Publications by authors named "Sameh G Taher"

Background: Exotropia control is deteriorated by post-strabismus surgery in many cases. Improving this control is considered as an important factor for success of the strabismus surgery like ocular motor alignment.

Objective: To determine the therapeutic effect of postoperative eye exercises on exodeviation eye control after the strabismus surgery.

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Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of fenestration in comparison to the classic muscle recession as a weakening maneuver to horizontal and vertical extra ocular muscles in the surgical management of strabismus.

Patients And Methods: This is a pilot single blind parallel group randomized controlled trial with 1:1 allocation ratio. Male or female patients aged 1- to 60-years-old who were admitted to the Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Department for surgical correction of horizontal or vertical strabismus.

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Background: The use of succinylcholine for rapid sequence induction in patients with open globe injuries may be detrimental to the eye.

Aim: The aim of this study is to determine if the premedication with magnesium sulfate (MgSO) could attenuate the increase in intraocular pressure (IOP) associated with succinylcholine injection and intubation.

Setting: Operation theaters in a tertiary care University Hospital between December 2014 and July 215.

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Purpose: To evaluate the visual outcomes and complications after Artisan iris-claw lens implantation in aphakic children with insufficient capsular support.

Methods: In this prospective, interventional noncontrolled study, aphakic eyes of consecutive patients >2 years of age with insufficient capsular support who underwent Artisan intraocular lens (IOL) implantation between June 2011 and December 2012 were followed for 1 year. Patients with anterior chamber depth <3 mm, central endothelial cell density (CECD) <2500 cells/mm(²), uncontrolled glaucoma, or uveitis were excluded.

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