Comparison of Refractive Outcomes in Small-Incision Lenticule Extraction Performed with One or Two Incisions.

Purpose: To retrospectively compare the refractive outcomes between two groups of small-incision lenticule extraction (SMILE), one with a single incision and the second one with dual-incisions.

Setting: Ebsar Eye Center, Benha, Qalyopia, Egypt.

Design: A retrospective cohort study.

A comparative study between ciclosporine A eye drop (2%) and tacrolimus eye ointment (0.03%) in management of children with refractory vernal keratoconjunctivitis.

Purpose: To compare the effects of ciclosporine A (2%) eye drop and tacrolimus (0.03%) eye ointment on children with vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) who were not responding to corticosteroid eye drops.

Methods: A prospective comparative study was carried out on children who were diagnosed with refractory VKC at the ophthalmology clinic in Benha University, Delta area, Egypt, during the period from October 2019 to February 2020.

Small Incision Lenticule Extraction for Correction of Pediatric Unilateral Anisometropic Myopia.

Purpose: To evaluate the effects of femtosecond laser small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) on treating unilateral myopic anisometropia in children with spectacles or contact lens intolerance.

Methods: This was a retrospective study that included children with unilateral myopic anisometropic amblyopia who underwent a SMILE procedure at Alpha Vision Center, Zagazig, Egypt, from January 2014 to December 2016.

Results: One hundred twenty-four eyes of 124 patients were included in this study.

Pars plana vitrectomy with/without encircling scleral band for treatment of retinal detachment associated with buphthalmos.

Background: To evaluate the results of pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) and silicone oil (SO) tamponade with or without encircling scleral band for repair of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) in children with buphthalmos.

Patients And Methods: Retrospective comparative nonrandomized interventional case series including consecutive patients who underwent PPV with or without encircling band and SO tamponade for RRD associated with buphthalmos.

Results: The study included 19 eyes of 19 children.

Results of Pars Plana Vitrectomy for Different Types of Macular Holes.

Purpose: To compare different types of macular holes regarding the anatomic and functional success following pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) and internal limiting membrane (ILM) removal.

Methods: A retrospective review of all patients with macular holes treated by PPV, ILM removal with gas tamponade from January 2014 to July 2017 in Magrabi Eye Hospital.

Results: One hundred fifty-seven eyes of 153 patients were analyzed.

Risk Factors for Recurrent Myopic Macular Hole Retinal Detachment after Silicone Oil Removal in Patients with Open Flat Macular Hole.

Objective: To evaluate the risks that might be associated with recurrent macular hole retinal detachment (MHRD) after silicone oil (S.O) removal in myopic patients with open flat macular hole (MH).

Methods: In this retrospective series, we assessed the different factors that might be associated with recurrent MHRD after S.

Comparison Between Pars Plana Vitrectomy with and without Encircling Band in the Treatment of Pediatric Traumatic Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment.

Background And Objectives: To compare anatomical and visual results of pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) with or without additional encircling band in the management of pediatric traumatic rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RD) in a tertiary referral center.

Methods: A retrospective review of children diagnosed with traumatic rhegmatogenous retinal detachment treated by pars plana vitrectomy with or without encircling band.

Results: One hundred thirty-nine eyes of 139 children diagnosed with traumatic rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.

Submacular perfluorocarbon liquid: long-term follow-up.

Purpose: To report the long-term follow-up of patients with inadvertent retained submacular perfluorocarbon liquid (PFCL) bubbles after vitrectomy surgery.

Background: PFCL has unique chemical and physical features which facilitate displacement of subretinal fluid from central toward periphery allowing intraoperative reattachment of the mobile retina and manipulation of the anterior part of the detached retina without performing drainage retinotomy. Despite these advantages, PFCL droplets may be inadvertently retained in the submacular space.

Optical Coherence Tomography Morphological Features Following Modified Internal Limiting Membrane Surgical Technique In Traumatic Macular Holes.

Objective: To describe the optical coherence tomography (OCT) findings in terms of macular hole closure and ellipsoid zone (EZ) recovery following modified internal limiting membrane (ILM) surgical technique in traumatic macular holes (TMH).

Methods: The study was a retrospective case series that recruited 16 consecutive patients with TMH. Following vitrectomy (PPV), we performed modified ILM surgical technique (IFT) in which ILM peel was stopped at the edges of the hole forming a floating ILM flap.

Comparative Study between Pars Plana Vitrectomy with Internal Limiting Membrane Peel and Pars Plana Vitrectomy with Internal Limiting Membrane Flap Technique for Management of Traumatic Full Thickness Macular Holes.

Purpose: To compare the efficacy of PPV and ILM peel versus PPV and IFT in patients with traumatic FTMH.

Methods: Retrospective interventional comparative case series including two groups of patients with traumatic FTMH. Patients were divided into group I (ILM peel) and group II (IFT).

