Ocular hemodynamics in multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children: A cross-sectional study.

Purpose: To evaluate retinal vascular changes by optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) in multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C).

Methods: This cross-sectional study included 21 patients who were diagnosed with MIS-C and had a history of hospitalization, 20 pediatric outpatients with a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) diagnosis, and 26 healthy children. All patients underwent a detailed ophthalmologic examination and OCTA.

How is the posterior ocular segment affected in cesarean section and normal vaginal delivery?

Purpose: To evaluate the effects of normal vaginal delivery (NVD) and cesarean section (CS) on the retina, optic disc, and choroid in healthy pregnant women by using optical coherence tomography (OCT).

Methods: This prospectively designed study included 60 healthy pregnant women, of whom 30 underwent NVD and 30 underwent CS. Ophthalmological examinations and OCT scans were performed on all pregnant women during the third trimester and the first postpartum week.

Tomographic, Biomechanical, and Confocal Microscopic Changes in Cornea in Chronic Gout Disease.

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the tomographic, biomechanical, and confocal microscopic (IVCM) effects of chronic gout disease on human cornea.

Methods: This prospective study included 60 eyes of 30 participants with chronic gout disease and 60 eyes of 30 healthy controls. Corneal thickness, keratometry (K) readings, and corneal aberrations were measured with Sirius 3 D corneal tomography system (Sirius, CSO, Italy).

Importance of optical coherence tomography before cataract surgery.

Purpose: To determine the importance of optical coherence tomography (OCT) in patients scheduled for cataract surgery who present with no pathologies in biomicroscopic fundus examination.

Design: Retrospective study.

Methods: In this study, the routine ophthalmologic examination of patients who were recommended cataract surgery was performed.

Changes in Posterior Ocular Structures in Individuals Using Phosphodiesterase 5 Inhibitor.

Purpose: To examine posterior ocular structures with optical coherence tomography (OCT) in individuals using a phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitor (PDI, tadalafil).

Method: This prospective study included 26 eyes of 26 patients who used 1 tablet of 5-mg tadalafil regularly every day for 1 month due to erectile dysfunction. The routine ophthalmological examinations of the participants were performed at the pre-tadalafil and post-tadalafil first-month visits.

Evaluation of Ocular Surface Parameters and Systemic Inflammatory Biomarkers in Hazelnut Harvesters.

Aim: To assess the relationship between systemic inflammation markers and ocular surface parameters in hazelnut harvesters.

Material And Method: This prospective study included 30 patients presenting with moderate ocular surface diseases during the hazelnut harvesting season. A detailed ophthalmological examination was performed during the harvesting season and the first month after the end of treatment (control).

Comparison of dominant- and non-dominant-hand cateract surgery outcomes by a single surgeon.

Purpose: To compare dominant and non-dominant hand phacoemulsification surgery outcomes.

Methods: This retrospective, single-center study included 300 patients who underwent phacoemulsification surgery by a single, right-handed surgeon. The patients were divided into two groups according to whether the surgeon used his dominant or non-dominant hand during surgery.

Assessment of the Choroidal Vascular Structure in Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children.

Purpose: To evaluate the choroidal vascular structure in cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C).

Methods: This prospective study included 38 eyes of 19 patients with MIS-C and 60 eyes of 30 healthy participants. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging was performed at 1 month after diagnosis in the MIS-C group.

Ocular hemodynamics in epileptic children treated with antiepileptic drugs.

Purpose: To evaluate the quantitative measurements obtained for vessel density (VD) of the optic nerve head, macula, peripapillary retinal nerve fibre layer (p-RNFL) and total retinal thicknesses (Trt) by optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A) and the choroidal vascular structure using an image binarization method in children with epilepsy using three different antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) and to compare these measurements with healthy participants.

Methods: This observational, cross-sectional study included 124 patients divided into 4 groups: Group-1: patients receiving carbamazepine(n = 30), group-2: patients receiving levetiracetam (n = 31), group-3: patients receiving valproic acid (n = 32), and group 4: healthy controls (n = 31).A fully automated microstructural analysis of the VD of the retinal superficial capillary plexus (SCP), deep capillary plexus (DCP), and the choriocapillaris (CC) layers and radial peripapillary capillary, and Trt, p-RNFL thickness were analyzed by using OCT-A.

Comparison of different methods of correcting astigmatism in cataract surgery.

Clinical Relevance: Astigmatism causes a decrement in visual acuity, and deterioration in visual quality.

Background: The aim of this study is to compare clear corneal incision (CCI) in the steepest meridian, opposed clear corneal incision (OCCI) and toric intraocular lens implantation methods for the correction of astigmatism in cataract surgery.

Methods: Total of 93 preoperative patients with the rule corneal astigmatism (between 1.

