The effectiveness of telemedicine methods in the follow-up of asthma in the COVID-19 pandemic process.

Introduction: Telemedicine is a health service that provides diagnosis, treatment evaluation, preventive medicine by using information and communication technologies between distant locations and aims to improve the health of the individuals and society. Social restrictions were applied during the pandemic process caused by coronavirus disease-2019 due to the virus called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 which emerged in late 2019. Through remote communication and information technologies in the followup of asthma patients, there is a need for studies on the effectiveness of using telemedicine methods was seen.

Intermittent Bleeding from the Iridocorneal Angle and Subsequent Ghost Cell Glaucoma Following Gonioscopy-Assisted Transluminal Trabeculotomy: A Case Report.

Purpose: This study aims to present a case involving intermittent bleeding from the iridocorneal angle following gonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy (GATT) surgery, followed by the development of ghost cell glaucoma (GCG).

Methods: A 25-year-old man with a history of post-traumatic angle recession glaucoma underwent uneventful 360° GATT surgery.

Results: Two weeks after the surgery, while the reason for the incomplete resolution of hyphema remained unclear, intermittent bleeding from the iridocorneal angle and hemorrhage in the inferior vitreous were observed during the patient's follow-up examination.

Evaluation of Long-term Posterior Segment Parameters in Children Who Had Recovered From Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome.

Background And Objective: To evaluate long-term posterior segment findings in children recovering from multisystemic inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C) associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

Patients And Methods: Our study included 22 patients who were admitted to an intensive care unit with a diagnosis of MIS-C between November 2021 and March 2022, and 25 healthy controls. The study included pediatric patients who had an eye examination an average of 12.

Clinical features, management, and outcomes of patients with sterile endophthalmitis associated with intravitreal bevacizumab injection: retrospective case series.

Purpose: To evaluate clinical features, treatment protocol, outcomes, and complications that developed in this case series of 24 patients who had consecutive sterile endophthalmitis after intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB) injection.

Methods: In this retrospective case series, IVB was repackaged in individual aliquots from the three batches that were used on the same day. IVB was injected into 26 eyes of 26 patients due to diabetic macular edema, age-related macular degeneration, and branch retinal vein occlusion.

New approach to AGV implantation with scleral tunnel method by prolene suture: .

Purpose: To present the short-term outcomes of our novel technique, the suture-assisted method, in long scleral tunnel Ahmed Glaucoma Valve (AGV) implantation.

Methods: This retrospective study included glaucoma patients who underwent AGV implantation using the suture-assisted long scleral tunnel method and were fellowed for at least 6 months between January 2022 and November 2022. Preoperative and postoperative assessments included best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), intraocular pressure (IOP), anterior and posterior segment examinations, anti-glaucomatous medications, and intraoperative and postoperative complications were also evaluated.

The effect of systemic sclerosis and its subtypes on ocular anterior and posterior segment parameters.

Purpose: To evaluate anterior and posterior segment parameters in the eyes of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) and examine the effect of disease and disease subtypes on these parameters.

Methods: This cross-sectional study included 54 eyes of 27 SSc patients and 54 eyes of 27 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. In addition to a complete ophthalmologic examination, all patients were examined using a Scheimpflug camera, specular microscopy, and spectral domain optical coherence tomography.

Treatment Adherence Effect on the Visual Acuity of Behçet's Uveitis Patients.

Purpose: This study aimed to explore the relationship between treatment adherence, visual acuity, quality of life (QoL), depression, and anxiety levels in individuals with Behçet's uveitis (BU).

Methods: A total of 55 BU patients and 55 healthy controls completed sociodemographic questionnaires, the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire-BREF version (WHOQOL-BREF), Self-reported Questionnaire About Treatment Compliance, and the Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS). The scores obtained from these scales were analyzed to assess the relationship between treatment adherence, visual acuity, QoL, depression, and anxiety levels.

The effects of facial mask use on ocular surface parameters and tear film cytokine profile in prolonged use.

Objective: To compare tear fluid levels of matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9) and IL-1ß cytokines between healthcare workers wearing facial masks and controls with correlations in clinical findings.

Methods: In a prospective, controlled clinical trial tear fluid was analyzed for MMP-9 and IL-1ß levels using a commercially available test (Invitrogen; Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Waltham, Massachusetts, USA).

Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer and Ganglion Cell Complex Thickness in Adult Children of Patients With Pseudoexfoliation Glaucoma.

Prcis: The adult children of patients with pseudoexfoliation glaucoma (PXG) had universally lower retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness and ganglion cell complex (GCC) thickness values compared with individuals with a negative family history of PXG.

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate RNFL and GCC thicknesses in the adult children of individuals with PXG compared with people without a parental history of PXG.

Materials And Methods: This cross-sectional observational study included 40 eyes of 40 adults with confirmed parental history of PXG and 40 eyes of 40 healthy adults with no parental history of PXG.

The electromyographic analysis of orbicularis oculi muscle in epiphora.

