Publications by authors named "Jihene Sayadi"

Prcis: Primary congenital glaucoma (PCG) in Tunisian children seems to be characterized by a high prevalence of inherited and advanced forms of the disease. Primary combined trabeculotomy trabeculectomy (CTT) allowed satisfactory long-term intraocular pressure (IOP) control and reasonable visual outcome.

Purpose: To report the long-term outcome of CTT as the initial glaucoma surgery in children with PCG.

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Purpose: To assess the efficacy and safety of a single preoperative intralesional bevacizumab injection as an adjuvant treatment before primary pterygium surgery.

Methods: We conducted a randomized controlled interventional study from January 2019 to December 2020. The study included a total of 60 patients (60 eyes) with primary pterygium.

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Orbital cellulitis is a rare disease. Two anatomo-clinical forms can be distinguished: a preseptal "benign" form and a retroseptal "severe" form. The purpose of this study was to analyze the epidemiological, clinical, therapeutic and prognostic profile of orbital cellulitis in a third-line Hospital in Tunis, Tunisia.

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Purpose: To describe ocular manifestations of acute leukemia in a Tunisian cohort and to assess the associations between ophthalmic findings and epidemiological, clinical, and biological features of the disease.

Methods: A prospective study included patients newly diagnosed with acute leukemia referred to our clinics between January 2019 and July 2020. All patients underwent a complete ophthalmic evaluation and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) at presentation, then every two months during one year.

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Purpose: To describe the clinical features of congenital cataract (CC) in a Tunisian cohort and to assess the surgical outcomes of primary intraocular lens implantation in two groups based on the age at surgery.

Methods: This study was a prospective analysis of children under 5 years with CC that were operated between January 2015 and 2020. The surgery consisted of phacoaspiration with posterior capsulorhexis and primary implantation.

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lntralenticular abscess is a very rare entity that has been described after penetrating trauma, intraocular surgery and metastatic spread. We report a case of intralenticular abscess treated surgically by phacoemulsification with good postoperative results. A 32-year-old patient presented with right eye redness and defective vision of 4 days following thorn injury.

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Introduction: and importance: Congenital upper eyelid eversion (CUEE) is a rare congenital condition characterized by everted upper eyelids with prominent chemosis. The authors present the first case of concurrent upper eyelids eversion, umbilical hernia, and clubfeet.

Case Presentation: A four-hour-old newborn male presented with bilateral red upper eyelids swelling.

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Purpose: To describe a case of outer retinitis with frosted branch angiitis associated with mumps infection treated with hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy.

Methods: Observational case report.

Case Report: A four-year-old boy with bilateral blindness was diagnosed with necrotizing outer retinitis with frosted branch angiitis associated with serologically confirmed mumps virus infection.

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The ankyloblepharon filiform adnatum (AFA) is a rare congenital palpebral abnormality characterized by a partial non disjunction of the gray lines of upper and lower eyelids. We report two cases of newborns presenting with ankyloblepharon and highlight its potentially amblyogenic impact and the possible ocular and systemic associations.

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Purpose: To report a case of type 3 neovascular lesion in a patient with retinitis pigmentosa (RP) complicated by macular edema.

Case Report: A 78-year-old man with a long follow-up for RP was referred for painless visual acuity decrease in the right eye. Best-corrected visual acuity was 20/125 in the right eye and 20/40 in the left.

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