Changes in Intraocular Lens Explantation Indications and Comparison of Various Explantation Techniques.

Purpose: To examine the current causes of intraocular lens (IOL) explantation, compare various IOL explantation techniques, and assess the visual outcomes and complications.

Design: Retrospective comparative case series.

Participants: A total of 175 eyes of 160 patients who underwent IOL exchange for a one-piece foldable acrylic IOL between January 2010 and March 2022 were covered by the research.

Comparison of Capsular Tension Ring Implantation before vs. after Toric Intraocular Lens for Rotational Stability.

Purpose: To compare the effect of implanting the capsular tension ring (CTR) before or after a toric intraocular lens (IOL) on rotational stability in patients with cataract and astigmatism.

Methods: This is a randomized retrospective study. Patients who underwent phacoemulsification combined with toric IOL implantation due to cataract and astigmatism between February 2018 and October 2019 were enrolled in the study.

Clinical Outcomes of Piggybacking a One-Piece IOL With a Three-Piece IOL in Eyes With Nanophthalmos.

Purpose: To compare the nanophthalmic eyes in which a three-piece intraocular lens (IOL) along with a one-piece IOL and two one-piece IOLs were used for piggyback IOL implantation into the capsular bag.

Methods: This retrospective comparative case series included 61 eyes of 31 patients. Group 1 consisted of 31 eyes of 16 patients who underwent piggyback implantation of a one-piece IOL along with a three-piece IOL into the capsular bag.

Posterior capsular vacuuming to avoid PCO formation.

Aim: To retrospectively evaluate the effectiveness of the capsular vacuuming technique in reducing posterior capsule opacification (PCO).

Methods: Group 1 of the study consisted of 2752 eyes of 2752 patients with a cataract who had undergone phacoemulsification and IOL implantation surgery with anterior, equatorial, and posterior capsular polishing between January 2010 and December 2014. Group 2 consisted of 2761 eyes of 2761 patients with a cataract who had undergone phacoemulsification and IOL implantation surgery with anterior, equatorial, and posterior capsular polishing as well as posterior capsular vacuuming between January 2010 and December 2014.

Changes in Visual Field Indices after Pterygium Surgery.

Objectives: This study was a prospective evaluation of changes in the results of visual field tests taken before and after pterygium excision.

Methods: This was a prospective, single-center study. Seventy-five eyes of 75 patients who had undergone pterygium excision with autograft implantation were enrolled.

Facilitated Tenon-Free Conjunctival Autograft Preparation and Limited Tenon Removal Technique in Pterygium Surgery.

Background: The main complication of primary pterygium surgery is the recurrence of the pterygium. In the present study, we aimed to compare a classical technique and facilitated tenon-free conjunctival autograft preparation and a limited tenon removal technique in pterygium surgery in terms of recurrence rate, complications, and operation duration.

Material And Methods: This is a retrospective, comparative, observational study.

Central retinal artery occlusion in a patient who contracted COVID-19 and review of similar cases.

A 54-year-old male patient applied to our clinic with a sudden and painless loss of vision in his right eye. He was suffering from COVID-19. His best-corrected visual acuity of the right eye was finger counting from 30 cm.

The Results of Preoperative Use of Topical Brimonidine in Strabismus Surgery.

In this study, we wanted to retrospectively evaluate the effect of the use of topical brimonidine on intraoperative bleeding and surgical hemostasis before strabismus surgery. Brimonidine tartrate 0.15% (Brimogut, Bilim Ilac, Turkey) eye drops were applied 6 and 3 min before surgery to 44 eyes of 22 patients in group 1 for vasoconstriction.

The effectiveness of the dacryocystorhinostomy operation with physiodispenser in nasolacrimal duct obstruction.

Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of the dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) operation with physiodispenser in nasolacrimal duct obstruction.

Methods: Two hundred and twelve eyes from 150 patients with chronic dacryocystitis who had undergone external DCR operation with Kerrison punch were included in Group 1. Two hundred and fourteen eyes from 150 patients with chronic dacryocystitis who had undergone external DCR operation with physiodispenser were included in Group 2.

Xen implantation in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma: comparison of two different techniques.

Purpose: To compare retrospectively two different techniques of Xen implantation, which are transconjunctival (ab-externo) and standard (ab-interno) techniques.

Methods: Forty-three eyes of 43 patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) who had Xen implantation operation via transconjunctival (ab-externo) technique comprised Group 1. Of the 43 patients, 20 (46.

The Results of Preoperative Topical Brimonidine Usage in Pterygium Surgery.

