Systemic Absorption of Mitomycin-C When Used in Pterygium Surgery.

Purpose: To determine whether scleral topical application of mitomycin-C (MMC) results in measurable plasma levels of systemic absorption.

Methods: The study comprised 27 patients who were treated with MMC 0.2 mg/mL (0.

Motor vehicle accident eye injuries in northern Israel.

Purpose: To investigate the occurrence and types of motor vehicle accident eye trauma in north Israel.

Methods: The records between the years 2007-2011 of the Ophthalmology Emergency Room of one medical center were searched. Eye injuries due to motor vehicle accidents were classified according to type, severity of injury and demographic data of patients.

Sport-related eye injury in northern Israel.

Background: Eye injuries are common in sports. Sports-related eye injuries have the potential for major morbidity

Objectives: To investigate the occurrence and to classify sport-related eye trauma in northern Israel.

Methods: We analyzed the records of the ophthalmology emergency department for the years 2007-2011 and classified the admissions according to type, severity of injury and demographic data.

Presumed Virus-Induced Punctal Occlusion.

Purpose. To investigate viral infection as a cause of punctal stenosis in individuals without any ocular or systemic risk factors. Methods.

Ascorbate prophylaxis with mitomycin-C for corneal haze after laser-assisted sub-epithelial keratectomy.

Background: Corneal haze is a significant complication of photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) and laser-assisted subepithelial keratectomy (LASEK).

Objectives: To evaluate the effect of ascorbic acid supplementation in addition to perioperative topical mitomycin-C for the prevention of haze after LASEK.

Methods: We performed a retrospective, non-randomized case series study of two groups of 48 consecutive patients (96 myopic eyes) who had LASEK surgery.

Olive-harvesting eye injuries.

Purpose: To document the types of ocular trauma that occurs during the olive-harvesting season in a region of the Middle East.

Materials And Methods: Ophthalmic assessments of all patients were performed by one ophthalmologist. Examinations included visual acuity, slit-lamp evaluation of the anterior segment, intraocular pressure measurement and posterior segment assessment after pupil dilatation.

Human aqueous humor phosphatase activity in cataract and glaucoma.

Purpose: To investigate the presence and activity of protein phosphatase-2A (PPase2A), protein phosphatase-2C (PPase2C), and protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs) in the human aqueous humor (AH) of patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and cataract and to study the correlation between these phosphatases and the redox state of the AH.

Methods: Eighty-six cataract patients and 29 POAG patients who were scheduled for cataract surgery with or without glaucoma surgery were enrolled in the study. PPase2A, PPase2C, and PTPs levels in AH were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays, Western blot analyses, and spectral

Methods: The redox state was measured by spectral and fluorescent methods.

Evaluation of polybutylate-coated braided polyester (ethibond) sutures for levator-advancement blepharoptosis repair.

Purpose. To evaluate the efficacy and safety of polybutylate-coated braided polyester (Ethibond* 5-0) suture for levator aponeurosis suturing to the anterior tarsal surface in involutional blepharoptosis repair surgery. Methods.

Haptoglobin genotype is a regulator of reverse cholesterol transport in diabetes in vitro and in vivo.

Two common alleles exist at the haptoglobin (Hp) locus, and the Hp2 allele is associated with an increased incidence of cardiovascular disease, specifically in diabetes mellitus (DM). Oxidative stress is increased in Hp2 mice and humans with DM. Oxidative modification of the apolipoprotein A-I inhibits reverse cholesterol transport.