Investigating the prevalence of probable night eating syndrome among preclinical medical students and the mediating role of impulsivity in its relationship with chronotype.

The aim of the current study was to determine the prevalence of night eating syndrome (NES) among preclinical medical students. All participants were asked to complete a socio-demographic form, Night Eating Questionnaire (NEQ), Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire (MEQ), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-11 (BIS-11), Patient Health Questionnaire Somatic, Anxiety, and Depressive Symptom Scales (PHQ-SADS), and the Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Self-report Scale (ASRS). The participants were categorised according to their NEQ scores, and statistical analyses were carried out between the groups.

The effects of topical latanoprost 0.005% treatment on microvascular changes in the optic nerve head and macula.

Purpose: This prospective study aimed to assess the impact of topical latanoprost 0.005% treatment on the microvasculature of the macula and optic nerve head (ONH) in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG).

Methods: Fifty-seven eyes of 31 subjects were enrolled.

The Effects of Lens Extraction Surgery on Intraocular Pressure and Anterior Segment Parameters in Primary Angle-Closure Glaucoma.

Objectives: To investigate the effects of phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation (phaco+IOL) surgery on intraocular pressure (IOP) and anterior segment parameters in patients with cataract and primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG).

Materials And Methods: Fifty-five patients with PACG undergoing phaco+IOL surgery were evaluated in terms of best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), IOP, anterior chamber depth (ACD), aqueous depth (AD), and lens thickness (LT) measured by optical biometry preoperatively and at the 6-month postoperative visit. They were compared with 34 healthy age-and gender-matched cataract patients who underwent phaco+IOL surgery.

The comparison of corneal densitometry in cases with glaucoma following childhood cataract surgery and juvenile glaucoma.

Purpose: To compare the corneal densitometry (CD) in pediatric cases with glaucoma following childhood cataract surgery and juvenile open-angle glaucoma (JOAG).

Methods: This prospective comparative study involved 13 eyes with JOAG, 12 eyes with pseudophakic glaucoma, 13 eyes with aphakic glaucoma, and 15 control subjects. Pentacam HR Scheimpflug corneal topography was employed to evaluate corneal thickness (CCT) and CD values.

The long-term effects of topical latanoprost 0.005% treatment on pupillary functions: A 2-year longitudinal study.

Purpose: To investigate the long-term effects of topical latanoprost 0.005% treatment on pupillary functions in early-stage primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) eyes using automated pupillometry.

Methods: This prospective study involved 20 eyes of 20 treatment-naive subjects with early-stage POAG.

The Assessment of Radial Peripapillary Capillary Vessel Density in Adult Children of Patients With Primary Open Angle Glaucoma.

Prcis: The observed decrease in radial peripapillary capillary vessel density among adult children of individuals with primary open angle glaucoma, in comparison to controls, suggests the possibility of early microvascular alterations in the eyes of these at-risk individuals.

Purpose: To compare the radial peripapillary capillary vessel density (RPCVD) and peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness values of eyes between healthy adults with a maternal or paternal history of primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) and age-matched healthy controls without a family history of POAG.

Materials And Methods: RPCVD values and RNFL thicknesses in the peripapillary region and 4 quadrants (superior, inferior, nasal, and temporal) were evaluated using optical coherence tomography angiography among 30 adult children of patients with POAG and 30 age-matched healthy controls without a family history of POAG.

The Effect of Autografts from the Inferior and Superior Bulbar Conjunctiva on the Ocular Surface in Primary Pterygium Surgery: A Cytology Study.

Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of using an inferior or superior conjunctival autograft in primary pterygium surgery on the postoperative ocular surface.

Materials And Methods: Forty eyes of 40 patients who underwent pterygium surgery with autograft were included in the study. Cytological cell counts were performed on samples taken from the bulbar conjunctiva by impression cytology before and 1 year after the operation.

Comparisons of pulsed ultrasound-assisted and hot-acid extraction methods for pectin extraction under dual acid mixtures from onion ( L.) waste.