SMILE intraoperative complications: incidence and management.

Aim: To report the intraoperative complications associated with small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) and their management.

Methods: This was a retrospective consecutive interventional clinical study, carried out on patients with myopia and myopic astigmatism, who underwent SMILE procedure. Type of intraoperative complications and their management were recorded.

Safety of high-dose intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide as low-cost alternative to anti-vascular endothelial growth factor agents in lower-middle-income countries.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety of high-dose intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide (IVTA) as affordable low-cost alternative to anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-vascular endothelial growth factor [anti-VEGF] agents) in lower-middle-income countries.

Patients And Methods: This was a retrospective interventional non-comparative case series. The study recruited patients who received 20 mg IVTA for treating various retinal and optic nerve diseases over the past 5 years.

STICKY SILICONE OIL.

Objective: To report and analyze the phenomenon of sticky silicone oil on the retina at the time of its removal.

Background: Silicone oil has been used for more than 25 years as a long-term retinal tamponade in the surgical management of patients with complex retinal detachments. When a decision to remove silicone oil was made at the end of the tamponade period, the system involved a number of different materials: silicone oil, aqueous solution with or without remnants of perfluorocarbon liquid plus the material of the cannula used to aspirate Silicone oil.

Efficacy of transepithelial corneal collagen crosslinking for keratoconus: 12-month follow-up.

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of transepithelial corneal collagen crosslinking (TE-CXL) in patients with progressive keratoconus.

Patients And Methods: This is a prospective interventional consecutive study carried out on 30 eyes of 18 patients with progressive keratoconus who underwent TE-CLX using both ParaCel™ (riboflavin 0.25%, hydroxy propyl methyl cellulose, NaCl, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid [EDTA], Tris, and benzalkonium chloride) and vibeX-Xtra (riboflavin 0.

Silicone Oil-Related Visual Loss.

Background: Silicone oil (SO) is used as an intravitreal tamponade agent in vitreoretinal surgery for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) complicated by proliferative vitreoretinopathy or with large, multiple retinal tears. Usually, SO is left in the eye for at least 3 months. Although its use can lead to well-known complications, intraocular SO is generally well tolerated.

Safety of Silicone Oil Removal in Cases of Gunshot Perforating Eye Injuries.

Background And Objective: To evaluate the feasibility and safety of silicone oil (SO) removal in cases of gunshot perforating eye injuries (PEI).

Patients And Methods: A retrospective, consecutive, interventional study from medical records regarding cases of gunshot PEI during the periods of Egyptian political instability (January 2011 until December 2013). The main outcomes were to evaluate the feasibility of SO removal in cases of gunshot PEI and management of retinal detachment (RD) after SO removal in such cases.

Refractive and visual outcomes after Keraring intrastromal corneal ring segment implantation for keratoconus assisted by femtosecond laser at 6 months follow-up.

Purpose: We attempted to evaluate the efficacy of femtosecond laser-assisted intrastromal corneal ring segment implantation in patients with keratoconus (KC).

Patients And Methods: A retrospective interventional consecutive clinical study was conducted on patients with KC who were treated with femtosecond laser Keraring implantation. All procedures were performed at Ebsar Eye Center in the period from January 5, 2015, to February 28, 2016.

Timing of Pars Plana Vitrectomy in Management of Gunshot Perforating Eye Injury: Observational Study.

The aim of this study is to report the difference in either anatomical or functional outcome of vitreoretinal intervention in cases of gunshot perforating eye injury if done 2-4 weeks or after the 4th week after the original trauma. Patients were treated with pars plana vitrectomy and silicon oil. Surgeries were performed in the period from February 2011 until the end of December 2014.

Unilateral surgically induced Necrotizing Scleritis after trabeculectomy with Ologen in a patient with pigmentary glaucoma.

Purpose: In this report we record the first surgically induced Necrotizing Scleritis case related to trabeculectomy with the use of Ologen Collagen Matrix Implant.

Observations: Surgically induced Necrotizing Scleritis is a rare pathological entity that complicates ocular (sclera) surgery.

Conclusions And Importance: Prompt management of surgically induced Necrotizing Scleritis related to trabeculectomy with the use of Ologen and close follow up is very important to prevent its destructive nature on the globe.

COMPARISON BETWEEN PARS PLANA VITRECTOMY WITH VERSUS WITHOUT A 360° EPISCLERAL BAND IN THE MANAGEMENT OF GUNSHOT PERFORATING EYE INJURY.

Purpose: To evaluate whether omitting the use of the 360° episcleral band in combination with pars plana vitrectomy and silicone oil tamponade had an effect on either anatomical or functional success in cases of perforating eye injury due to gunshot.

Methods: A retrospective consecutive interventional study from medical records. Surgeries were performed in the period from January 2011 until the end of December 2013.