Infection rate following elective oculoplastic surgery in a minor procedure setting: a single-centre retrospective study.

Objective: A surgical site infection after oculoplastic surgery is a serious complication that can lead to endophthalmitis and vision loss. Although performing these procedures in a minor-surgery setting is common, there is a lack of evidence in the literature regarding the incidence of postoperative infections. The objective of this study was to determine the infection rate associated with elective outpatient oculoplastic procedures performed in a minor-surgery setting.

Does cataract surgery in patients with concurrent lower lid malposition increase the risk of postoperative endophthalmitis?

Objective: To evaluate the safety of performing cataract surgery prior to eyelid (entropion/ectropion) surgery in patients with concurrent cataract and lower eyelid malposition.

Design: Retrospective case series.

Participants And Methods: Patients with concurrent lower eyelid malposition and cataract undergoing cataract surgery before lower eyelid repair from 2013 to 2020 were identified from two ophthalmologists (M.

Manufacturing autologous myoblast for regenerative medicine applications.

Background: Autologous myoblasts have been tested in the treatment of muscle-related diseases. However, the standardization of manufacturing myoblasts is still not established. Here we report a flask and animal-free medium-based method of manufacturing clinical-grade myoblast together with establishing releasing criteria for myoblast products under Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP).

Neural network and logistic regression diagnostic prediction models for giant cell arteritis: development and validation.

Purpose: To develop and validate neural network (NN) vs logistic regression (LR) diagnostic prediction models in patients with suspected giant cell arteritis (GCA). Design: Multicenter retrospective chart review.

Methods: An audit of consecutive patients undergoing temporal artery biopsy (TABx) for suspected GCA was conducted at 14 international medical centers.

Acanthamoeba keratitis: persistent organisms without inflammation after 1 year of topical chlorhexidine.

Purpose: To report a non-contact lens wearer with persistent Acanthamoeba organisms in the cornea after being treated with medical therapy that included topical chlorhexidine as 1 agent for 1 year.

Methods: A 53-year-old man with Acanthamoeba keratitis was treated with medical therapy for >1 year, followed by a penetrating keratoplasty.

Results: Histopathologic examination of the keratoplasty specimen revealed viable-appearing Acanthamoeba cysts and trophozoites within the deep corneal stroma in a focus of corneal scarring.

Amniotic membrane for repair of exposed hydroxyapatite orbital implant.

Exposure of a hydroxyapatite orbital implant measuring 10 x 3 mm developed in a 25-year-old man. The exposure was repaired with an amniotic membrane graft. Follow-up examinations at 5 days, 2 weeks, 2.

Metastatic large-cell lung carcinoma to the orbit in a 25-year-old nonsmoker.

Lung cancer commonly affects middle-aged and elderly smokers. Metastatic disease involving the orbit is uncommon. We report the unusual occurrence of a 25-year-old male nonsmoker with an aggressive form of lung cancer who developed metastatic orbital disease involving the medial rectus.