The aim of this study is to compare the physicochemical properties and yields of pectins extracted from onion waste under hot acid (HAE) and pulsed ultrasound-assisted extraction (PUAE) methods using different organic-inorganic acids, their mixtures, and pure water. The extraction temperature for experiments carried out under HAE was kept at 90°C for 90 min, whereas PUAE experiments were accomplished at RT in 15 min. In general, HAE gave better pectin yields compared with PUAE due to the significance of the increasing extraction temperature for the release of pectin from the plant matrix.

Macula vessel density and its relationship with the central visual field mean sensitivity across different stages of exfoliation glaucoma.

Clinical Relevance: Alterations in ocular microvasculature may contribute to pathogenesis of exfoliation glaucoma (XFG) and may improve monitoring this aggressive type of open angle glaucoma.

Background: This work aims to compare the macula vessel density and the relationship between macula vessel density and central visual field mean sensitivity between eyes with XFG and eyes with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) of different stages.

Methods: In this cross-sectional observational study, the macula vessel density values were compared among 52 POAG cases (26 early stage, 26 moderate to advanced stage) and 53 XFG cases (27 early stage, 26 moderate to advanced stage).

Optical coherence tomography angiography findings in pediatric patients with graves ophthalmopathy.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate peripapillary, macular microvascular structure, and retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness profile in children with Graves Ophthalmopathy (GO).

Material And Methods: Thirty-six eyes of 18 children with GO were prospectively compared with 40 eyes of 20-age and sex-matched controls. The severity and activity of the disease were evaluated according to the criteria of the European Group on Graves' Ophthalmopathy (EUGOGO) and Clinical Activity Score (CAS).

Influence of Upper Eyelid Surgeries on Corneal Morphology Detected with Pentacam.

Purpose: To analyze the corneal morphological parameters before and one month after the upper eyelid (UE) blepharoplasty and external levator resection (ELR) for ptosis surgery.

Materials And Methods: Seventy eyes of 70 patients with dermatochalasis (50 eyes) and acquired aponeurotic ptosis (AAP) (20 eyes) included in this prospective study. Detailed ophthalmologic examination was performed including the best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), slit lamp examination and dilated fundoscopy.

Evaluation of Static and Dynamic Pupillary Functions in Early-Stage Primary Open Angle Glaucoma.

Prcis: The dynamic parameters of the pupil, evaluated with an automated pupillometry device, differ in newly diagnosed early-stage primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) patients compared with healthy individuals, and this may guide us in early diagnosis and follow-up of glaucoma.

Introduction And Aim: To quantitatively determine static and dynamic pupillary functions in treatment-naive, newly diagnosed early-stage POAG patients and compare them with healthy controls.

Methods: Forty eye of forty subjects with early POAG were compared with 71 eye of 71 age- matched and sex-matched healthy controls in terms of static and dynamic pupillary functions in this prospective and cross-sectional study.

Overview of Epiphora Referred to Oculoplastic Surgery Clinic in Adults.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to evaluate etiological and demographic characteristics of the adult patients referred to the oculoplastic surgery clinic of the tertiary care center with the complaint of epiphora.

Methods: The medical records of the patients who applied to the oculoplastic surgery clinic with a complaint of epiphora between January 2014 and July 2021 were reviewed retrospectively. Etiology of epiphora, age, gender, duration of symptom, and follow-up period were evaluated.

Intraocular Pressure Elevation After Posterior Subtenon Triamcinolone Acetonide Injection in Pediatric Non-Infectious Uveitis.

Objectives: The objectives of the study were to evaluate non-infectious pediatric uveitis patients developing elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) and glaucoma following posterior subtenon triamcinolone acetonide (PSTA) injection.

Methods: The data of 26 pediatric (<18 years) patients with active uveitis were retrospectively evaluated. Exclusion criteria were patients with a previous IOP >21 mmHg and previous subtenon or intraocular steroid injection.

