Visual and Ocular Characteristics of Anisometropic Children.

Purpose: To compare the demographic and ocular characteristics of patients with low and high levels of anisometropia compared with non-anisometropic individuals.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 1803 individuals (age range, 1 to 30 years) examined at strabismus clinics between January 2019 and December 2020. Of these, 203 subjects had anisometropia (11.

Vision-related quality of life in patients with retinal vein occlusion.

Purpose: This study aims to assess the vision-related quality of life in patients with retinal vein occlusion (RVO) among those referred to Labbafinejad Medical Center and Imam Hossein Hospital between 2019 and 2021.

Methods: This comparative study included 37 eligible patients diagnosed with various types of RVO, with an average age of 61 ± 9. To ensure data validity, we included 74 age- and sex-matched healthy individuals.

Fundus torsion following inferior oblique muscle weakening.

Purpose: To determine the postoperative fundus torsion following surgical inferior oblique (IO) weakening in patients with inferior oblique overaction (IOOA).

Methods: In this interventional case series, 37 patients with IOOA ≥ +1 and reliable preoperative fundus photographs were included. IO weakening was accomplished through myectomy or anterior transposition.

The effect of topical ketorolac tromethamine on macular thickening after phacoemulsification in diabetic patients.

Background: To determine the effect of ketorolac tromethamine 0.5% in preventing post-phacoemulsification macular thickening. This randomized clinical trial.

Torsion among Women with Acute Lower Abdominal Pain: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study.

Lower abdominal or pelvic pain is a common complaint among women and one of the most challenging findings to evaluate. We performed the present study to construct a new algorithm for predicting the chance of ovarian torsion among women with acute lower abdominal pain. This diagnostic retrospective cross-sectional study was performed on all female individuals who were referred to Imam Hossein Medical Center, Tehran, Iran, with the chief complaint of acute lower abdominal pain, and underwent laparotomy between 2010 and 2016.

Management of Consecutive Exotropia.

Purpose: To determine the clinical characteristics and surgical outcomes of medial rectus (MR) advancement with or without lateral rectus (LR) recession in patients with consecutive exotropia.

Methods: This interventional case series was performed on patients with consecutive exotropia of more than 15 prism diopters (PD) at least 6 months after the esotropia surgery. All patients were operated using either unilateral or bilateral MR muscle advancement with or without simultaneous LR recession.

A new decision making model for diagnosing acute appendicitis among non-pregnant women and its comparison with alvarado scoring system.

Although acute appendicitis is a common problem, it remains a difficult diagnosis to establish, particularly among females of reproductive age. The present study was conducted to devise a new decision making model for diagnosing acute appendicitis in non-pregnant women. The present study was a retrospective study consisting of women who had undergone an appendectomy between 2007 and 2015 at the emergency department of Imam Hossein Medical Center, Tehran, Iran.

Retinal Vascular Abnormalities in Different Types of Inherited Retinal Dystrophies Assessed by Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography.

Purpose: To investigate the retinal vascular characteristics among patients with different types of inherited retinal dystrophies (IRDs).

Methods: This comparative cross-sectional study was conducted on 59 genetically confirmed cases of IRD including 37 patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP) (74 eyes), 13 patients with Stargardt disease (STGD) (26 eyes), and 9 patients with cone-rod dystrophy (CRD) (18 eyes). Both eyes of 50 age- and sex-matched healthy individuals were investigated as controls.

Pretreatment with frequent topical betamethasone in Ahmed glaucoma valve implantation.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of pretreatment with topical betamethasone in Ahmed glaucoma valve (AGV) implantation.

Design: Randomized clinical trial.

Participants: Sixty-two eyes from 62 patients undergoing AGV.

Lateral rectus resection versus lateral rectus plication in patients with residual Esotropia.

This study was aimed to compare the surgical outcomes of lateral rectus plication and resection techniques on patients with residual esotropia. In this randomized clinical trial, a total of 57 patients with residual esotropia (31 females) who were candidates for lateral rectus resection were randomized into plication (n = 27) and resection (n = 30) groups. The inclusion criteria were residual Esotropia after uni- or bilateral medial rectus recession.

Motor and Sensory Outcomes of Infantile Exotropia: A 10-Year Study (2008-2017).

Purpose: We aimed to determine the long-term motor and sensory outcomes of patients with infantile exotropia.

Methods: In this longitudinal retrospective (historical cohort) study, the records of 76 patients with infantile exotropia were Studied. Subjects with constant exotropia manifesting before the age of 1 year who were at least 5 years old at recruitment time between 2008 and 2017 were included.

The myo-inositol effect on the oocyte quality and fertilization rate among women with polycystic ovary syndrome undergoing assisted reproductive technology cycles: a randomized clinical trial.

Purpose: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of myo-Inositol administration on oocyte quality, fertilization rate and embryo quality in patients with PCOS during assisted reproductive technology (ART) cycles.

Methods: Fifty infertile PCOS patients were randomly designated in two groups. In the study group, patients received daily doses of 4 g myo-Inositol combined with 400 mg folic acid and in the control group patients received only 400 mg folic acid from 1 month before starting the antagonist cycle until the day of ovum pick up.

Comparative Assessment of Tear Function Tests, Tear Osmolarity, and Conjunctival Impression Cytology between Patients with Pterygium and Healthy Eyes.

Purpose: To compare histologic abnormalities of tear film and tear osmolarity between normal eyes and eyes with pterygium.

