Choroidal and Macular Thickness in Eyes with Amblyopia.

Objectives: This study was performed to assess and analyze the retinal and choroidal thickness in amblyopic eyes using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography and enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography.

Methods: A total of 67 children with amblyopia and 31 age- and gender-matched healthy non-amblyopic control subjects were enrolled in the study. The 67 amblyopic children were divided into 3 groups: hypermetropic amblyopia (Group 1).

Structural Analysis of the Retina and Choroid before and after Carotid Artery Surgery.

: To evaluate retinal and choroidal changes in patients with internal carotid artery stenosis who had undergone carotid artery stenting or endarterectomy.: The study included 43 patients with internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis that required stenting or endarterectomy and 40 healthy controls. Patients were divided into two groups according to the degree of stenosis evaluated by magnetic resonance angiography.

Refractive outcome comparison between vitreomacular interface disorders after phacovitrectomy.

Purpose: To compare the refractive accuracy of intraocular lens (IOL) power calculations between patients with vitreomacular interface disorders who had phacovitrectomy for vitreomacular traction (VMT), epiretinal membranes (ERM), and macular holes.

Setting: Baskent University Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara, Turkey.

Design: Retrospective case series.

Enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography in patients with different phases of Behcet's panuveitis.

Objective: To evaluate the changes in choroidal thickness (CT) at 13 different points between "active," "remission," and "end-stage" phase of Behcet's panuveitis and compare this with the age, sex, and spherical equivalent matched healthy controls using enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography.

Design: Prospective study.

Participants: Eighty-five eyes of 45 patients with Behcet's panuveitis (19 eyes with active phase, 48 eyes with remission phase, and 18 eyes with end-stage phase) and 84 eyes of 42 controls were enrolled in this study.

Spontaneous Regression of Optic Disc Pit Maculopathy in a Six-Year-Old Child.

A 6-year-old boy with a complaint of blurred vision for two months was referred to our clinic. His visual acuity was 20/32 in the right eye and 20/20 in the left eye. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) revealed optic disc pit maculopathy in the right eye.

Retinal and choroidal thickness changes after single anti-VEGF injection in neovascular age-related macular degeneration: ranibizumab vs bevacizumab.

Purpose: To evaluate and compare the effects of single intravitreal injection of ranibizumab and bevacizumab on central retinal and choroidal thickness in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Methods: Forty eyes of 40 patients with neovascular AMD that underwent intravitreal injection of vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitors (anti-VEGFs) were included. Patients were randomized into 2 groups: 20 eyes received ranibizumab and 20 eyes received bevacizumab injection.

Clear lens phacoemulsification in Alport syndrome: refractive results and electron microscopic analysis of the anterior lens capsule.

Purpose: To report the ocular findings of patients with Alport syndrome and the results of clear lens extraction in this patient group.

Methods: Twenty-three eyes of 15 patients with a diagnosis of Alport syndrome were included in this study. Clear corneal phacoemulsification and intraocular foldable lens implantation was performed in eyes with indeterminate refractive errors and/or poor visual acuity and anterior capsule samples were analyzed with electron microscopy.

The effect of smoking on choroidal thickness measured by optical coherence tomography.

Background/aims: To investigate the effect of smoking on choroidal thickness using Fourier domain optical coherence tomography.

Methods: 17 otherwise healthy smokers (study group) and 17 non-smokers (control group) were enrolled. In the study group, all participants underwent optical coherence tomography scanning at baseline, and 1 and 3 h following smoking one standard cigarette.

The results of pars plana vitrectomy and silicone oil tamponade for endophthalmitis after intravitreal injections.

To report the role of early vitrectomy and silicone oil tamponade in acute endophthalmitis following intravitreal injection. Medical records of eight patients who presented with acute endophthalmitis after intravitreal injection of different drugs were retrospectively reviewed. Initial treatment consisted of vitreous tap with cultures and injection of intravitreal antibiotics, with the patients subsequently undergoing pars plana vitrectomy and silicone oil tamponade within 24 h following initial vitreous tap.

Analysis of iris structure and iridocorneal angle parameters with anterior segment optical coherence tomography in Fuchs' uveitis syndrome.

To evaluate the differences in the biometric parameters of iridocorneal angle and iris structure measured by anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) in Fuchs' uveitis syndrome (FUS). Seventy-six eyes of 38 consecutive patients with the diagnosis of unilateral FUS were recruited into this prospective, cross-sectional and comparative study. After a complete ocular examination, anterior segment biometric parameters were measured by Visante(®) AS-OCT.

Adhesion of heavy silicone oil to the anterior surfaces of the posterior lens capsule.

Purpose: To report a case of heavy silicone oil adhesion to the anterior surfaces of posterior lens capsule.


Methods: Descriptive case report.


Results: A healthy 56-year-old pseudophakic man presented with visual disturbance in his right eye for a week.

The inner diameter of the optic disc pit decreases with pars plana vitrectomy.

To report a patient with optic disc pit who showed decreased inner diameter of the optic disc pit along with resolution of recurrent macular detachment after pars plana vitrectomy. Pneumatic retinopexy and peripapillary laser photocoagulation was performed in a 28-year-old female with optic disc pit and serous macular detachment. Two months after the initial therapy, serous macular detachment recurred.

Anterior segment complications after phacovitrectomy in diabetic and nondiabetic patients.

Purpose: To evaluate early and late postoperative anterior segment complications of phacovitrectomy and foldable intraocular lens (IOL) implantation in eyes with cataract and coexisting vitreoretinal disease in diabetic and nondiabetic patients.

Setting: Department of Ophthalmology, Baskent University Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.

Methods: The records of 189 consecutive patients with cataract and posterior segment pathology necessitating phacovitrectomy were retrospectively analyzed.

Late capsular block syndrome presenting with posterior capsule opacification.

Purpose: To assess the results of posterior neodymium:YAG (Nd:YAG) laser capsulotomy in patients with late postoperative capsular block syndrome (CBS) with decreased vision because of posterior capsule opacification (PCO).

Setting: Baskent University Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara, Turkey.

Design: Case-control study.

Intravitreal bevacizumab followed by laser photocoagulation for retinal capillary hemanginoblastomas.

Purpose: To report a patient with retinal capillary hemangioblastomas associated with Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome who achieved long-term visual improvement with single intravitreal bevacizumab injection followed by laser photocoagulation.

Methods: Intravitreal bevacizumab injection was performed in a 17-year-old girl with bilateral multiple retinal capillary hemangioblastomas. Laser photocoagulation was then performed to augment the initial response to bevacizumab.

An outbreak of Fusarium solani endophthalmitis after cataract surgery in an eye training and research hospital in Istanbul.

To report an outbreak of Fusarium solani endophthalmitis after uneventful cataract surgeries performed on the same day in the same operating room. Nine patients underwent phacoemulsification at 4th Clinic of Beyoglu Eye Training and Research Hospital in Istanbul. Cefuroxime axetyl was injected intracamerally from the same vial to all patients at the end of surgery.