Risk factors for posterior capsule rupture in mature cataract surgery: A study of 1302 cases.

Purpose: To identify the risk factors predisposing posterior capsule rupture (PCR) during mature cataract surgery.

Methods: A total of 1302 consecutive mature cataract cases were included in this retrospective study. A detailed examination was performed for each patient and risk factors including age, gender, systemic diseases, ocular comorbidities, surgeon, and surgery method were recorded.

The effect of topical steroids and non-steroidal anti inflammatory drugs on epiphora of unknown cause: Optical coherence tomography study.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to evaluate using topical non-steroidal antiinflammatory and low-potency steroid drugs for the treatment of epiphora without an underlying cause using anterior segment-optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) and Munk epiphora grading system.

Methods: Thirty patients with epiphora who had no underlying cause were evaluated prospectively.A detailed ophthalmological examination, tear meniscus height on slit-lamp, fluorescein tear break-up time, schirmer test, lisamin green conjonctival staining, lacrimal syringing of the upper and lower canaliculus were done in all patients.

Evaluation of the segmented inner retinal layers in exfoliation glaucoma.

Purpose: To investigate the macular spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) measurements of the segmented inner retinal layers in patients with exfoliation syndrome (XFS), exfoliation glaucoma (XFG).

Methods: This prospective cross-sectional study included 28 eyes with XFS, 47 eyes with XFG, and 29 healthy controls. Thickness of the inner retinal layers, including retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL), ganglion cell layer (GCL), and inner plexiform layer (IPL) was obtained from the horizontal SD-OCT scans.

The Effect of COVID-19 Pandemic on Eye-Related Emergency Department Visits: A Comparison of 2-Year Results.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to examine the clinical and demographic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency department admissions to a tertiary eye care hospital.

Methods: Records of admissions to the ophthalmology emergency department during the pre-pandemic period (Group 1) and pandemic period (Group 2) were retrospectively reviewed to cover the period between March 15, 2019, and March 15, 2021. Application numbers, demographic characteristics of patients were recorded.

Objective assessment of corneal backscattered light in myopic, hyperopic, and emmetropic children.

Background: To determine the corneal densitometry(CD) values by using Scheimpflug imaging in myopic and hyperopic children and to compare the results with emmetropic children.

Methods: The CD measurements of the subject were obtained with Scheimpflug tomography. The values were automatically measured in standardized grayscale units over an area 12mm in diameter, which was subdivided into 4 annular concentric zones(0-2mm, 2-6mm, 6-10mm, 10-12mm) and 3 corneal depths(anterior layer: anterior 120µm; central layer: from 120µm to the last 60µm; posterior layer: last 60µm).

Choroidal structural evaluation in inactive Graves' ophthalmopathy.

Purpose: To investigate the changes in the choroidal structure in patients with inactive Graves Ophthalmopathy (GO).

Design: A prospective, masked, observational cross-sectional study.

Methods: Changes in choroidal vascularity index (CVI) were studied in the patients with inactive GO using binarization on enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography (EDI-OCT) images.

Comparison of radial peripapillary capillary density results of individuals with and without Helicobacter pylori infection.

Purpose: To evaluate the radial peripapillary capillary density using optical coherence tomography angiography in patients with and without Helicobacter pylori infection.

Methods: This prospective, cross-sectional study comprised 52 patients (52 eyes: Group 1) and 38 patients (38 eyes: Group 2) with and without H. pylori infections, respectively.

Investigation of the protective effect of gel incorporating Eugenia jambolana leaf extract on 5-fluorouracil-induced oral mucositis: an animal study.

Purpose: The study aimed to evaluate the possible preventive effect of two concentrations (3 and 5% w/w) of Eugenia jambolana (EJ) extract against 5-FU-induced mucositis.

Method: Sixteen adult rats were separated into four groups: two control and two preventive groups. Animals in Groups 1, 2, and 3 were injected intraperitoneally with 60 mg/kg/day of 5-FU on Day 1 followed by 150 mg/kg/day on Day 5.