SMILE intraoperative complications: incidence and management.

Aim: To report the intraoperative complications associated with small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) and their management.

Methods: This was a retrospective consecutive interventional clinical study, carried out on patients with myopia and myopic astigmatism, who underwent SMILE procedure. Type of intraoperative complications and their management were recorded.

A Simple Surgical Approach for the Management of Acquired Severe Lower Punctal Stenosis.

Purpose: Evaluation of using pigtail probe to detect and open severely stenosed lower lacrimal punctum followed by self-retaining bicanalicular intubation.

Study Design: A prospective nonrandomized clinical study.

Methods: The study included 24 patients with severe lower punctal stenosis (grade 0 according to Kashkouli scale) attending at Menoufia University Hospitals.

Anatomical and Functional Retinal Complications of Combined Sofosbuvir and Ribavirin Therapy in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C Virus.

Background And Objective: To evaluate the anatomical and functional retinal complications of combined sofosbuvir and ribavirin therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV).

Patients And Methods: Three hundred patients with chronic HCV were recruited for this prospective, observational study from the National Liver Institute of Menoufia University from November 2015 to September 2017. Ophthalmic examination and follow-up were performed in the outpatient clinic of the Ophthalmology Department at Menoufia University.