Stabilisation Splint versus Other Conservative Therapies for the Treatment of TMD: A Systematic Review.

The purpose of this systematic review was to compare the effectiveness of stabilisation splint (SS) with other conservative treatment modalities in the management of temporomandibular disorders (TMD). An electronic search in PubMed, Google Scholar, and Cochrane was conducted to find randomised control trials published on the management of temporomandibular disorders in English language from March 2000 to June 2023 along with manual search in the relevant Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, the American Journal of Prosthodontics, and the Journal of Oral Rehabilitation. A total of 64 studies were initially considered, out of which eight studies fulfilled the inclusion criteria.

Sub-threshold frequency doubled Nd. YAG modified mild maculr grid laser for diffuse diabetic maculopathy.

Objective: To determine the anatomical and functional improvement in eyes with diffuse macular oedema after modified mild macular grid laser.

Methods: The prospective study was conducted at the Department of Ophthalmology Unit II, Civil Hospital Karachi, and the Department of Ophthalmology, Dow International Medical College, Karachi, from June 2011 to May 2014. We used neodymium-doped yttrium aluminium garnet 532nm frequency-doubled green laser to treat all eligible patients.

Posterior assisted levitation (PAL) by using Akahoshi/Wahab irrigating pars plana levitator.

Objective: To assess the outcome of irrigating Akahoshi/Wahab pars plana levitator for posterior assisted levitation in dropped nucleus during phacoemulsification.

Study Design: A case series.

Place And Duration Of Study: Ophthalmology Unit-III, Dow University of Health Sciences at Sindh Government Lyari General Hospital and Al-Noor Eye Hospital, Karachi, from January 2008 to December 2009.

Pars plana surgical capsulotomy for posterior capsular opacification (PCO).

Objective: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of pars plana surgical posterior capsulotomy in pseudophakic adults.

Methods: This prospective interventional case series was conducted at Sindh Govt Lyari General Hospital Karachi and Al- Noor Eye Hospital Karachi from June 2006 to May 2008. Complete ophthalmic examination of anterior and posterior segment was performed including assessment of type of posterior capsular opacification, measurement of intraocular pressure.

Management of cataract with macular oedema due to diabetes mellitus type-II and hypertension with grid laser prior to surgery and intra-vitreal bevacizumab (Avastin) peroperatively.

Objective: To study the visual outcome in patients subjected to cataract extraction with prior grid laser and intraoperative intravitreal bevacizumab injection.

Methods: This prospective case series comprised of 38 patients subjected to phacoemulsification and in the bag intraocular lens implantation at Al-Noor Eye Hospital and Sindh Govt Lyari General Hospital Karachi from January 2007 to December 2008. All the patients had prior macular grid treatment and intra-operative injection of intra-vitreal Avastin.

Role of trabeculectomy in the management of hypertensive traumatic total hyphaema.

Objective: To assess the visual outcome and complications after trabeculectomy in patients of hypertensive traumatic total hyphaema.

Study Design: Case series.

Place And Duration Of Study: Department of Ophthalmology, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, from June 2004 to May 2008.