Effect of upper eyelid blepharoplasty on the ocular surface, tear film, and corneal microstructure.

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the effect of upper eyelid blepharoplasty with the removal of the skin and a strip of orbicularis oculi muscle on the ocular surface, tear film, and dry eye-related symptoms.

Methods: Twenty-two eyes of 22 consecutive patients operated by a single surgeon (21 females; mean age, 61 years; age range, 41-75 years) were included. All subjects completed the Ocular Surface Disease Index questionnaire, underwent in vivo confocal microscopy, tear film breakup time measurements, the Schirmer test with anesthesia, and fluorescein and lissamine green staining measurements before, 1 month, and 6 months after upper blepharoplasty alone with preseptal orbicularis excision.

Investigation of anterior segment structures of the eye in Behçet's disease using in vivo confocal microscopy.

Purpose: We sought to investigate alterations in the corneal subbasal nerve plexus and endothelium in patients with Behçet's disease (BD).

Methods: This cross-sectional study included 64 patients with BD and 30 age- and gender-matched healthy control subjects. Those with BD were classified as having ocular or non-ocular disease.

Smell Sensitivity in Primary Open-angle Glaucoma and Pseudoexfoliation Glaucoma.

Prcis: This cross-sectional study of 20 patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), 20 with exfoliative glaucoma (XFG), 20 with exfoliation syndrome (XS) showed that exfoliative group had a significantly lower smell identification level as compared with the control groups.

Purpose: To investigate smell sensitivity in POAG, XFG, and XFS in comparison with healthy controls.

Materials And Methods: This prospective, cross-sectional study included 20 patients with POAG, 20 with XFG, and 20 with XFS.