A successful case of surgical intervention for traumatic globe luxation in a child: From light perception to full visual acuity.

Traumatic globe luxation is a rare condition in pediatric emergency medicine and can cause vision loss in some cases. Therefore, it is considered a critical condition in emergency rooms, and all physicians, particularly those working in emergency units, should be familiar with this condition and its management to be able to prevent organ-threatening complications, such as vision loss. This study reports the case of an 8-year-old girl with traumatic globe luxation due to falling from her bicycle.

Peripapillary and macular choroidal thickness in both eyes of patients with acute unilateral retrobulbar optic neuritis.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine macular and peripapillary choroidal thickness (CT) in patients with acute unilateral retrobulbar optic neuritis.

Materials And Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 19 patients with acute unilateral retrobulbar optic neuritis were examined. A control group was matched with patients for sex and age.

Ocular Parasitosis Caused by Protozoan Infection during Travel: Focus on Prevention and Treatment.

International travel is rising quickly worldwide. Many people travel to tropical and subtropical areas, where there has been increasing exposure of travelers to infectious pathogens. Ocular parasitic infections are more prevalent in these geographical areas and they can lead to morbidity and mortality, often due to late or misdiagnosis due to the unfamiliarity of health staff with these diseases.

Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy in a Patient with Erectile Dysfunction: Tadalafil as an Offending Medication.

Erectile dysfunction (ED) has negative effects on quality of life. The first line of oral medication for this condition is phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (PDE5I) including Tadalafil. Ocular complications associated with Tadalafil are rare and usually occurred in participant with known risk factors.

Predisposing factors for infantile urinary calculus in south-west of Iran.

Introduction: Urinary calculi in infants are relatively infrequent, but their incidence has increased in the recent decades. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical presentation, metabolic risk factors, and urinary tract abnormalities in infants suffering from kidney calculus.

Materials And Methods: A total of 152 infants were admitted between 2009 and 2012 with ultrasonography-proven urolithiasis.

Long-term survival of patients with end-stage renal disease on maintenance hemodialysis: a multicenter study in Iran.

Introduction: Although maintenance dialysis in patients with end-stage renal disease prevents death from uremia, patient survival remains an important issue. This study is the first in Iran to evaluate long-term survival of patients with ESRD.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective study was conducted on 1861 patients with ESRD referred to 12 hemodialysis centers in Khuzestan province, Iran.