To evaluate the reduction of conjunctival and episcleral hyperemia and bleeding in pterygium surgery following the use of topical brimonidine preoperatively. In this study, 45 patients who had undergone pterygium surgery under topical anesthesia were enrolled. Brominidine tartrate 0.

Flattened flanged intrascleral intraocular lens fixation technique.

Aim: To evaluate the visual outcomes of the patients who had undergone sutureless scleral fixated IOL implantation operation in which a new modified Yamane technique called flattened flanged intrascleral intraocular lens fixation technique was applied.

Materials And Methods: Forty-two eyes of 42 patients who had undergone scleral IOL fixation operation with Yamane technique comprised Group 1. The mean age of this group was 60.

Influence of Incision Size on Dry Eye Symptoms in the Small Incision Lenticule Extraction Procedure.

Purpose: To evaluate the influence of incision size on dry eye symptoms in the small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) procedure.

Methods: Ninety-four eyes of 47 patients with myopia and/or myopic astigmatism who had undergone the SMILE procedure were enrolled in this study. The patients were divided into 3 groups according to the incision size (2, 3, and 4 mm) applied during the SMILE procedure.

Ocular penetration of topically applied 1% tigecycline in a rabbit model.

Aim: To evaluate ocular penetration of topically applied 1% tigecycline.

Methods: Forty-two New Zealand White rabbits were divided into 3 groups. A 50 µL drop of 1% tigecycline was administered in group 1.

Phacoemulsification in posterior polar cataract.

Purpose: To evaluate the results and complications of phacoemulsification surgery in eyes with posterior polar cataracts and compare the techniques of viscodissection and hydrodissection.

Methods: The medical records of 29 consecutive patients (16 males, 13 females) with posterior polar cataracts (44 eyes) who had undergone cataract surgery were retrospectively reviewed. Patients were divided into two groups according to the technique used; viscodissection was applied to the experimental group (group 1) and hydrodissection to the control group (group 2).

Serum Vitamin D Levels in Patients with Acute Anterior Uveitis.

Purpose: To evaluate serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in patients with acute anterior uveitis (AAU).

Methods: This observational case-control study involved 20 patients with AAU, and 20 consecutive, age and sex-matched healthy subjects without any ocular or systemic diseases. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D was quantified with electrochemiluminescence technique.

The effect of phacoemulsification surgery on intraocular pressure and anterior segment anatomy of the patients with cataract and ocular hypertension.

We evaluated the effect of phacoemulsification surgery on intraocular pressure (IOP), anterior chamber depth (ACD), iridocorneal angle (ICA), and central corneal thickness (CCT) of the patients with cataract and ocular hypertension. The decrease in IO P values of the 1 st week, 1 st month, 3 rd month, 6 th month, and 1 st year was statistically significant, but that of the 2 nd year was not significant. The increase in ACD and ICA values of the 1 st week, 1 st month, 3 rd month, 6 th month, and 1 st year was statistically significant, but that of the 2 nd year was not significant.

Phacoemulsificatıon in eyes wıth cataract and high myopia.

Purpose: To evaluate the outcomes and complications following phacoemulsification surgery in eyes with cataract and high myopia.

Methods: We retrospectively evaluated the data of 43 eyes of 28 consecutive patients (12 males, 16 females) with cataract and high myopia who had undergone phacoemulsification and intraocular lens (IOL) implantation. The mean [± standard deviation (range)] age of the patients was 59.

The influence of size and shape of Nd:YAG capsulotomy on visual acuity and refraction.

Purpose: To evaluate the influence of size and shape of neodymium:yttrium aluminum- Garnet (Nd:YAG) laser capsulotomy on visual acuity and refraction.

Methods: We retrospectively evaluated 85 eyes of 67 patients treated with Nd:YAG laser posterior capsulotomy for posterior capsule opacification (PCO). The mean age of included patients was 57.

The course of dry eye after phacoemulsification surgery.

Background: The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the course of dry eye syndrome after phacoemulsification surgery.

Methods: One hundred and ninety-two eyes of 96 patients (30 males, 66 females) with chronic dry eye syndrome and cataract, who had undergone phacoemulsification surgery were enrolled in this study.

Results: Their mean age was 68.

Toxic anterior-segment syndrome (TASS).

Purpose: To evaluate the clinical findings and courses of five patients who developed toxic anterior-segment syndrome (TASS) after cataract surgery and investigate the cause.

Materials And Methods: In May 2010, on the same day, ten patients were operated on by the same surgeon. Five of these patients developed TASS postoperatively.