Vascularization of coralline versus synthetic hydroxyapatite orbital implants assessed by gadolinium enhanced magnetic resonance imaging.

Purpose: To evaluate the fibrovascular in-growth of coralline and synthetic hydroxyapatite orbital implants by reporting the enhancement patterns on Gadolinium-Dietilen triamin penta acetic acid (Gad-DTPA) enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Methods: The medical records of 26 patients who had undergone primary or secondary orbital implantation between April 2008 and February 2011 were reviewed. T1 weighted Gad-DTPA MRI was performed between 5 and 12 months (mean 9.

Intraoperative floppy-iris syndrome: comparison of tamsulosin and drugs other than alpha antagonists.

Background: To determine and compare the incidence of intraoperative floppy iris syndrome (IFIS) features in patients using tamsulosin, and other chronic medications.

Methods: We prospectively studied patients who underwent phacoemulsification (PE) between March 2006 and October 2007 on use of tamsulosin or a single medication like antihypertansive (AH), antiaggregant (AAg), antipsycotic (AP) or oral antidiabetic (OAD). Patients were grouped as tamsulosin users (Group 1), previous tamsulosin users (Group 2), chronic medication users (AH, AAg, AP or OAD) (Group 3) and patients with no medication (Group 4).

Comparison of sutures and cyanoacrylate tissue adhesives for wound repair in a rat model of corneal laceration.

Aims: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the cicatricial repair of a corneal artificial perforation in rats with 10-0 nylon suture, N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate (NBCA) adhesive, or NBCA + methacryloxysulfolane (NBCA-MS) adhesive through microscopic and histological assays.

Methods: Twenty Wistar rats were randomly divided into 4 groups each containing 5 rats: (1) control group (corneal trauma without suturing and tissue adhesives), (2) suture group, (3) NBCA group and (4) NBCA-MS group. A central full-thickness 2-mm laceration was performed in the left eyes of the studied rats in all 4 groups.

Clinical outcomes of amniotıc membrane transplantatıon in patients with corneal and conjunctival disorders.

Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT) in management of corneal and conjunctival diseases in large clinical series.

Methods: 130 patients who had undergone AMT between February 2004-March 2011 were evaluated. The cases were selected from two main groups: corneal (105) and conjunctival disorders (25).

Focal posterior pole viral retinitis.

Purpose: To describe the clinical features of an atypical form of viral retinitis in immunocompetent patients.

Methods: This was a retrospective noncomparative case series. The charts of 8 patients diagnosed with and treated for focal posterior viral retinitis were reviewed.

Prevalence of pinguecula and pterygium in patients with thyroid orbitopathy.

Purpose: To determine the prevalence of pinguecula and pterygium in patients with thyroid orbitopathy (TO) and to evaluate its correlation with clinical findings.

Methods: All patients underwent a thorough ophthalmic examination, including tear function analysis using tear film breakup time (BUT) measurement. For patients with TO, lid retraction, Hertel exophthalmometry, and clinical activity scores were also measured.

Late-onset Behçet's disease: demographic, clinical, and ocular features.

Background: To evaluate the demographic, clinical, and ocular features of patients with Behçet's disease (BD) who had first symptom onset after 40 years of age and fulfilled the diagnostic criteria afterwards.

Methods: This retrospective study included 42 patients with initial BD symptom onset after 40 years of age who fulfilled the diagnostic criteria afterwards, according to the International Study Group for BD. Patients were divided into two groups based on the presence of ocular involvement: group 1 had uveitis and group 2 did not have uveitis.

The impact of Nd:YAG capsulotomy on foveal thickness measurement by optical coherence tomography.

Background And Objective: To measure the foveal thickness change after Nd:YAG laser capsulotomy by optical coherence tomography (OCT).

Patients And Methods: Fifty-four eyes of 54 patients who had posterior capsule opacification underwent Nd:YAG laser capsulotomy. OCT of the foveal region was performed preoperatively and postoperatively (on days 1 and 7 and months 1, 3, 6, and 12).

Prospective comparison of two suturing techniques of amniotic membrane transplantation for symptomatic bullous keratopathy.

Purpose: To determine the outcomes of a modified amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT) suturing technique for pain and discomfort relief in patients with symptomatic bullous keratopathy (BK).

Design: Randomized, double-blind controlled clinical trial.

Methods: setting: Ankara Research and Training Hospital 1st and 2nd Eye Clinics, Ankara, Turkey.

Fuchs' heterochromic uveitis associated with retinal break or dialysis.

Background: Three cases of Fuchs' heterochromic uveitis (FHU) are described, 2 with peripheral retinal breaks and 1 with retinal dialysis.

Methods: Argon laser photocoagulation was applied around the breaks and the dialysis.

Results: The retinal breaks and dialysis were successfully photocoagulated.

Tear function and ocular surface changes in multinodular goiter patients.

Aims: To evaluate preoperative and postoperative conjunctival surface changes in multinodular goiter (MNG) patients and to compare their results with healthy control subjects.

Methods: Twenty MNG patients who had undergone near total thyroidectomy were evaluated pre- and postoperatively at the end of the 3rd month and the 1st year by performing tear function tests and conjunctival impression cytologic analysis. These results were compared with the results of 15 healthy volunteers.