Publications by authors named "Irfan Durukan"
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates how corneal topometric and tomographic findings can help diagnose subclinical keratoconus, a condition where keratoconus is suspected but not visibly present.
- In the study, patients with one eye showing clinical keratoconus and the other with subclinical conditions were compared to a control group who had undergone LASIK without complications.
- The results found significant differences in topometric and tomographic measurements between subclinical keratoconus eyes and normal eyes, with specific parameters showing promising sensitivity and specificity for detection, though none were reliable enough to be used on their own.
Background: To evaluate the morphological features of corneal endothelial cells and their relationship with the stage of retinopathy in diabetes mellitus (DM).
Methods: Patients with type 2 DM and age-matched controls were included in this prospective, cross-sectional study. Patients with diabetic retinopathy (DR) were divided into no-DR, non-proliferative DR and proliferative DR based on the fundus findings.
Purpose: To investigate the potential associations between keratoconus and catalase rs1001179, superoxide dismutase 2 rs4880, and glutathione peroxidase 1 rs1050450 gene polymorphisms in a Turkish population.
Methods: The study group included 121 unrelated keratoconus patients and 94 unrelated healthy controls. Blood samples (200 ml) were collected from all patients and controls to isolate genomic DNA.
Background: Although ageing is the main reason for cataract progression, pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PES) represents an independent additional hazard for the development of nuclear sclerosis and cataract progression. PES can also affect corneal properties. From this perspective, this study aimed to perform a comparison of the corneal and lens densitometry measurements in eyes with PES and age-matched healthy eyes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnterior Segment Changes during Accommodation in Accommodative Esotropia.
Korean J Ophthalmol
February 2018
Purpose: To evaluate the anterior segment biometric parameters of non-accommodative and accommodative refractive accommodative esotropia (RAE).
Methods: Eighty-one eyes of 81 patients were included in this prospective, case-control study. The patients were divided into three groups as follows: the RAE group (n = 31), the hypermetropia group (n = 25), and the emmetropia group (n = 25).
Purpose:: To investigate the relationship between biomechanical properties of the cornea and postoperative refractive changes in patients with low-level astigmatism after cataract surgery.
Methods:: This prospective study recruited patients undergoing cataract surgery involving 2.8-mm superior incisions.
Background: To investigate the effects of selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) on macular thickness change.
Methods: Forty eyes of 40 consecutive patients with uncontrolled primary open-angle glaucoma with medical treatment were included in this prospective study. SLT was performed to the inferior 180°, and macular thickness was measured.
Purpose: To evaluate the effect of accelerated corneal cross-linking (CXL) according to corneal thickness in keratoconus.
Methods: Patients undergoing corneal CXL (9 mW/cm(2)) with hypo-osmolar riboflavin solution were included in this study. The patients were divided into 2 groups.
Purpose: To evaluate the subbasal and the stromal nerves of the corneas of patients with type 2 diabetes with in vivo confocal microscopy and to compare them with those of nondiabetic patients.
Methods: Thirty-five corneas of patients with type 2 diabetes and 24 corneas of age-matched control subjects were included in the study. Patients with diabetes were further classified with respect to the stage of retinopathy.