The Effects of an Increased Workload in Cataract Surgery Since the Pandemic in a Tertiary Care Clinic.

To evaluate the progress of cataract surgery in a training institution providing tertiary care since the removal of pandemic restrictions. To evaluate ocular and demographic characteristics of cataract cases in a tertiary care teaching institution since the lifting of pandemic restrictions. Patients who underwent cataract surgery in our clinic in the pre-pandemic period September 2019-March 2020 (group 1, n=353) and in the post-pandemic period September 2021-March 2022 (group 2, n=459) were retrospectively screened.

Evaluation of Retinal Layers in Individuals With Pseudoexfoliation Syndrome and Ocular Hypertension.

Prcis: This study investigated the retinal segmental thicknesses in individuals with pseudoexfoliation syndrome and ocular hypertension. Maximum thinning was found at 6 mm inferior to the inner plexiform layer. This layer is very important for the early diagnosis of glaucoma.

Excessive conjunctival and scleral retraction during trabeculectomy: an unusual intraoperative complication.

Trabeculectomy is the gold standard surgery for achieving target intraocular pressure (IOP) in glaucoma. Besides the efficiency of trabeculectomy, intraoperative or postoperative complications such as, suprachoroidal hemorrhage, vitreous loss, malignant glaucoma, flat anterior chamber, hypotony, choroidal detachment, endophthalmitis, are also quite important. We present the management of excessive conjunctival and scleral retraction during trabeculectomy: an unusual intraoperative complication.

Objective evaluation of changes in lens clarity after repeated injections of ranibizumab in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration.

Purpose: To objectively evaluate changes in lens densitometry in eyes with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (n-AMD) treated with repeated intravitreal ranibizumab injections during a 12-month period and to compare the results with those in untreated healthy fellow eyes and healthy control eyes.

Methods: In this prospective study, the 36 treated eyes and the 37 untreated fellow eyes of 38 patients with n-AMD and the 32 control eyes of 32 healthy individuals were analyzed. Lens densitometry was evaluated using the Scheimpflug imaging.

Afibercept treatment for macular edema with and without serous retinal detachment due to branch retinal vein occlusion.

Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of intravitreal aflibercept treatment for macular edema with and without serous retinal detachment due to branch retinal vein occlusion.

Methods: Thirty-seven eyes with branch retinal vein occlusion treated with intravitreal aflibercept injection for macular edema were evaluated retrospectively. The patients were divided into two groups according to whether they showed serous retinal detachment on spectral domain optical coherence tomography.

Effect of the capsular tension ring on refractive outcome after phacoemulsification.

To evaluate how capsular tension rings (CTR) affect refractive outcomes following cataract extraction by phacoemulsification complicated by zonular instability. Retrospective. In a retrospective case-control study, the 29 eyes of 29 patients with CTRs were compared with the 29 eyes of patients without zonular instability following routine phacoemulsification, with mean arithmetic refractive prediction error (ArRPE) and mean absolute refractive prediction error (AbRPE) as primary outcome measures.

Bilateral Intraoperative Floppy Iris Syndrome Associated with Silodosin Intake.

Intraoperative floppy iris syndrome (IFIS) is described by three characteristics: floppy iris that billows in reaction to intraocular fluid currents during phacoemulsification surgery, flaccid iris stroma that tends to prolapse through well-constructed surgical incisions, and progressive pupillary miosis despite preoperative pharmacologic dilatation. A 63-year-old man presented with decreased vision in both his eyes. Ophthalmic examination revealed bilateral nuclear cataract.

Systemic and ocular determinants of mean ocular perfusion pressure in a population-based sample.

Purpose: To investigate the associations between mean ocular perfusion pressure (MOPP) and several variables including body mass index (BMI), comorbid medical conditions and various ocular parameters in a population-based sample.

Study Design: Cross-sectional.

Methods: Data of 2091 healthy participants from a previous population based cross-sectional study were reviewed.

Bacterial Conjunctivitis Accompanying Spontaneous Subconjunctival Abscess.

Subconjunctival abscess is a rare form of ocular infections. Subconjunctival abscesses often develop in the eyes with previous surgery or trauma. It is extremely rare in patients without surgery or trauma.