Local Betamethasone Versus Triamcinolone Injection In Management of Thyroid Eye Disease-Related Upper Eyelid Retraction With Proptosis.

Purpose: To compare the efficacy of local injection of both betamethasone and triamcinolone in the management of thyroid eye disease-related upper eyelid retraction with proptosis.

Methods: This prospective, double-blind, randomized clinical trial was conducted at Assiut University Hospital, Upper Egypt in the period between December 2021 and December 2023. The study included 45 patients (77 eyes) and was divided into: A (betamethasone) group and B (triamcinolone) group.

Peri-levator Betamethasone Versus Triamcinolone Injection in Management of Thyroid Eye Disease-related Upper Eyelid Retraction Without Proptosis.

Purpose: To compare the efficacy of peri-levator injection of both betamethasone and triamcinolone in the management of thyroid eye disease-related upper eyelid retraction without proptosis.

Methods: This prospective, double-blind, randomized clinical trial was conducted at Assiut University Hospital, Upper Egypt in the period between December 2021 and October 2023. The study included 47 patients (56 eyes) and was divided into 2 groups.

Bridging the resources gap: deep learning for fluorescein angiography and optical coherence tomography macular thickness map image translation.

Background: To assess the ability of the pix2pix generative adversarial network (pix2pix GAN) to synthesize clinically useful optical coherence tomography (OCT) color-coded macular thickness maps based on a modest-sized original fluorescein angiography (FA) dataset and the reverse, to be used as a plausible alternative to either imaging technique in patients with diabetic macular edema (DME).

Methods: Original images of 1,195 eyes of 708 nonconsecutive diabetic patients with or without DME were retrospectively analyzed. OCT macular thickness maps and corresponding FA images were preprocessed for use in training and testing the proposed pix2pix GAN.

Phacoemulsification in patients with corneal opacities using slit illumination of the surgical microscope.

Performing phacoemulsification in eyes with corneal opacities is challenging even with expert surgeons. Several techniques have been described to improve intraoperative visualization through opacified corneas. This retrospective interventional case series included 10 eyes of 10 patients with coexisting senile cataract and corneal opacity who underwent phacoemulsification with intraocular lens (IOL) implantation under slit illumination of the surgical microscope.

Epidemiology, Etiologies, and Complications of Playtime Open Globe Injuries in Children.

Purpose: To study the epidemiology, etiologies, and complications of playtime open globe injuries in children at the Assiut University Hospital, Egypt.

Methods: This prospective cross-sectional study enrolled children with open globe injury who were admitted to Assiut University Hospital during a 6-month period (January to July 2016). All causes of trauma that occurred during playtime (at home, outside home, at the club, or at school) were recorded and analyzed.

Ocular Manifestations of Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome, Upper Egypt Early Report.

Purpose: To evaluate the ocular manifestations of post-acute COVID-19 syndrome.

Methods: A retrospective, comparative study included 100 patients who had recovered from COVID-19 and 100 controls who were recruited by stratified randomization from hospital registration system and analyzed regarding history, full ophthalmological examination, general examination including internal medicine and neurological evaluation. Laboratory tests were done.

Outcome of Pediatric Traumatic Cataract in Upper Egypt: A Tertiary Center Study.

Purpose: To demonstrate the demographic features, causative agents, and outcome of pediatric traumatic cataract surgery in eyes without posterior segment involvement at Assiut University Hospital, Upper Egypt.

Patients And Methods: This is a retrospective study on children (aged <18 years old) who underwent traumatic cataract surgery from January to June 2019. Children with posterior segment injury and those who did not complete 6 months of postoperative follow-up were excluded.

"IRIS SHELF" TECHNIQUE FOR MANAGEMENT OF POSTERIOR SEGMENT INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODIES.

Purpose: To describe "iris shelf" technique for removal of posterior segment intraocular foreign bodies (IOFBs) through a corneal incision combined with phacovitrectomy and to report its outcomes.

Methods: Medical records of patients with posterior segment metallic IOFBs who had combined phacovitrectomy were collected and analyzed. In all patients, the IOFB was placed on the iris surface after forming the anterior chamber with viscoelastic to be extracted through a corneal phacoemulsification incision.