The Prevalence of Positive Donor Corneoscleral Rim Culture and its Association with Ocular Infection After Transplantation.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of positive corneoscleral donor rim cultures and to report keratitis and endophthalmitis after keratoplasty.

Methods: Eye bank records and medical records of patients who underwent keratoplasty between September 1, 2015, and December 31, 2019, were retrospectively reviewed. Patients who had routine donor-rim culture taken during surgery and followed up for at least 1 year in the post-operative period were included in the study.

Intravitreal dexamethasone implant results in the treatment of non-infectious uveitis.

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of intravitreal dexamethasone implant in non-infectious uveitic macular edema.

Methods: Between April 2013 and February 2017, 27 eyes of 21 patients were included in the study at Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital. The files of patients who underwent intravitreal dexamethasone implantation for non-infectious uveitic macular edema and followed up at least 6 months were retrospectively reviewed.

Simultaneous posterior eyelid ptosis repair and strabismus surgery: a single-stage approach.

Purpose: Blepharoptosis with coexisting strabismus can be observed in adults, and both these conditions affect cosmetic appearance and have psychosocial effects. Both also commonly require surgery, which is typically performed using a sequential approach. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of simultaneous Müller's muscle-conjunctival resection with or without tarsectomy and strabismus surgery in adult patients with ptosis and coexisting strabismus.

Efficacy of the Müller Muscle-Conjunctival Resection for the Correction of Unilateral Ptosis following External Levator Operations in Patients with Bilateral Involutional Ptosis.

Summary: Patients with aponeurotic blepharoptosis who are treated with external levator advancement may experience complications such as upper eyelid height asymmetry and often require revision surgery. The authors assessed the efficacy of Müller muscle-conjunctival resection in cases with upper eyelid height asymmetry following bilateral external levator advancement. The authors used retrospective analysis of 11 cases between September of 2016 and October of 2018 with eyelid asymmetry following bilateral external levator advancement.

Sarcoidosis Presenting with Bilateral Optic Disc Edema as the Initial Presentation.

Sarcoidosis is a chronic, progressive, granulomatous inflammatory disease of unknown etiology that affects multiple organ systems. Granulomatous anterior uveitis is the most common eye finding, and optic nerve involvement at presentation is rarely seen. Here, we report a 43-year man referred to our clinic with eye pain, decreased vision, floaters and bilateral papillitis, vitritis and cystoid macular edema.

In vivo analysis of choroidal vascularity index changes in eyes with Fuchs uveitis syndrome.

Background: This study aimed to investigate changes in the choroidal vascularity index (CVI) in eyes with Fuchs uveitis syndrome (FUS) and determine the effect of heterochromia on choroidal vascularity using binarisation of enhanced-depth imaging (EDI)-optical coherence tomography (OCT) images.

Methods: The study included the affected eyes (FEs) and unaffected fellow eyes (NFEs) of 24 patients with unilateral FUS and the eyes of 30 healthy controls (HCs). The subfoveal total choroidal area (TCA) and the luminal area (LA) were determined by binarised EDI-OCT images using Image J software (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD).

Evaluation of Lamina Cribrosa by Using Enhanced Depth Imaging Optical Coherence Tomography in Ocular Sarcoidosis during Quiescent Phase.

Significance: Enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography is a useful method to allow for the evaluation of deep ocular structures, such as choroid and lamina cribrosa (LC), which are affected by ocular diseases. We hypothesized that choroidal and optic nerve inflammation in patients with ocular sarcoidosis (OS) might affect the LC structure.

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate changes in the LC and anterior LC depth (ALCD) in patients with OS.

Müller Muscle-conjunctival Resection with or without Tarsectomy and Combined with Bandage Contact Lens Use in Ptosis Patients with Corneal Graft.

Purpose: To examine the efficacy of ptosis correction with a Müller muscle-conjunctival resection with or without tarsectomy (MMCR±T), combined with bandage contact lens (BCL) use, in corneal graft patients.

Methods: Seven patients with corneal grafts who underwent MMCR±T for treatment of ptosis were evaluated retrospectively. A BCL was applied to the grafts at the end of the surgery.

