Universal adhesive application to contaminated/non-contaminated dentin with three different protocols: An in vitro shear bond strength and SEM analysis.

This study aimed to comparatively evaluate the shear bond strength (SBS) of a universal adhesive to contaminated/non-contaminated dentin when applied with three different protocols. One-hundred-eighty dentin samples were divided randomly into 12 groups (n=15). The groups were created by combining four dentin contamination conditions (non-contaminated or contaminated with blood, hemostatic, or blood+hemostatic) with three application protocols for Single Bond Universal (no-preconditioning or preconditioning with the 35% phosphoric or 1% gallic acid).

Anti-inflammatory effect of lycopene on endotoxin-induced uveitis in rats.

Purpose:: We evaluated the efficacy of lycopene, a dietary carotenoid and potent antioxidant, against ocular inflammation and oxidative stress in an experimental uveitis model.

Methods:: Endotoxin-induced uveitis (EIU) was induced in Sprague-Dawley rats by a single subcutaneous injection of 200 μg lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Induction of EIU was preceded by daily intraperitoneal injection of 10 mg/kg lycopene for three consecutive days (Lycopene + LPS group) or equivolume vehicle (Vehicle + LPS group).

A Comparison of Central Corneal Thicknesses Measured with Two Different Methods in Cases of Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma.

Accurate and repeatable measurement of the central cornea thickness (CCT) is important in terms of follow-up of glaucoma patients. The aim of this study was to compare CCT measurements made with an ultrasonic pachymeter (USP) and with the Spectralis Anterior Segment Module optical coherence tomography (OCT) device. The study included 52 eyes of 26 primary open-angle glaucoma patients.

Fonsecaea pedrosoi as a rare cause of acute conjunctival ulceration.

Conjunctival ulceration accompanied with secretion and pain was observed in a 30-year-old male, 3 days after a perforating corneal trauma. Cultures of conjunctival ulcer samples grew Fonsecaea pedrosoi, a major causative agent of chromoblastomycosis that is typically transmitted during trauma. The conjunctival ulcer was successfully treated with amphotericin B, itraconazole, and fluconazole.

The effect of anterior transposition of the inferior oblique muscle on eyelid configuration and function.

Purpose: To evaluate the alteration of lower lid configuration and function with anterior transposition surgery of the inferior oblique (IO) muscle.

Patients And Methods: A prospective clinical trial was conducted on a consecutive series of patients underwent anterior transposition of the IO as a sole operation. All patients received a thorough ophthalmic examination 1 day before and 3 months after surgery.

Spontaneous Regression of Over-elevation in Adduction Following Esotropia Surgery.

Purpose: To evaluate the course of over-elevation in adduction in patients who had esotropia following correction of horizontal deviation.

Methods: The review of the medical files identified 28 patients who had esotropia with over-elevation in adduction. Data collected from the patients' full ophthalmological examinations included visual acuity, ocular alignment, duction, versions and sensory tests for binocularity and stereopsis, cycloplegic retinoscopy, and fundus evaluation.

Evaluating the safety of intracameral bevacizumab application using oxidative stress and apoptotic parameters in corneal tissue.

Aim: To investigate the possible effects of intracameral bevacizumab on oxidative stress parameters and apoptosis in corneal tissue.

Methods: In total, 30 rats were assigned randomly into the following three groups of 10 rats each: a sham group (Group 1; n=10), a control group [Group 2; balanced salt solution (BSS) was administered at 0.01 mL; n=10], and a treatment group (Group 3; bevacizumab was administered at 0.

Tear Film and Serum Prolidase Activity and Oxidative Stress in Patients With Keratoconus.

Purpose: To determine and compare the serum and tear film prolidase activity (PA) between patients with keratoconus and healthy subjects. Also, we aimed to evaluate the serum oxidative stress level and the correlation with serum PA in patients with keratoconus.

Methods: This prospective, comparative clinical study included 31 patients with keratoconus and 33 age-matched and sex-matched control subjects.

Clinical and echocardiographic results of the Kalangos biodegradable tricuspid ring for moderate and severe functional tricuspid regurgitation treatment.

Introduction: The Kalangos Biodegradable Tricuspid Ring (Kalangos Biodegradable Tricuspid Ring®, Bioring SA, Lonay, Switzerland) is a biodegradable prothesis in the treatment of functional tricuspid regurgitation (FTR). In this study, we aimed to determine the clinical and echocardiographic results of this prosthesis for moderate and severe FTR treatment and compare this technique with the results of semicircular DeVega annuloplasty.