Methods: This was a prospective, hospital-based, case-control study involving 95 patients (65 men, 30 women) with unilateral pterygium. The tear meniscus height (TMH), Schirmer's test-1 (SCH-1) score, Rose Bengal staining (RBS) score, tear film breakup time (TBUT), tear osmolarity (TO), and conjunctival impression cytology (CIC) were assessed in both eyes.

Comparing the results of intradiscal ozone injection to treat different types of intervertebral disc herniation based on MSU classification.

Purpose: To evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of intradiscal ozone injection in reducing pain and improving patients' performance in different types of intervertebral disc herniation based on Michigan State University (MSU) classification.

Patients And Methods: Consecutive patients with low back pain and radiculopathy treated in our center with ozone chemonucleolysis from May 2017 through to January 2018 entered the study. Patients had a disc herniation classified as group 1-A, 2-A, 1-B, 2-B, 1-C, 2-C, 1-AB or 2-AB based on MSU classification in magnetic resonance imaging.

A New Approach to an Old Concept for Reducing Shoulder Pain Caused by Gynecological Laparoscopy.

Background: The purpose of this study was to introduce a technique to extract the remaining peritoneal gas in order to improve the post-laparoscopic shoulder pain.

Methods: This study included 12 patients undergoing laparoscopic gynecologic procedures between February and March 2016 in Minimally Invasive Techniques Research Center, Pars Hospital, Tehran, Iran. For complete suction of the air from abdominal cavity, the air was first vacuumed from the pelvic cavity in Trendelenburg position and then the patients were put in anti-Trendelenburg position.

Visual acuity, endothelial cell density and polymegathism after iris-fixated lens implantation.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the visual acuity as well as endothelial cell density (ECD) and polymegathism after iris-fixated lens (Artiflex AC 401) implantation for correction of moderate to high myopia.

Patients And Methods: In this retrospective cross-sectional study, 55 eyes from 29 patients undergoing iris-fixated lens implantation for correction of myopia (-5.00 to -15.

The relationship between abduction deficit and reoperation among patients with infantile esotropia.

Aim: To determine the relationship between abduction deficit and reoperation among patients with infantile esotropia (IET).

Methods: The records of 216 patients (432 eyes) with IET who underwent surgery, from 2010 to 2015 were studied. Patients with IET whose deviation appeared before 6mo of age and had stable preoperative deviation in two examinations with at least 2wk apart and a minimum 3mo postoperative follow up were included.

Vitamin B12 Deficiency as a Cause of Neurotrophic Keratopathy.

Introduction: Neurotrophic keratitis is a rare degenerative corneal disease caused by an impairment of trigeminal corneal innervation, leading to a decrease or absence of corneal sensation. Here, we present a case of neurotrophic keratopathy caused by B12 deficiency in a 34 years old man who had a progressive decrease in visual acuity and corneal involvement since 3 months before being referred to our ophthalmology clinic.

Result And Discussion: Based on our clinical findings and with the diagnosis of B12 deficiency we started B12 treatment for the patient.

Renal Hemosiderosis among Iranian Transfusion Dependent β-Thalassemia Major Patients.

In recent years, the success in management of thalassemic patients, has allowed for some previously unrecognized complications including renal abnormalities to emerge. This prospective study aimed to investigate kidney iron overload by means of MRI T2* and also renal function based on laboratory tests for early markers of glomerular and tubular dysfunction among adult Iranian transfusion-dependent thalassemia major patients. Two-hundred and two patients with transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia major were included in this study in Zafar Adult Thalassemia Center, Tehran, Iran.

T2* Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Pancreatic Iron Overload and its Relation With the Diabetic State in Thalassemic Patients.

The present study was performed to evaluate pancreatic hemosiderosis by means of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) T2* and its relation to the diabetic state in thalassemic patients. One hundred thirty transfusion-dependent thalassemic patients from Zafar adult thalassemia clinic, Tehran, Iran, were enrolled in the study. Data such as age, type of thalassemia, age at diagnosis, transfusion duration, ferritin level, and fasting blood sugar results were gathered.

A Rare Case of Gestational Gigantomastia with Hypercalcemia: The Challenges of Management and Follow up.

Background: Gigantomastia is a breast disorder marked by exaggerated rapid growth of the breasts, generally bilaterally. Since this disorder is very rare and has been reported only in sparse case reports its etiology has yet to be fully established. Treatment is aimed at improving the clinical and psychological symptoms and reducing the treatment side effects; however, the best therapeutic option varies from case to case.

A Comparison of Hemostatic Changes in Splenectomized and Nonsplenectomized β-Thalassemia Intermedia Patients.

The present study was conducted to compare the coagulation factors between splenectomized and nonsplenectomized thalassemia intermedia (TI) patients as well as a healthy control group. A total of 60 splenectomized and 60 nonsplenectomized TI patients and 60 healthy controls participated in this case-control study. The level of homocysteine, protein C and S, antithrombin III, factors V and VIII, fibrinogen, and D-dimer were measured in all groups.

Auditory Brainstem Response Wave Amplitude Characteristics as a Diagnostic Tool in Children with Speech Delay with Unknown Causes.

Speech delay with an unknown cause is a problem among children. This diagnosis is the last differential diagnosis after observing normal findings in routine hearing tests. The present study was undertaken to determine whether auditory brainstem responses to click stimuli are different between normally developing children and children suffering from delayed speech with unknown causes.