Prognostic factors of visual quality after transepithelial photorefractive keratectomy in patients with low-to-moderate myopia.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate visual quality after high-frequency transepithelial photorefractive keratectomy (t-PRK) by assessing the relationship between the operational parameters and the first-year postoperative corneal higher-order aberrations (HOAs).

Methods: This was a retrospective study of low-to-moderate myopic eyes treated with t-PRK. The files of 46 low-to-moderate myopic patients (90 eyes; myopia up to -5D) were included in the study.

Complete blood count parameters and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio values as markers for differentiation between systemic infectious and non-infectious uveitis.

Purpose: To compare complete blood count (CBC) parameters and neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR) between patients with infectious uveitis (IU) and those with non-infectious uveitis (NIU) during the first acute uveitis attack (AUA).

Methods: The records of 119 patients admitted with the first AUA between 2016 and 2019 and whose diagnosis was unknown at the time of admission were retrospectively reviewed. The patients were divided into two groups, IU and NIU according to diagnoses after ocular and systemic workup.

Evaluation of Peripapillary and Subfoveal Choroid Thickness in Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis.

Objective: In this study, it aims to investigate the effect of asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis on peripapillary and subfoveal choroid thickness using enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography.

Patients And Methods: While investigating for coronary artery disease, 76 patients with asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis and 35 patients with normal carotid artery (total = 111) were evaluated. Patients according to the degree of stenosis were divided into four categories as non-stenosis (n = 35), mild (n = 26), moderate (n = 27) and severe stenosis (n = 23).

Evaluation of changes in choroidal vascularity during acute anterior uveitis attack in patients with ankylosing spondylitis by using binarization of EDI-optical coherence tomography images.

Background: To evaluate the effect of the first acute anterior uveitis (AAU) attack on the choroid by using an image binarization tool on images from enhanced depth imaging (EDI)-optical coherence tomography (OCT) scans in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS).

Methods: In this study, three groups were formed: uveitic eyes (UE; n = 20) of patients with AS, the non-uveitic eyes (NUE; n = 20) of these patients, and the eyes of healthy controls (n = 20). EDI-OCT images were obtained during the first AAU attack and at three months after treatment in patients with AS.

Optic Nerve Head Changes in Patients with Optic Neuritis Secondary to Multiple Sclerosis: A Comparison of the Affected and Fellow Healthy Eyes.

Objective: To evaluate the thickness of lamina cribrosa (LC) in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) using optical coherence tomography (OCT) and the effect of optic neuritis (ON) attack on these measurements during the remission period.

Methods: The study included 20 cases diagnosed with relapsing-remitting MS with a history of ON attacks affecting one eye and in remission of MS and ON attacks for at least three months, and 28 randomly selected eyes of age- and sex-matched healthy controls. In the MS group, the eyes affected by ON attack were assigned as Group 1 (MS+ON), their fellow unaffected eyes as Group 2 (MS-ON), and healthy control eyes as Group 3.

Intermediate Uveitis as the Initial and Only Presentation of Syphilis.

We report a patient with unilateral syphilitic intermediate uveitis without dermatological, neurological, or any systemic involvement. He presented to our clinic with complaints of eye floaters and worsening visual acuity in the left eye. He had intermediate uveitis and cystoid macular edema in that eye and both venereal disease research laboratory and microhemagglutination assay for serological tests were confirmatory for syphilis.

Vision-Related Quality of Life Before and After Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty.

Objectives: To determine changes in the vision-related quality of life in patients undergoing deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) by using the 25-item National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI VFQ-25).

Methods: Thirty-five patients who were scheduled for DALK between March 1, 2013, and March 1, 2014 were asked to complete the NEI VFQ-25. NEI VFQ-25 was administered again at 6 months and at 1 year postoperatively.

Change in Accommodation and Ocular Aberrations in Keratoconus Patients Fitted With Scleral Lenses.

Purpose: To evaluate the accommodative response to different accommodative stimulus and to determine the changes in ocular higher-order aberrations with accommodation in keratoconus patients fitted with mini scleral lenses.

Material And Methods: The study included 15 keratoconus patients wearing mini scleral lenses (Misa Scleral Lens-Microlens, Arnhem, the Netherlands) and 15 keratoconus patients wearing rigid gas permeable lenses. Hartmannn Shack aberrometer (IRX-3; Imagine Eyes, Orsay, France) was used for the evaluation of accommodation.