Materials And Methods: From January 2005 through January 2010 we retrospectively studied the data on 64 consecutive patients underwent annuloplasty procedures for FTR treatment.

Comparison of refractive error and central corneal thickness in neonates of diabetic and healthy mothers.

Purpose: To determine the refractive error and central corneal thickness of neonates born to diabetic mothers and to compare these parameters with those of healthy neonates born to healthy mothers.

Methods: This prospective, cross-sectional study was conducted on 16 consecutive full-term neonates born to diabetic mothers and 17 full-term healthy neonates. The neonates underwent ophthalmic examination within the first week of life.

Surgical embolectomy for acute massive pulmonary embolism.

Objective: Acute massive pulmonary embolism (PE) is associated with significant mortality rate despite diagnostic and therapeutic advances. The aim of this study was to analyze our clinical outcomes of patients with acute massive PE who underwent emergency surgical pulmonary embolectomy.

Methods: This retrospective study included 13 consecutive patients undergoing emergency surgical pulmonary embolectomy for acute massive PE at our institution from March 2000 to November 2013.

Evaluation of the safety of intracameral trypan blue injection on corneal tissue using oxidative stress parameters and apoptotic activity: an experimental study.

Purpose: The present experimental study aimed to investigate the effects of intracameral trypan blue (TB) on oxidative stress parameters and apoptosis in corneal tissue.

Methods: Thirty rats were randomly assigned to three groups of 10 rats each: the sham group (Group 1); control group (Group 2); and treatment group (Group 3). The control group was administered 0.

Primary tubercular chorioretinitis.

The aim of this report is to emphasize that corticosteroids should not be prescribed when the etiological factors remain unidentified. A 34-year-old male visited our ophthalmology clinic suffering from blurred vision. Behçet's disease had been diagnosed 5 years prior, and the patient was taking an oral immunosuppressant and a systemic corticosteroid.

Evaluation of early results of quick-chop phacoemulsification in the patients with high myopic cataract.

Aim: To assess the early surgical outcomes of quick-chop phacoemulsification technique in patients with high myopia.

Methods: The data of patients with high myopia who underwent quick-chop phacoemulsification were reviewed retrospectively. There were 42 eyes of 31 patients.

Improvement in levator function after anterior levator resection for the treatment of congenital ptosis.

Purpose: To evaluate the surgical outcome of levator resection in congenital ptosis, and to assess the change in levator function (LF) after surgery, as well as its effect on surgical outcomes.

Methods: The charts of patients who underwent an anterior levator resection for congenital ptosis between January 2010 and February 2013 were retrospectively reviewed. Preoperative and postoperative grades of blepharoptosis, margin-reflex distance, LF, and reoperation status were noted, and postoperative outcomes were evaluated.

HDL-cholesterol is associated with systemic inflammation in cardiac syndrome X.

Aim: Microvascular inflammation is associated with cardiac syndrome X (CSX). High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) reveals antiatherogenic features with stimulating endothelial NO production, inhibiting oxidative stress and vascular inflammation. We investigated relationship between HDL-C and inflammatory markers in CSX.

Evaluation of resistive index using color Doppler imaging of orbital arteries in geriatric patients with hypertension.

Background And Aim: Resistive index (RI) is an indirect measurement of blood flow resistance that can be used to evaluate vascular damage in ophthalmologic disease. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between RI values of orbital arteries using the color Doppler imaging (CDI) in geriatric hypertensive patients with or without retinopathy.

Setting And Design: Designed as a cross-sectional study.

Does moxifloxacin alter oxidant status in the cornea? An experimental study.

Objective: In this experimental study, we investigated the possible effects of intracameral moxifloxacin on oxidative stress parameters and endothelial cell morphology in corneal tissue.

Methods: In total, 30 rats were randomly assigned to three groups of 10 rats: the sham group (Group 1, n = 10); the control group (Group 2), where balanced salt solution (BSS) was administered at a dose of 0.01 cc (n = 10); and the treatment group (Group 3), where moxifloxacin was administered at a dose of 0.

Alternative option in patients with multisegmental left anterior descending coronary artery disease for providing complete myocardial revascularization.

Objectives: The basic aim of surgical interventions in patients with coronary artery disease is to complete myocardial revascularization. In such patients, however, complementary revascularization techniques may require in patients with multisegmental left anterior descending disease. Among the different procedures, we performed an alternative option in patients with multisegmental lad disease for providing complete myocardial revascularization.