Retinal and choroidal microvascular changes during pregnancy detected with OCTA.

Objective: To investigate choroidal and retinal blood flow and thickness changes using optical coherence tomography and optical coherence tomography angiography during pregnancy.

Design: Prospective and case-control study between June 2020 and June 2021.

Methods: This prospective study included 41 eyes of 41 pregnant females and 45 eyes of 45 healthy nonpregnant females.

Pars plana vitrectomy with or without intraoperative 360° peripheral endolaser for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment treatment.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate whether intraoperative 360° prophylactic endolaser photocoagulation is necessary for the treatment of uncomplicated retinal detachment.

Methods: This prospective, randomized, comparative and interventional study includes 50 consecutive patients with primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) who were treated by pars plana vitrectomy. The patients were divided into two groups: in Group A endolaser applied to all existing breaks as well as a 360° laser retinopexy, while Group B received endolaser only to the retinal breaks.

Comparison of Efficacy and Safety of Loteprednol Etabonate 0.5% and Topical Dexamethasone 1% in Post-Vitrectomy Inflammation.

Purpose: To compare the efficacy and safety of postoperative topical loteprednol etabonate (LE) 0.5% with dexamethasone (DEX) 0.1% for the treatment of inflammation following pars plana vitrectomy (PPV).

The Expression of GDF-15 in the Human Vitreous in the Presence of Retinal Pathologies with an Inflammatory Component.

Purpose: The presence of growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15), a protein implicated in the regulation of the inflammatory response, was investigated in the vitreous of patients with vitreoretinal disorders.

Methods: Vitreous and plasma samples were collected from patients with idiopathic epiretinal membrane (IERM), macular hole (MH), rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD), nucleus drop (ND), or proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR). GDF-15 concentrations were measured using ELISA.

An uncommon ocular manifestation of Sweet syndrome: peripheral ulcerative keratitis and nodular scleritis.

Sweet syndrome (acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis) is characterized by fever, neutrophilic leukocytosis, and abrupt appearance of painful erythematous nodules and plaques, particularly on the face, neck, and limbs. In this study, we report a very rare case of Sweet syndrome in which the patient presented nodular scleritis and peripheral ulcerative keratitis during the dermatologically inactive period of the disease.

A case report of bilateral choroidal metastases of epithelial carcinoma of pancreas.

A 49-year-old woman with acute loss of vision in her left eye was examined in our clinic. Two months before arriving at out clinic, she was diagnosed with pancreatic endothelial carcinoma. Her visual acuities were 20/20 for the right and 20/200 for the left eye.

Is Smoking a Risk Factor in Ocular Behçet Disease?

Purpose: To investigate the association between smoking and prognosis of ocular Behçet disease.

Material/methods: Medical records of 202 patients with Behçet uveitis were collected retrospectively. Patients were assigned to two groups according to smoking habits.