Surgical outcomes of patients with iridocorneal endothelial syndrome: a case series.

The purpose of this study is to report the intermediate-term surgical outcomes of patients with iridocorneal endothelial syndrome-related glaucoma. The medical records of four patients (five eyes) surgery (Ahmed glaucoma valve implantation surgery and EX-PRESS mini shunt) were retrospectively reviewed. Median follow-up after glaucoma surgery was 24 (15-36) months.

Neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio and mean platelet volume in branch retinal vein occlusion.

Purpose: To evaluate the mean platelet volume (MPV) and the neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in patients with branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO).

Methods: Thirty patients with branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO group) and 27 age and sex matched subjects (control group) were included in the study. MPV and NLR parameters obtained from peripheral blood were recorded.

Combined Intravitreal Ranibizumab and Sub-Tenon Injection of Triamcinolone for the Treatment of Diabetic Macular Edema with Retinal Detachment.

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of intravitreal ranibizumab (IVR) combined with posterior sub-Tenon injection of triamcinolone acetonide (STTA) for treatment of diabetic macular edema (DME) with serous retinal detachment (SRD).

Methods: Eighty-five eyes of 65 patients with DME and SRD were enrolled in this retrospective study. Fifty-eight eyes were treated with IVR and STTA (combined group), whereas 27 eyes were treated with pro re nata (PRN) IVR (control group).

Contact lens impact on quality of life in keratoconus patients: rigid gas permeable versus soft silicone-hydrogel keratoconus lenses.

Aim: To determine the impact of rigid gas permeable (RGP) and silicone-hydrogel keratoconus lenses on the quality of life (QoL) in keratoconus (KCN) patients using the self-reported results from the Contact Lens Impact on Quality of Life (CLIQ) Questionnaire.

Methods: From January 2013 to April 2013, 27 consecutive KCN patients who wore RGP contact lenses (conflexair100 UV KE Zeiss-Wöhlk) or soft silicone-hydrogel contact lenses (SHCLs) for KCN (KeraSoft IC- Bausch&Lomb or Hydrocone Toris K-Swiss lens) completed the CLIQ questionnaire.

Results: The mean age of 27 patients was 29.

Correlation of Dry Eye Workshop Dry Eye Severity Grading System With Tear Meniscus Measurement by Optical Coherence Tomography and Tear Osmolarity.

Objectives: To compare tear meniscus measurements obtained by optical coherence tomography (OCT) and tear osmolarity with dry eye severity according to the Dry Eye Workshop (DEWS) classification system.

Methods: Forty-four eyes of 22 patients with dry eye disease (DED) were recruited in this prospective study. In all eyes, ophthalmic examination was performed in the same order as follows: Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI) survey, tear film osmolarity measurement with TearLab Osmolarity System, tear meniscus measurements by OCT, corneal fluorescein staining scoring, conjunctival lissamine green staining scoring, tear film breakup time assessment, and anesthetized Schirmer test.

Measurement of Subfoveal Choroidal Thickness in Pseudoexfoliation Syndrome Using Enhanced Depth Imaging Optical Coherence Tomography.

Background/aim: Pseudoexfoliation (PSX) syndrome is associated with blood flow disturbances; however, its exact effect on choroidal blood flow and thickness remains to be elucidated. This study compared subfoveal choroidal thickness in normal eyes and in eyes with PSX using enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography (EDI-OCT).

Methods: This prospective, cross-sectional study included 35 eyes of 35 patients (20 males, 15 females) with unilateral or bilateral PSX and 26 eyes of 26 healthy volunteers (13 males, 13 females).

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.

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.

Corneal biomechanical properties in patients with recurrent anterior uveitis.

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the biomechanical changes in cornea in patients with recurrent anterior uveitis in comparison to healthy controls.

Methods: Eighty-five eyes in 51 patients with inactive recurrent anterior uveitis (25 male, 26 female) and 34 eyes of 34 age-matched control subjects (16 male, 18 female) were included. The following measurements were done and compared between patients and controls: corneal hysteresis, corneal response factor, intraocular pressure, and central corneal thickness.