Results of Endoscopic Dacryocystorhinostomy under Local Anesthesia with Minimal Sedation.

Purpose: We evaluated the tolerability and efficacy of endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy (Endo-DCR) in patients treated in the leaning position and under local anesthesia with minimal sedation (LAS).

Study Design: Questionnaire to determine subjective success of Endo-DCR.

Methods: From May 2013 to August 2014, a total of 95 eyes with epiphora presented to the Myoung Eye Plastic Surgery Clinic in Seoul, Korea, and were treated with Endo-DCR under LAS.

Direct visualization of aqueous tear secretion from lacrimal gland.

Purpose: To introduce a new method for direct observation of tear secretion from the palpebral lobes of the main lacrimal glands and Wolfring glands using fluorescein dye.

Methods: Twenty-six patients with dry eye and 26 healthy subjects were included in the study. Fluorescein was applied to the conjunctiva overlaying the palpebral lobe of the main lacrimal glands.

The Effect of Topical Diquafosol Tetrasodium 3% on Dry Eye After Cataract Surgery.

Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of 3% diquafosol tetrasodium for treating dry eye after cataract surgery.

Methods: Among patients who underwent bilateral cataract surgery, 34, who met the diagnostic criteria for dry eye syndrome 1 week postoperatively, were enrolled. Patients were randomly assigned to receive 3.

Assessment of the Tear Meniscus Using Optical Coherence Tomography in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Purpose: To analyze tear meniscus dimensions with Fourier domain-optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Methods: Patients with type 2 diabetes without diabetic retinopathy (DR) (n = 54), with nonproliferative DR (n = 45), with proliferative DR (PDR) (n = 25), and controls (n = 45) were enrolled. Hemoglobin A1c and Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) stages of DR were evaluated.

Comparison of Tear Meniscus Height Measurements Obtained With the Keratograph and Fourier Domain Optical Coherence Tomography in Dry Eye.

Purpose: To study the repeatability and reproducibility of tear meniscus height (TMH) measurements obtained with a keratograph and Fourier domain optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT) and to assess their agreement in patients with dry eye.

Methods: Sixty-four eyes with dry eye were analyzed by the Schirmer test, tear breakup time test, and fluorescein corneal staining. The TMH was measured 3 times using both devices by 2 different examiners.

A patient with combined corneal and ingrowing conjunctival tissue tattooing by micropigmentation method.

Purpose: This report describes the clinical efficacy of combined corneal and conjunctival micropigment tattooing for the treatment of a corneoconjunctival opacity.

Case Summary: Combined corneal and conjunctival micropigment tattooing was performed on a 39-year-old man who had a cosmetic problem due to traumatic corneoconjunctival opacity. After removal of the corneal epithelium, a 30-gauge needle filled with dye was placed into the corneal stroma.

DIY guide-needle-assisted conjunctivodacryocystorhinostomy (CDCR).

In this study, we introduce DIY guide-needle-assisted conjunctivodacryocystorhinostomy (CDCR), in which a guide needle helps in measuring the initial Jones tube length for insertion and reduces unnecessary handling for tube changes. Three CDCR procedures were conducted in which the length of the Jones tube was calculated using a 22-gauge DIY guide needle, and a prospective study of tube position change and migration, (a major cause of CDCR failure) was done. Wound healing was almost complete within 4 weeks postoperatively in the osteotomy site, but in cases of partial middle turbinectomy, a little more time was necessary.

Treatment for trichiasis through a combination of eyelash trephination and electrocautery.

Purpose: This article introduces 3-mm-deep eyelash trephination combined with electrocautery as a way to increase the success rate for treatment for trichiasis.

Method: We have modified surgical instruments, ready-made ophthalmic microtrephine and cautery tip for a 3-mm-deep eyelash trephination and electrocautery. After eyelash trephination with microtrephine, electrocautery was added with a bended cautery tip after embedding in the trephination site.

Outcomes of levator resection in blepharoptosis patients with grafted corneas.

Purpose: To present the surgical results of, and postoperative complications after, resection of the levator aponeurosis as a treatment for aponeurotic blepharoptosis in patients with grafted corneas.

Methods: Nine eyes with grafted corneas displaying aponeurotic blepharoptosis were investigated. Undercorrective resection of levator aponeurosis was performed on all nine patients.

Retinal ganglion cell death induced by endoplasmic reticulum stress in a chronic glaucoma model.

This study investigated whether endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress induced retinal ganglion cell (RGC) death in chronic ocular hypertension, one of the RGC death mechanisms, using an experimental glaucoma rat model. Glaucoma was induced in adult male Sprague-Dawley rats by cauterizing three episcleral veins. The intraocular pressure (IOP) remained elevated in the cauterized eyes for the 8-week experiment, whereas it was not elevated in the contralateral control eyes.