Purpose: Functional epiphora is a clinical condition that presents with the complaint of watery eyes, but without anatomical stenosis in the lacrimal drainage system. Although the mechanism is not clear, there are various possibilities involving the movement of the orbicularis oculi muscle, especially its deeper segment (Horner's muscle). We aimed to evaluate the function of the orbicularis oculi muscle in patients with patent, but dysfunctional lacrimal drainage system using a quantitative motor unit potential (MUP) analysis.

Effect of manual upper eyelid elevation on intraocular pressure measurement by noncontact tonometer.

Purpose: To evaluate whether manual upper eyelid elevation (MUEE) affects intraocular pressure (IOP) values obtained with a noncontact tonometer (NT).

Methods: This cross-sectional study included 122 eyes of 122 non-glaucomatous adults. All patients underwent IOP measurement using both NT and Goldmann applanation tonometer (GAT).

Two-year results of a novel sutureless scleral fixation surgery with the haptic hook technique.

Purpose: In this study, we evaluated the visual results and complication rates of the novel technique of sutureless scleral fixated intraocular lens (SFIOL) surgery in patients without capsular support.

Methods: In this retrospective study, patients who did not have adequate capsular support and who underwent sutureless SFIOL between 2013 and 2017 at the University of Health Science Dr. Lütfi Kirdar Kartal Training and Research Hospital's Eye Clinic were included.

The impact of delayed anti-vascular endothelial growth factor treatment for retinal diseases during the COVID-19 lockdown.

Purpose: To assess the clinical status of treatment-naive patients who had to delay 3-dose loading anti-VEGF (anti-vascular endothelial growth factor) injections during the COVID-19 lockdown, and to evaluate the effect of the delayed visual acuity treatment on spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) parameters.

Method: A total of 55 eyes of 46 patients who were received in the study period participated in this retrospective study, including 28 patients (37 eyes) with diabetic macular edema (DME), 11 patients (11 eyes) with retinal vein occlusion (RVO), and 7 patients (7 eyes) with wet age-related macular degeneration (wet-AMD). The patients were diagnosed with DME, RVO, or wet-AMD in February 2020 and had planned 3-dose loading injections in March, April, and May 2020, but could not be injected due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sutureless Scleral-Fixated Intraocular Lens Implantation in the Treatment of Congenital Lens Subluxation Related to Marfan Syndrome.

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of bimanual capsulorhexis combined with sutureless scleral-fixated intraocular lens (IOL) implantation in children diagnosed as having Marfan syndrome.

Methods: The study included 14 eyes with subluxated lenses of 7 children who were diagnosed as having Marfan syndrome and underwent bimanual capsulorhexis combined with sutureless scleral-fixated IOL implantation by the same surgeon between 2015 and 2019 at the University of Health Sciences, Kartal Dr. Lütfi Kirdar City Hospital's Eye Department.

Birt Hogg Dube syndrome: Rare family lung disease.

Birt Hogg Dube syndrome is a rare disease characterized by autosomal dominant inherited multiple cysts in the lungs, renal tumors and skin fibrofolliculomas. It was first described in 1977 by Birt et al. In this case report, a patient who was diagnosed with symptoms and his first degree relative is presented.

The impact of celiac disease and duration of gluten free diet on anterior and posterior ocular structures: Ocular imaging based study.

Purpose: To evaluate the eyes of adult celiac disease (CD) patients and investigate the association between these ocular parameters with celiac specific antibodies and duration of gluten free diet (GFD).

Methods: This cross-sectional study included 72 eyes of 36 CD patients (18-51 years of age) and 70 eyes of 35 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. In addition to a complete ophthalmologic examination, all patients were scanned by a Scheimpflug camera, specular microscopy and spectral domain optical coherence tomography.

Efficiency and Safety of Scleral Lenses in Rehabilitation of Refractive Errors and High Order Aberrations After Penetrating Keratoplasty.

Objectives: Visual rehabilitation after penetrating keratoplasty (PK) has difficulties linked to the high spherical and/or cylindric refractive errors with high order aberrations (HOAs) based on the ocular surface irregularities. We aimed to present the scleral contact lens (SCL)-induced complications and improvements in refractive errors and HOA with SCL fitting in post-PK patients.

Methods: In this prospective study, 38 eyes of 35 patients who underwent PK and using SCLs were included.

From an asymptomatic lesion to a vision-threatening condition: Congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium complicated by choroidal neovascular membrane.

We reported a case of congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium (CHRPE) complicated by choroidal neovascular membrane (CNVM). A 41-year-old woman presented to our clinic with visual loss in the left eye. She was diagnosed as CHRPE complicated by a CNVM.

A Rare Cause of Hypopyon Anterior Uveitis: Relapsing Polychondritis.

Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a rare multisystemic disease. It affects cartilage and proteoglycan-rich structures. Ocular findings are the most frequent systemic involvement of the disease.

Partial Schlemm Canal, Trabecular Meshwork, and Descemet Membrane Separation During Gonioscopy-assisted Transluminal Trabeculotomy: A Case Report.

Gonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy (GATT) is a surgery that opens the trabecular meshwork (TM) circumferentially after cannulation of the Schlemm canal (SC) with a flexible illuminated microcatheter or suture. The main purpose of this case report was to describe a new complication of GATT. Herein, we report a case of partial SC, TM, and Descemet membrane (DM) separation during GATT.