Publications by authors named "Erbagcı I"
Purpose: Pterygium is a hyaline degenerative disease of the conjunctiva characterized by the progression of fibrovascular connective tissue from the bulbar conjunctiva to the cornea. The mechanism of pterygium formation is still not fully understood. Transient receptor potential (TRP) channels are a group of ion channels with distinct characteristics.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPterygium is a common degenerative disease characterized by fibrovascular outgrowth towards cornea. Around 200 million people have been reported to be affected by the pterygium in the world. Although the risk factors for pterygium are well documented, the molecular pathogenesis of pterygium seems to be very complex and remains highly elusive.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To analyze the data of patients who underwent vitreoretinal surgery due to intraocular foreign body (IOFB) injuries that occurred in the Syrian civil war.
Methods: Seventy-eight eyes of 78 patients who underwent vitreoretinal surgery due to IOFB injuries that occurred during the Syrian civil war were analyzed.
Results: Forty-four eyes (56.
Purpose: To describe a new surgical modified procedure in patients with chronic total oculomotor nerve palsy and to evaluate the results of this procedure.
Methods: Eight eyes of 6 consecutive patients who underwent strabismus surgery due to chronic total oculomotor nerve palsy were enrolled in the study. The lateral rectus muscle was split into two halves and disinserted from the sclera.
The annual economic burden of visual disorders in the United States was estimated as $139 billion. The World Health Organization has listed glaucoma in the top 10 priority eye diseases. Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is a common subtype, with a lack of clinical tools for early diagnosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To investigate the choroidal thickness in patients with scleroderma and to compare them with healthy control subjects.
Methods: Forty-six patients with scleroderma (3 male and 43 female) and 31 healthy controls (6 male and 25 female) were included in the study. Twenty-five patients had limited-type and 21 patients had diffuse-type scleroderma.
The objective of this study was to analyze the characteristics and surgical results of pediatric rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD). The medical records of 30 eyes of 29 patients younger than 18 years of age who underwent vitreoretinal surgery due to RRD were analyzed. The gender, age, laterality, duration of presenting symptom, etiology, ocular and systemic co-morbidities, type of breaks, lens status, presence of proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) and its grade, initial and final best-corrected visual acuities (BCVAs), surgical management, number of operations, duration of follow-up, functional and anatomical success, and complications were noted.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFArticle Synopsis
- The study explored the effectiveness of a dexamethasone (DEX) implant for treating stubborn cases of Behçet posterior uveitis in patients.
- A group of 12 patients received a single DEX implant injection, with their vision and eye conditions monitored over a year.
- Results showed significant improvements in visual acuity, reduction in central macular thickness, and decreased vitreous haze, indicating the treatment's safety and efficacy.
PurposeThe purpose of this study was to investigate the outcomes of nasolacrimal duct intubation in the primary treatment of congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction (CNLDO) in children aged 7 years and older.MethodsThirty children aged ≥7 years who underwent primary unilateral nasolacrimal duct intubation because of CNLDO were enrolled in this study. CNLDO diagnosis was based on signs and symptoms including typical epiphora, increased tear meniscus, recurrent or persistent mucopurulent discharge, and an abnormal dye disappearance test (DDT).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: The objective of the study reported here was to investigate the normal peripapillary choroidal thickness (CT), measured by enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography (EDI-OCT), in healthy Turkish volunteers.
Materials And Methods: In this prospective cross-sectional study, 57 eyes of 57 healthy Turkish subjects were enrolled. Each participant underwent a comprehensive ophthalmic examination and peripapillary CT measurement using EDI-OCT.
Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of liquid crystal glasses (LCG) in the treatment of children with monocular amblyopia.
Methods: A total of 14 amblyopic eyes of 14 children with monocular amblyopia were enrolled in the study. LCG with appropriate refractive correction were ordered for each patient.
Purpose: To investigate whether there is an association between penetrating eye injuries and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms in children.
Methods: 45 children aged 3-18 years who were treated due to penetrating ocular injuries (patient group) and 75 control subjects (control group) were enrolled in the study. The symptoms of ADHD were evaluated by the Turkish adapted and validated form of the Conner Parent Rating Scale (CPRS).
Aim: To investigate choroidal thickness in healthy Turkish subjects.
