Violence against healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey at Cairo University Hospital.

Introduction: Healthcare workers have a significant chance of experiencing violence, with physical violence impacting anywhere from 8 to 38% of healthcare professionals throughout their careers. Besides physical abuse, many healthcare workers are subject to verbal aggression or threats, with patients and visitors being the most frequent sources of such incidents.

Methods: This research examines the work atmosphere of healthcare professionals at Kasr Al-Aini University Hospital in Cairo, Egypt, during the pandemic.

Successful conjunctival socket expansion in anophthalmic patients until the age of 2 years: an outpatient procedure.

Purpose: To report the results of a simple outpatient method for soft tissue socket expansion in young children with congenital anophthalmos.

Methods: Seventeen congenital anophthalmic sockets of 15 infants of a mean age of 4.2±4.

Pushed monocanalicular intubation versus probing as a primary management for congenital nasolacrimal obstruction.

Purpose: Evaluation of efficiency, complications, and advantages of pushed monocanalicular intubation using Masterka(®) tube versus simple probing in patients with congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction (CNLDO).

Patients And Methods: This is a case-controlled study that included 60 eyes (of 53 patients); 30 eyes underwent probing and 30 eyes intubation using the Masterka tube as a primary treatment for CNLDO. The children were aged between 6 months and 36 months at the time of surgery, with no previous nasolacrimal surgical procedure, and had one or more of the following clinical signs of nasolacrimal duct obstruction: epiphora, mucous discharge, and/or increased tear lake.