Risk factors for intraocular penetration of caterpillar hair in Ophthalmia Nodosa: a retrospective analysis.

We report risk factors associated with intraocular penetration of caterpillar hair seen at our institute from January 2005 to December 2007. Records of all patients with caterpillar hair induced ophthalmitis (CHIO) were retrospectively reviewed for clinical characteristics, anatomic location of lodgment of the caterpillar hair, treatment methods, and outcomes. Out of a total of 544 cases of CHIO, 19 eyes (seven in the anterior chamber and 12 in the posterior segment) experienced intraocular penetration (3.

Incidence of post-cataract endophthalmitis at Aravind Eye Hospital: outcomes of more than 42,000 consecutive cases using standardized sterilization and prophylaxis protocols.

Purpose: To report the incidence of postoperative endophthalmitis at a high-volume eye hospital in southern India using a modified cost-effective sterilization protocol.

Setting: Aravind Eye Hospital and Post Graduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Pondicherry, India.

Methods: In this retrospective observational series at a single eye hospital, records of patients who had cataract surgery using a modified sterilization protocol from January 2007 through August 2008 and developed postoperative endophthalmitis within the first 3 postoperative months were drawn from a computerized database.

Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in normal, ocular hypertensive, and glaucomatous Indian eyes: an optical coherence tomography study.

Purpose: To determine retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness measurements in normal, ocular hypertensive (OHT), and glaucomatous Asian Indian eyes.

Methods: This prospective observational cross-sectional study included patients with OHT, primary open angle glaucoma (POAG), and age-matched normal controls. The global and 4-quadrant average RNFL thickness was measured using the Stratus OCT.

Correlation between retinal nerve fiber layer thickness and central corneal thickness in patients with ocular hypertension: an optical coherence tomography study.

Purpose: To correlate the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness and optic nerve head (ONH) parameters measured by optical coherence tomography (OCT) with central corneal thickness (CCT) measurements in patients with ocular hypertension (OHT).

Design: Observational cross-sectional study.

Methods: setting: Tertiary care referral teaching institute.