Evaluation of the Cataract Surgery 2018 Survey in Terms of Achieving Refractive Cataract Surgery Targets.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to show at what rate the technological equipment used in cataract surgery by Turkish ophthalmologists and their knowledge are reflected in practice and how up to date they are.

Materials And Methods: A questionnaire conducted using SurveyMonkey was used to evaluate the answers to 17 questions from 823 members of the Turkish Ophthalmological Association. Results were evaluated in subgroups according to the participants' age, occupational status, institutions, and whether they conducted relevant academic activities, and the data were compared as inadequate, standard, and contemporary approaches according to the determined criteria.

Intraocular lens optic capture in eyes with zonular weakness in cataract patients.

We desribe a technique for managing cataracts in eyes with zonular weakness. The technique is a combination of microhook iris retractors to fixate the capsulorhexis, a capsular tension ring, and intraocular lens optic capture. Results of this technique in 70 eyes after a 13-month mean follow-up are reported.

Polymorphisms of DNA repair genes XPD and XRCC1 and risk of cataract development.

The association between oxidative or ultraviolet (UV) light induced DNA damage in the lens epithelium and the development of lens opacities, and the existence of DNA repair in lens epithelial cells have been reported. Polymorphisms of DNA repair enzymes may affect repair efficiency. In this study, we aimed to determine the frequency of polymorphisms in two DNA repair enzyme genes, xeroderma pigmentosum complementation group D (XPD) codon 751 and X-ray cross-complementing group 1 (XRCC1) codon 399, in a sample of Turkish patients with maturity onset cataract.

Glutathione-S-transferase M1 and T1 genetic polymorphisms and the risk of cataract development: a study in the Turkish population.

In this study, we aimed to determine the effects of genetic polymorphisms of glutathione-S-transferase M1 (GSTM1) and glutathione-S-transferase T1 (GSTT1) on risk of developing different subtypes of age-related cataract in the Turkish population. Using a multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR), GSTM1 and GSTT1 gene polymorphisms were analyzed in 195 patients with age-related cataract (75 patients with cortical, 53 with nuclear, 37 with posterior subcapsular, and 30 with mixed type) and in 136 patients of an otherwise healthy control group of similar age. GSTM1 null genotype had a significant association with the development of cataract in female subjects (p < 0.

Glutathione S transferase M1 and T1 genetic polymorphisms are related to the risk of primary open-angle glaucoma: a study in a Turkish population.

Background: Genetic factors and oxidative damage have been shown to have a role in the development of primary open angle glaucoma (POAG).

Aim: To determine the effects of genetic polymorphisms of glutathione S transferase (GST)M1 and GSTT1 on the risk of POAG in a Turkish population.

Methods: Using a multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR), GSTM1 and GSTT1 gene polymorphisms were analysed in 144 patients with POAG and in 121 otherwise healthy controls of similar age.

Phacoemulsification with topical anesthesia: Resident experience.

Purpose: To compare the intraoperative and postoperative complications and outcomes of phacoemulsification performed by residents using topical and retrobulbar anesthesia.

Setting: Two university ophthalmology departments.

Methods: One hundred fifty phacoemulsification procedures were performed by 3 residents who used retrobulbar anesthesia (retrobulbar group), and 146 phacoemulsification procedures were performed by another 3 residents who used topical anesthesia and who had no experience with retrobulbar or peribulbar anesthesia (topical group).

Flap dimensions created with the Hansatome microkeratome: correlation with Orbscan-derived anterior segment data.

Purpose: To investigate the flap dimensions created by Hansatome microkeratome (Bausch & Lomb Surgical) and their correlation with anterior segment biometric data measured by the Orbscan II (Bausch & Lomb).

Setting: Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.

Methods: Forty-four myopic eyes of 22 patients (mean age 29 years +/- 7 [SD]) that had laser in situ keratomileusis surgery using the Hansatome microkeratome were enrolled in the study.

Repair of Descemet's membrane detachment after viscocanalostomy.

We report an alternative descemetopexy technique in a case of Descemet's membrane detachment after viscocanalostomy, possibly caused by high-molecular-weight viscoelastic material.

Fungal keratitis after nonpenetrating glaucoma surgery.

Purpose: The purpose was to report a case of fungal keratitis that occurred following viscocanalostomy.

Methods: A 63-year-old man who underwent viscocanalostomy in his left eye presented with pain, redness, watering, and a decrease in visual acuity. Slit lamp examination showed teardrop-like stromal infiltration of the superior cornea.

Determining the lowest trypan blue concentration that satisfactorily stains the anterior capsule.

Purpose: To determine the lowest concentration of trypan blue that will stain the anterior capsule satisfactorily to perform a safe continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis and to describe a staining technique using a dispersive viscoelastic material.

Setting: Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey.

Methods: Trypan blue 0.