Evaluation of effect of covıd-19 pandemic on anatomical and functional changes and vision-related quality of life in patients with glaucoma.

Background: To evaluate anatomical and functional changes and vision-related quality of life in patients whose glaucoma follow-up was disrupted by the COVID-19 restrictions.

Methods: This retrospective observational study included 100 patients who were followed up at the glaucoma unit. For the patients whose follow-up evaluations were postponed due to COVID-19 restrictions, visual acuity (VA), intraocular pressure (IOP), retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness, visual field parameters [mean deviation (MD), pattern standard deviation (PSD), and visual field index (VFI)], and the National Institute of Ophthalmology Visual Function Scale-25 (NEI-VFQ-25) score were evaluated based on the measurements performed at the last visit before COVID-19 (V1) and at the first visit after the removal of COVID-19 restrictions (V2).

Evaluation of choroidal thickness and choroidal vascular index in patients using combined oral contraceptive pills.

Purpose: To evaluate the choroidal thickness and choroidal vascular index (CVI) in healthy women using the combined oral contraceptive pill (COCp).

Methods: This prospective study included 30 women using COCp (3 mg drospirenone/0.03 mg ethinylestradiol) for contraception for at least 1 year and 30 healthy women who did not use COCp.

The effect of Nd:YAG Laser applied in the posterior capsule opacification on retinal and choroidal structures.

Purpose: To assess the effect of neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet (Nd-YAG) laser procedure on the choroid and retina in patients who developed posterior capsular opacification (PCO) after cataract surgery.

Methods: In this study, 32 eyes of 30 patients who underwent Nd:YAG laser treatment for PCO were evaluated. Visual acuity (VA), intraocular pressure (IOP), central macular thickness (CMT) with optical coherence tomography device (OCT), ganglion cell layer (GCL), inner plexiform layer (IPL), retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) and subfoveal choroidal thickness (SCT) were measured.

Effect of oral contraceptive pills on the retinal microvascular structure: An optical coherence tomography angiography study.

Background: To investigate the effect of oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) on foveal avascular zone (FAZ), peripapillary capillary plexus, and superficial and deep capillary plexus (SCP and DCP) measurements.

Methods: This cross-sectionally designed study included 32 healthy female participants using OCPs (3 mg drospirenone and 0.03 mg ethinylestradiol) for at least one year for contraception and 32 healthy controls that did not use any drugs.

Effect of Nondominant Left-Handed Phacoemulsification Surgery on Corneal Endothelium.

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of phacoemulsification surgery performed with the nondominant left hand on the corneal endothelium.

Methods: The study included 160 patients who were followed up for at least six months after uneventful cataract surgery. Seventy-seven patients who underwent nondominant left-handed phacoemulsification were evaluated as Group 1 and 83 patients who underwent dominant right-handed phacoemulsification were evaluated as Group 2.

Ocular perfusion characteristics of children with newly diagnosed epilepsy.

Background: To investigate the vascular changes of the optic nerve head (ONH) and macula by using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A), and also the choroidal vascular structure by using an image binarization tool in children with newly diagnosed epilepsy and to then compare these parameters with healthy subjects.

Methods: Forty-one epilepsy children and 36 healthy controls were included in this prospective and cross-sectional study.The radial peripapillary capillary (RPC) vessel density (VD) and macular foveal,parafoveal,perifoveal of superficial capillary plexus (SCP),deep capillary plexus (DCP) and choriocapillaris (CC) VD, and CC flow area were analyzed.

Evaluation of structural and vascular changes in the choroid after uneventful phacoemulsification surgery.

The aim of this study was to evaluate structural and vascular changes in the choroid after phacoemulsification surgery. This research comprised 50 eyes of 50 individuals who received uneventful surgical treatment for cataracts. Intraocular pressure, axial length, subfoveal choroidal thickness, and choroidal thickness in the nasal and temporal areas at 1,500-micron distance from the fovea were measured before surgery and at one and three months after surgery.

Comparison of Pain between First and Second Operated Eyelids after Upper Eyelid Blepharoplasty.

Purpose: To evaluate and compare intraoperative pain during upper eyelid blepharoplasty (UEB) between on first and second operated eyelids.

Methods: In this cross-sectional observational study, the patients were divided into two groups, with group 1 representing 40 patients whose surgery was first started on the right and group 2 representing the other 40 patients who started surgery on the left first. UEB was performed to all patients by the same surgeon under the same and equal amount of local anesthesia.

Evaluation of the optical coherence tomography findings of patients with idiopathic epiretinal membrane.

Background: This study aimed to determine the relationship between basal visual acuity (VA) and basal optical coherence tomography (OCT) parameters of patients with idiopathic epiretinal membrane (iERM).

Methods: The study included 200 eyes of 200 patients with iERM. In the evaluation of basal VAs, logMAR 0.