Evaluation of the Perioperative Effects of Dexmedetomidine and Midazolam-Ketamine Premedication in Strabismus Surgery.

Purpose: To evaluate the effects of intranasal dexmedetomidine and midazolam-ketamine combination for premedication on sedation quality, oculocardiac reflex development, mask tolerance, and separation from parents in children who would undergo strabismus surgery.

Methods: A total of 74 patients aged 2 to 11 years, were divided into two groups. The dexmedetomidine group (n = 37) received 1 mcg/kg of dexmedetomidine and the midalozam-ketamine group (n = 37) received 0.

The Spectrum of Underlying Diseases in Children with Torticollis.

Aim: To investigate the underlying conditions in children with torticollis.

Material And Methods: Between May 2016 and December 2019, 24 patients (10 girls and 14 boys; mean age, 8 years) presenting with twisted neck, neck pain, weakness of extremities, imbalance, and gait disorder were evaluated retrospectively.

Results: Five of the patients had cranial pathologies (cerebellar anaplastic ependymoma and medulloblastoma, brain stem glioma, atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor, and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis), and five of the patients had spinal pathologies (idiopathic intervertebral disc calcification, vertebral hemangiomatosis, compression fracture, multiple hereditary exostoses, and Langerhans cell histiocytosis at C4).

A rare case of congenital fibrosis of extraocular muscle type 1A due to KIF21A mutation with Marcus Gunn jaw-winking phenomenon.

Background: Congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles (CFEOM1) is classically a congenital, non-progressive, restrictive strabismus syndrome characterized by bilateral ptosis and ophthalmoplegia with an infraducted position of the globes. This autosomal dominant syndrome is caused by mutations in the KIF21A gene.

Methods And Results: In this report we describe a 5-year-old boy, and his mother, both of whom have a mutation in the KIF21A gene, who possesses typical features of CFEOM1 syndrome.

Compatibility of spectacles with their prescriptions in central Anatolia.

Purpose: To investigate compatibility of spectacles with their prescriptions.

Methods: This study was conducted prospectively between October 2007 and March 2009. A total of 1002 spectacles of 1002 individuals were included in the study.

Approaches to subperiosteal orbital abscesses.

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the epidemiology, clinical features, management and complications of subperiosteal orbital abscesses (SPOA)-a serious complication of rhinosinusitis. Retrospective data of 36 patients with SPOA secondary to acute rhinosinusitis from January 1998 to December 2011 were evaluated. Patients were analyzed in terms of age, gender, clinical features, CT findings, surgical procedures, microbiology, and complications.

Clinical spectrum of the pseudotumor cerebri in children: etiological, clinical features, treatment and prognosis.

Objective: Pseudotumor cerebri (PTC) is a clinical condition characterized by signs and symptoms of increased intracranial pressure, such as headache and papilledema. Our aim was to investigate the etiological and clinical features of pseudotumor cerebri (PTC) in children.

Materials And Method: We performed a comprehensive analysis of epidemiology, diagnostic work-up, therapy, and clinical follow-up in 42 consecutive patients.

Different doses of palonosetron for the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting in children undergoing strabismus surgery.

Background: Postoperative vomiting is a common complication after strabismus surgery in children. The serotonin 5-HT(3) receptor antagonists have proven to be a particularly valuable addition to the armamentarium against postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV). Palonosetron is a second-generation 5-HT(3) receptor antagonist that has recently been approved for prophylaxis against PONV.

A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of a single dose of tropisetron for the prevention of vomiting after strabismus surgery in children.

Purpose: This study evaluates the effect of different doses of tropisetron to prevent postoperative vomiting, which frequently occurs in children following strabismus surgery.

Methods: One hundred twenty-five American Society of Anesthesiologists' classification (ASA) I-II group patients 2-12 years of age were randomized to this prospective, single-blind, placebo-controlled clinical study. Patients were placed in groups of 5 and did not receive any premedication.

Bilateral extensive persistent pupillary membranes.

We examined a 14-year-old girl with bilateral hyperplastic persistent pupillary membranes, present since birth, with poor visual acuity. The membranes were excised surgically; visual acuity improved. Extensive persistent pupillary membranes can be removed safely by surgical methods if they are large enough to obscure the pupillary axis and affect visual acuity.

Figure-of-eight vertical mattress suture technique for anterior flap suspension to overlying tissues in external dacryocystorhinostomy.

Purpose: To describe figure-of-eight vertical mattress suture technique in external dacryocystorhinostomy for a combined one-step closure of anterior mucosal flaps and overlying wound tissues and to evaluate its effectiveness on surgical outcome.

Design: A prospective, single surgeon, uncontrolled, interventional case series.

Methods: A total of 112 consecutive lacrimal drainage systems of 106 patients (84 women, 22 men; 100 unilateral, six bilateral) from June 2002 to January 2006 with acquired nasolacrimal duct obstruction without canalicular disease underwent external dacryocystorhinostomy with this modified technique.

Color Doppler imaging of ocular hemodynamic changes in Behçet disease and uveitis patients with different etiologies.

Purpose: To investigate blood flow velocity changes and resistivity index values of orbital vessels in Behçet disease with or without ocular involvement, in uveitis patients with different etiologies, and in healthy volunteers.

Methods: Subjects were divided into four groups: those with ocular involvement in Behçet disease (group I), those without ocular involvement in Behçet disease (group II), uveitis patients with different etiologies (group III), and a control group (group IV). Twenty-seven eyes in group I, 14 eyes in group II, 25 eyes in group III, and 27 eyes in group IV were investigated.

Pattern VEP is a useful technique in monitoring the effectiveness of occlusion therapy in amblyopic eyes under occlusion therapy.

Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness and clinical significance of pattern visual evoked potential (P-VEP) parameters on visual acuity in amblyopic patients under occlusion therapy.

Methods: A total of 34 consecutive children with anisometropic amblyopia were included in this study. All patients underwent a full initial ophthalmologic and orthoptic evaluation.

Successful Surgical Management of an Intraorbital Hydatid Cyst through a Transmaxillary Approach: Case Report.

A patient with an intraorbital hydatid cyst was treated successfully through a transmaxillary approach. Numerous procedures to remove intraorbital hydatid cysts are discussed.

Plasma homocysteine and retinal artery occlusive disease: a case-control study.

Background: Previous studies have documented that elevated plasma homocysteine is a risk factor for cardiovascular, cerebrovascular and peripheral vascular disease. In a case-control study, we sought to determine whether elevated homocysteine (HCY) is a risk factor for retinal artery occlusive disease PATIENTS AND METHODS. Study subjects consisted of 20 patients (12 male, 8 female) (mean age, 55.

Deep sclerectomy with various implants: an experimental and histopathologic study in a rabbit model.

Background And Objective: To investigate the effectiveness of various implants used in experimental deep sclerectomy and to report tissue reactions developed to these implants histopathologically.

Materials And Methods: Forty eyes of 40 New Zealand white albino rabbits underwent deep sclerectomy with various implants. The rabbits were divided into four groups; each consisted of 10 eyes.

Adenosine deaminase enzyme activity is increased and negatively correlates with catalase, superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase in patients with Behçet's disease: original contributions/clinical and laboratory investigations.

Aim: Behçet's disease (BD) is an inflammatory vasculitis with immunologic, endothelial and neutrophil alterations. Adenosine deaminase (AD) is a marker of T-cell activation and is related to the production of reactive oxygen species by neutrophils with the production of NO(*), O(2)(*-), H(2)O(2) and OH(*). We reported increased tumour necrosis factor-alpha, soluble interleukin-2 receptor, interleukin-6, interleukin-8 and NO(*) in active BD.