Materials And Methods: Refraction, axial length (AXL) measurement, anterior chamber, and fundus examinations were performed. Eyes that had any retinal or choroidal pathology were excluded from the study.
Objective: To evaluate the visual and refractive outcomes after phacoemulsification surgery in eyes with isolated lens coloboma.
Design: Prospective, consecutive case series.
Participants: Eighteen eyes with isolated lens coloboma of 13 patients were included in the study.
Background: Corrective surgery is done for ocular alignment and disrupted facial expression in some cases of adult strabismus patients. The effects of corrective surgery on the presence of social phobia (SP) diagnosis, the severity of social anxiety symptoms, the disease-related disability and the quality of life (QoL) among strabismus patients have not been thoroughly studied yet.
Methods: The study sample was composed of patients who had undergone corrective surgery for strabismus.
Purpose: Genetic factors are shown to have a role in the development of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). The aim of this study was to determine the effects of genetic polymorphisms of Rho-kinase (ROCK) genes on the risk of POAG in a Turkish population.
Methods: Genomic DNA was extracted from leukocytes of the peripheral blood, and 8 single nucleotide polymorphisms in the ROCK1 and ROCK2 genes were analysed in 179 patients with POAG and in 182 healthy controls of similar age by using BioMark HD dynamic array system.
Purpose: Genetic factors are shown to have a role in the development of primary open angle glaucoma (POAG). The aim of this study was to determine the effects of genetic polymorphisms of transient receptor potential melastatin (TRPM) channel genes on the risk of POAG in a Turkish population.
Methods: Genomic DNA was extracted from the leukocytes of the peripheral blood, and 26 single nucleotide polymorphisms in the TRPM channel genes were analyzed in 179 patients with POAG and in 182 healthy controls of similar age by using the BioMark HD dynamic array system.
Purpose: To compare bactericidal activities of daptomycin and vancomycin in an experimental rabbit model of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) endophthalmitis.
Methods: The right eyes of 19 New Zealand rabbits weighing 2 to 2.5 kg were used.
Background: To evaluate the treatment with topical 0.05% cyclosporine A (CsA) in patients with subepithelial corneal infiltrates (SEI).
Methods: We reviewed 16 patients (22 eyes) before and after the treatment with 0.
Hydroa vacciniforme (HV) is a sporadic, rare and idiopathic chronic photodermatosis characterized by recurrent vesicles and crust formation on a sun-exposed skin, typically resulting in vacciniform or varioliform scarring. Herein, we report on a 18-year-old boy who presented with rare ocular involvement in HV.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The aim of this study was to show the efficiency of preoperative botulinum toxin A (Botox A) in patients with benign essential blepharospasm who were to undergo ocular surgery with local anesthesia.
Materials And Methods: Twenty-eight benign essential blepharospasm patients who were administered unilateral Botox A prior to ocular surgery between January 2004 and May 2011 were included in this study. Eleven cases had pterygiums, ten had cataracts, and four had glaucomas, while the remaining three had aphakia.
Purpose: To evaluate possible role of the UTS2 gene polymorphisms (Thr21Met and Ser89Asn) in the genetic susceptibility to diabetic retinopathy (DR) in a Turkish population.
Methods: Total number of 280 patients with DR (nonproliferative DR 170 and proliferative DR 110), 291 nondiabetic healthy controls, and 113 diabetic controls (without DR) were included to this study. The detection of UTS2 gene polymorphisms was achieved with PCR-RFLP technique.
Purpose: To show the efficiency of repetitive probing performed with intranasal endoscopic imaging in cases who underwent unsuccessful probing and the accompanying nasal pathologies.
Methods: Eighty-four eyes of the 64 patients in whom primary probing was found to be unsuccessful were included in the study. Cases were divided into 3 groups, depending on the number of unsuccessful attempts (1 [group 1], 2 [group 2], and 3 [group 3] unsuccessful probings).
Objective: To compare proseal laryngeal mask airway (PLMA) with an endotracheal tube (ET) for airway safety, maintained ease of insertion, and hemodynamic stability in pediatric strabismus surgery (PSS).
Methods: This prospective-randomized clinical study was carried out in the Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep University, Turkey between April 2008 and July 2009. Eighty American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) I-II children, weight 10-30 kg, aged between 1-12 years undergoing PSS were selected.