Evaluation of the results of contact lens assisted corneal cross-linking treatment in keratoconus patients with thin corneas.

Purpose: We aimed to compare the efficacy and safety of accelerated contact lens-assisted cross-linking (CA-CXL) with Lotrafilcon B and Comfilcon A lenses in keratoconus (KC) patients with thin corneas.

Study Design: Retrospective, single-center study.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively included 51 eyes of 39 KC patients with corneal thickness <400µm after epithelial scraping (Epi-off), who underwent accelerated CA-CXL treatment with Lotrafilcon B (n=20) and Comfilcon A (n=31).

Factors Affecting Visual Gain after Accelerated Crosslinking in Pediatric Keratoconic Cases.

Objectives: This study was designed to evaluate factors affecting visual gain following accelerated crosslinking (A-CXL) in pediatric cases with keratoconus.

Methods: Pediatric patients with a diagnosis of keratoconus who underwent A-CXL for 10 minutes ultraviolet A (UV-A) 9 mW/cm between February 2015 and May 2019 and had at least 1 year of follow-up data were analyzed retrospectively. Uncorrected visual acuity, best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), and refractive value changes (spherical, cylindrical values) at the preoperative and postoperative 12 month were compared.

Intravitreal Ranibizumab Versus Intravitreal Ranibizumab Combined with Posterior Subtenon Triamcinolone Acetonide in Diabetic Macular Edema.

Objectives: This is a retrospective, comparative evaluation of the short-term efficacy and safety of intravitreal ranibizumab (IVR) and IVR combined with posterior subtenon triamcinolone acetonide (STA) in the treatment of diabetic macular oedema (DME).

Methods: A total of 79 pseudophakic eyes of 57 patients with DME who underwent IVR injection treatment were examined retrospectively. All of the patients were treatment-naive.

The Intraoperative Corneal Pachymetry Changes during Accelerated Corneal Cross-linking in Progressive Keratoconus Patients with Thin Corneas.

Purpose: To report the intraoperative corneal pachymetry changes during accelerated corneal cross-linking (A-CXL) in progressive keratoconus patients with thin corneas.

Methods: Thirty-six eyes (mean age, 22.26 ± 4.

Tolerating subretinal fluid in the treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration with intravitreal aflibercept.

Objective: To compare the anatomical and functional outcomes of intensive and relaxed intravitreal aflibercept regimen in the management of neovascular age-related macular degeneration.

Methods: The medical records of 50 eyes of 50 patients with treatment-naive neovascular age-related macular degeneration, who underwent intravitreal aflibercept therapy in the Retinal Department of University of Health Sciences Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital (Istanbul, Turkey), were retrospectively reviewed. The demographic features and best-corrected visual acuities at baseline and at 1st-, 2nd-, 3rd-, 4th-, 6th-, 10th- and 12th- months, optical coherence tomography measurements, presence of intraretinal fluid, subretinal fluid and intraocular pressure values were studied.