Comparison of the results of the modified and classical bi-medial hang-back recession in infantile esotropia.

Purpose: Bi-medial rectus recession, which can also be performed using a hang-back technique, is one of the surgical treatment options for infantile esotropia (IE). This study has modified the surgical approach, with outcomes compared to the traditional hang-back technique.

Methods: The bi-medial recession was performed with a modified hang-back technique in 120 IE patients and with a traditional hang-back technique in 88 cases.

Disinsertion-distal myectomy and tucking of inferior oblique combined with superior oblique full tendon advancement in superior oblique palsy.

Purpose: To assess the preliminary outcomes of inferior oblique (IO) disinsertion-distal myectomy and tucking combined with superior oblique (SO) full tendon advancement in patients with Knapp II or III superior oblique palsy.

Methods: This single-centered retrospective study included 16 eyes from 13 patients with Knapp Class II or III SO palsy. All patients underwent IO disinsertion-distal myectomy and tucking combined with SO full tendon advancement while under general anesthesia.

A comparison of scientometric data and publication policies of ophthalmology journals.

Purpose: This retrospective database analysis study aims to present the scientometric data of journals publishing in the field of ophthalmology and to compare the scientometric data of ophthalmology journals according to the open access (OA) publishing policies.

Methods: The scientometric data of 48 journals were obtained from Clarivate Analytics InCites and Scimago Journal & Country Rank websites. Journal impact factor (JIF), Eigenfactor score (ES), scientific journal ranking (SJR), and Hirsch index (HI) were included.

Isolated medial rectus muscle laceration after bird strike.

Introduction: A 66 year-old male suffered globe trauma due to A bird, a German Desert Hawk, strike. At the first examination in the emergency ünit a few hours after the injury, the patient reported persistent horizontal diplopia.

Case Report: He had right conjunctival laceration, mild proptosis, subconjunctival hematoma, exotropia with no adduction.

Surgical results of the slipped medial rectus muscle after hang back recession surgery.

Aim: To analyze the surgical results of a slipped medial rectus muscle (MRM) after hang back recession surgery for esotropia.

Methods: Twenty-one patients who underwent re-exploration for diagnosed slipped muscle after hang back recession surgery were included in this retrospective study. Dynamic magnetic resonance imaging was performed to identify the location of the slipped muscle.

Optic nerve head topographic analysis and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in strabismic and anisometropic amblyopia.

We compared the optic nerve head topography and retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness of the strabismic and anisometropic amblyopic eyes with the normal fellow eyes and age-matched controls and concluded that, although amblyopia is a functional visual loss, RNFL thickness and optic nerve head topographic changes in strabismic and anisometropic amblyopic eyes may be affected by amblyopia. Further histopathological and clinic confirmations are needed.

Effectiveness of disinsertion-resection and tucking of the inferior oblique muscle in patients with unilateral long-standing superior oblique muscle palsy.

Purpose: To investigate the effectiveness and safety of disinsertion-resection and tucking of the inferior oblique muscle in patients with unilateral long-standing superior oblique muscle palsy and secondary inferior oblique muscle overaction.

Methods: Between April 2000 and January 2005, the records of 31 patients who underwent disinsertion-resection and tucking of the inferior oblique muscle for treatment of unilateral long-standing (> 6 months) superior oblique muscle palsy were retrospectively reviewed. A comprehensive ocular examination including best-corrected visual acuity measurements, ductions, versions, and deviations at near and distance in the diagnostic positions of gaze, head tilt test, abnormal head position, dilated fundus, field of binocular fixation, and Lee screen test was performed prior to and after surgery.

Comparison of the inferior oblique weakening by disinsertion or disinsertion-resection and tucking in the patient with infantile esotropia.

The effectiveness of disinsertion vs disinsertion-resection and tucking procedure of the inferior oblique muscle for infantile esotropia was studied. Preoperative muscle overaction scores were +3.2 +/- 0.

Bifid right lateral rectus: a case report.

Abnormal insertions are the commonest cause of congenital defects in ocular motility. In this paper, a patient with a bifid right lateral rectus muscle is presented and discussed. To the best of our knowledge this patient is the first known case of an abnormal bifid lateral rectus muscle with no systemic association.

Color Doppler imaging of the orbital vessels in Behçet's disease.

Objective: To investigate blood flow velocity changes, pulsatility and resistivity index values of orbital vessels in Behçet's disease with or without ocular involvement (groups I and II) and healthy volunteers (group III).

Methods: Twenty-five eyes in the first group, 24 eyes in the second group and 24 eyes in the third group were examined by using color Doppler imaging. Peak systolic and end-diastolic blood flow velocity measurements, pulsatility and resistivity index values were measured in ophthalmic, central retinal, nasal and temporal ciliary arteries and the central retinal vein.

Serum prolactin levels in Behçet's disease.

Purpose: Evaluation of serum prolactin levels in Behçet's disease patients in Turkey.

Methods: Serum prolactin levels were measured by radioimmunoassay (RIA) in 17 patients with ocular findings, and 20 patients without ocular findings of Behçet's disease, and in 17 healthy volunteers.

Results: The average prolactin levels were measured as 9.

The effect of hydroxyurea on rabbit subconjunctival fibroblast culture and use of hydroxyurea in rabbits after glaucoma filtration surgery.

In an in vitro study, rabbit subconjunctival fibroblasts were cultured and the effects of an antineoplastic drug, hydroxyurea (HU), on fibroblast proliferation and fibroblast attachment was investigated. The effects of HU were compared with those of mitomycin C (MMC). Different concentrations of HU and MMC were added to culture medium.

The effect of cyclosporin A on cultured rabbit subconjunctival fibroblast proliferation.

The aim of this study was to examine the possible effects of local application of a potent immunosuppressive drug, cyclosporin A (CsA), on fibroblast proliferation in vitro. Rabbit subconjunctival fibroblasts were cultured and incubated with varying doses of CsA (from 0.5 to 5%).

Linkage disequilibrium between glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency and congenital color blindness in Turkish population.

No erythrocyte glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD)-deficient person was detected among 90 male patients with congenital color blindness (CCB) diagnosed at the Ophthalmology Clinic of our Hospital. Eighteen complete G6PD-deficient subjects had normal color vision. These results suggest that there is a linkage disequilibrium between CCB and G6PD genes.