the control group was composed of 22 patients (22 eyes) to whom IVB was not administered before AGV implantation.

Primary probing for congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction with manually curved Bowman probes.

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of the shape of Bowman probes on the success of primary probing for congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction.

Materials And Methods: Records of 42 nasolacrimal duct obstructions in 37 children who underwent probing with straight Bowman probes (group A) and 128 nasolacrimal duct obstructions in 110 children who underwent probing with Bowman probes manually bent to mimic the natural curve of the bony nasolacrimal pathway (group B) were evaluated and compared. All children were under 2 years of age.

Ocular findings in patients with psoriasis.

Background: Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting skin, nails, and joints. Although there are not many reports in the literature, ocular findings occur in approximately 10% of patients, in mostly those who have psoriatic arthritis. In this study, we aimed to evaluate eye involvement in psoriasis patients.

Effect of suturing the silicone rod to the tarsal plate and the suture material used on success of frontalis suspension surgery.

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of suturing the silicone rod to the tarsal plate and the suture material used in suturing on surgical success of frontalis suspension for congenital ptosis.

Methods: Eighty eyes of 56 consecutive patients who underwent frontalis suspension surgery using silicone rods for congenital ptosis between 2005 and 2011 were included in this retrospective study. The surgical results of eyes were compared, in which silicone had not been sutured to the tarsal plate (group 1), with those sutured with monofilament polypropylene suture (group 2), and those sutured with polybutylate-coated braided polyester suture (group 3).

Long-term outcomes of pegged and unpegged bioceramic orbital implants.

Purpose: To evaluate the long-term outcomes of pegged and unpegged bioceramic orbital implants.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of 101 cases of evisceration, enucleation, or secondary implant surgery with placement of a bioceramic porous implant was conducted. Type of surgery, existence of a peg, peg system used, time of pegging, problems encountered before and after pegging, treatment methods, and final status were recorded.

The outcome of silicone intubation and tube removal in external dacryocystorhinostomy patients with distal canalicular obstruction.

Purpose: To evaluate the outcome of silicone intubation and tube removal in external dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) patients with distal canalicular or common canalicular obstruction.

Method: Seventy-five eyes of 69 patients with distal or common canalicular obstruction who had undergone external DCR and silicone tube insertion were included in the study. Silicone tube was left in place at least for 3 months.

Impression cytology of the ocular surface and tear function in patients with periocular vitiligo.

Purpose: We evaluated the ocular surface and tear function in patients with periocular vitiligo in this prospective, case-control study.

Methods: Sixty eyes of 30 vitiligo patients with periocular involvement and 100 eyes of 50 control subjects were included in the study. Patients and control subjects were compared for Schirmer test and tear film break-up time (BUT) results and impression cytology findings graded according to Nelson's classification.

Comparison of ocular surface side effects of topical travoprost and bimatoprost.

Purpose: To compare the subjective symptoms, conjunctival hyperemia, tearing response and conjunctival cytological changes secondary to topical administration of bimatoprost and travoprost for 6 months.

Methods: Newly diagnosed primary open-angle glaucoma patients were randomly prescribed bimatoprost (35 cases) or travoprost (42 cases). Two patients in each group were excluded because they did not appear at their appointments regularly.

A comparative study of bimatoprost and travoprost: effect on intraocular pressure and ocular circulation in newly diagnosed glaucoma patients.

Background: This study compares intraocular pressure (IOP)-lowering efficacy and retrobulbar hemodynamic effects of bimatoprost and travoprost in patients with newly diagnosed open-angle glaucoma.

Methods: Patients were randomly assigned to one of two treatment groups (bimatoprost group, n = 36; travoprost group, n = 46). IOP levels were measured with Goldmann applanation tonometer.

A simple approach to the repeatability of the Schirmer test without anesthesia: eyes open or closed?

Purpose: To compare the repeatability of the Schirmer test (ST) administered with the eyes open (STo) with the repeatability of the ST administered with the eyes closed (STc).

Methods: STo and STc without anesthesia were alternately applied with 1-day intervals for a total of 6 times on 28 eyes of 14 healthy volunteers. The intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) and their 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated to assess test-retest reliability of the STo and STc.