Effectivity of intraoperative adjustable suture technique in horizontal strabismus.

Aim: To compare the long-term effectivity of intraoperative adjustable suture technique with traditional non-adjustable strabismus surgery.

Methods: Two hundred and thirty-three patients, who underwent strabismus surgery either with traditional procedures or one-stage intraoperative adjustable suture technique, were included in our long-term follow-up study. One hundred and eighteen patients were evaluated in traditional surgery group (TSG) and 115 who underwent adjustable suture were in the one-stage intraoperative adjustable surgery group (ASG).

Long-term effects of prostaglandin analogues on the anterior chamber depth of patients with primary open-angle glaucoma.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of long-term application of bimatoprost and latanoprost on the anterior chamber depth of primary open-angle glaucoma patients.

Methods: The anterior chamber depth (ACD) and axial length (AL) of patients using prostaglandin analogues for open-angle glaucoma (group I) and an age- and gender-adjusted control group (group II) were measured by ultrasonography. Patients using bimatoprost and those using latanoprost were also compared in terms of ACD and AL.

Is SHORT syndrome another phenotypic variation of PITX2?

Even though responsible genetic loci and mode of inheritance for the Rieger syndrome have been well established, the mode of inheritance and the genetic basis for SHORT syndrome are still uncertain. The purpose of this paper is to document a familial translocation of t(1;4)(q31.2;q25), in a mother and her son manifesting Rieger syndrome with polycystic ovaries and SHORT syndrome, respectively.

Primary viscocanalostomy versus trabeculectomy for primary open-angle glaucoma: three-year prospective randomized clinical trial.

Purpose: To compare the efficacy and safety of viscocanalostomy and trabeculectomy in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG).

Setting: Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.

Methods: In this prospective randomized trial, 50 eyes of 50 patients with medically uncontrolled POAG were randomized to have a trabeculectomy (25 eyes) or a viscocanalostomy (25 eyes).

Evaluation of findings in Crouzon's syndrome.

PURPOSE. The purpose of this study was to investigate the ocular, facial and radiological signs of Crouzon's syndrome in a group of older patients who had not undergone previous craniofacial surgery. METHODS.