Epidemiology, clinical profile and treatment outcomes of bacterial and fungal keratitis.

Purpose: The purpose of the study is to determine the microbiological etiology, epidemiological factors, and clinical profile and treatment outcomes of infective keratitis in Ophthalmology department, Minia University, Egypt.

Methods: Prospective, nonrandomized, observational clinical series of cases, including 150 patients with mean age 30 (range 12 to 85 years), 90 patients (60%) were males and 60 (40%) were females, clinically diagnosed as infective corneal ulcer, attending the Ophthalmology Department-Faculty of Medicine. Minia University, Minia, Egypt.

Evaluation of Efficacy and Lateral Gaze Incomitance in Symmetrical and Asymmetrical Surgery for Concomitant Esotropia and Exotropia.

Purpose: Evaluation of asymmetrical and symmetrical horizontal strabismus surgery as regards efficacy and postoperative lateral gaze incomitance.

Patients And Methods: This prospective comparative interventional case series study included 40 patients of age more than 3 years with alternating horizontal strabismus. Patients were divided according to the type of horizontal deviation into esotropia and exotropia groups, which were further subdivided into asymmetrical and symmetrical subgroups in each type.

Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography of Tear Film and Cornea in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients.

Purpose: To study tear film and corneal thickness measurements in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients compared to age-matched controls using anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT).

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. Study participants were divided into 3 groups: Group A: SLE patients with clinical dry eye, Group B: SLE patients without clinical dry eye and Group C: healthy controls.

Double Retinal Tamponade for Treatment of Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment with Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy and Inferior Breaks.

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of the simultaneous use of short-term perfluoro-n-octane (PFO) with perfluoropropane (C3F8) gas to achieve retinal reattachment in eyes with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) with proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) grade C and multiple retinal breaks including inferior breaks.

Design: This is a prospective interventional case series study. .

Evaluation of primary internal limiting membrane peeling in cases with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.

Background: Epiretinal membranes (ERMs) have been reported after pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD). Peeling of the internal limiting membrane (ILM) can prevent post-PPV ERM formation but has a potential negative impact on macular structure and function.

Purpose: To investigate the anatomical and functional outcomes of ILM peeling during PPV for primary RRD.

Use of Epimacular Amniotic Membrane Graft in Cases of Recurrent Retinal Detachment Due to Failure of Myopic Macular Hole Closure.

Background And Objective: To study the anatomical and functional outcomes of using epimacular amniotic membrane graft (AMG) to close myopic macular holes (MMHs) in patients with recurrent retinal detachment (RD).

Patients And Methods: Fourteen patients with recurrent MMH-RD were enrolled in a single-arm, prospective study. Pars plana vitrectomy with peeling of any residual internal limiting membrane, preserved AMG was placed over the macular hole (MH) after air-fluid exchange, all patient left on 16% of CF.

Comparison Between Silicone Oil and Gas in Tamponading Giant Retinal Breaks.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to compare anatomical and visual outcomes after using silicone oil (SO) or CF gas as tamponades after pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) for retinal detachment (RD) associated with giant retinal tears (GRTs).

Methods: A retrospective chart review was conducted for cases that underwent PPV for GRT-associated RD. We excluded eyes that had prior vitreoretinal surgery, a history of ocular trauma or worse than grade B proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR).