Clinical characteristics of intermediate uveitis in adult Turkish patients.

Aim: To describe the clinical characteristics of Turkish patients with intermediate uveitis (IU) and to investigate the effect of clinical findings and complications on final visual acuity (VA).

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of patients with IU who had at least 6mo of follow-up and were older than 16y.

Results: A total of 78 eyes of 45 patients were included in the study and the mean follow-up period was 19.

The safety and efficacy of brinzolamide 1%/timolol 0.5% fixed combination versus dorzolamide 2%/timolol 0.5% in patients with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare the intraocular pressure (IOP) lowering efficacy and to determine patient preference based on ocular discomfort with fixed combination brinzolamide/timolol and fixed combination dorzolamide/timolol in patients with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension who required a change in therapy due to elevated IOP while receiving IOP-lowering medication.

Methods: This was a 3-month, randomized, double-blinded, active-controlled, parallel-group trial. Patients had open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension, which could not be controlled with monotherapy and were randomized to twice daily therapy with either brinzolamide 1%/timolol 0.

Quantitative analysis of macular thickness following uneventful and complicated cataract surgery.

Purpose: To compare change of macular thickness after uneventful cataract surgery and after cataract surgery complicated with vitreous loss, using optic coherence tomography (OCT).

Methods: Twenty eyes of 20 patients who underwent cataract surgery complicated with posterior capsular tear participated in this retrospective study (Group 2). The fellow eyes of those patients who underwent uneventful cataract surgery served as the control group (Group 1).

Vitiligo in a Patient Treated with Interferon Alpha-2a for Behçet's Disease.

Behçet's disease (BD) and vitiligo are diseases of unknown etiology. Interferon (IFN) alpha therapy is commonly used in Behçet uveitis. Interferon treatment in various diseases have also been observed causing certain autoimmune diseases such as vitiligo because of its immunomodulatory activity.

Comparison of ocular-surface disease index questionnaire, tearfilm break-up time, and Schirmer tests for the evaluation of the tearfilm in computer users with and without dry-eye symptomatology.

Objective: To compare the diagnostic values of the Schirmer's and tearfilm breakup time (TBUT) tests and the Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI) in dry-eye syndrome.

Subjects And Methods: Thirty-five employees of Ümraniye Training and Research Hospital who used computers in their daily work participated in this prospective study. All participants completed the OSDI.

The etiological features of anterior uveitis in a Turkish population.

Purpose: To identify any patterns in the cause of anterior uveitis in a Turkish population and compare them with results from previous studies.

Methods: The clinical records of 75 patients between January 2009 and January 2010 were retrospectively analyzed and classified as anterior uveitis according to Standardization of Uveitis Nomenclature criteria. Complete blood count, sedimentation rate, chest radiography, purified protein derivative skin test, and venereal disease research laboratory test were done on all patients.