Intracameral Fibrinous Reaction During Descemet's Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty.

Purpose: To determine the outcomes and predisposing factors of Descemet's membrane endothelial keratoplasty () complicated by intraoperative fibrinous reaction.

Methods: Retrospective cohort study of 346 DMEKs. Medical charts were reviewed for recipient demographics, surgical indications, donor characteristics, and potential predisposing ocular and systemic factors.

The effect of pharmacological pupillary dilation on intraocular pressure measurement.

Objective: To measure the difference in intraocular pressure (IOP) before and after pharmacologic mydriasis in normal subjects using Goldmann applanation tonometer (GAT) and the Diaton transpalpebral tonometer (DT).

Design: Prospective case series study.

Participants: Sixty-seven adult patients attending a tertiary general ophthalmology eye care center.

Successful management of severe post-LASIK Mycobacterium abscessus keratitis with topical amikacin and linezolid, flap ablation, and topical corticosteroids.

This is a case report of post-laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium abscessus keratitis managed with combined topical amikacin and linezolid, flap amputation, and corticosteroids. A 34-year-old woman presented with a corneal interface infiltrate 3 weeks after LASIK. Cultures isolated mycobacteria.

[Boston keratoprosthesis type 1].

Penetrating keratoplasty is the most commonly performed tissue transplant in the world. However, its success depends on the health of the ocular surface and the intact immune privilege of the eye. In the absence of these two conditions, corneal transplants have an increased failure rate and result in corneal blindness.

Secondary intraocular lens implantation with absence of capsular support: Scleral versus iris fixation.

Purpose: To assess the outcomes of iris fixated (IF) posterior chamber (PC) intraocular lens (IOL) versus scleral-fixated (SF) PC IOL implantation, and compare them with the results reviewed from the literature.

Setting: The study took place in the ophthalmology department of the Eye and Ear Hospital (Lebanon).

Design: This is a retrospective institutional study that collected the records of patients admitted for secondary IOL implantation between January 2007 and December 2016.

Toric ICL Implantation After Sequential Intracorneal Ring Segments Implantation and Corneal Cross-linking in Keratoconus: 2-Year Follow-up.

Purpose: To evaluate 6-month and 2-year safety and clinical outcomes of Visian toric Implantable Collamer Lens (toric ICL) (STAAR Surgical, Monrovia, CA) implantation for the treatment of residual refractive errors after sequential intracorneal ring segments (ICRS) insertion and cross-linking (CXL) in keratoconus.

Methods: This consecutive case series included the results of a three-step ICRS-CXL-toric ICL procedure in 16 eyes of 13 patients with moderate to severe keratoconus (stages II and III of Amsler-Krumeich classification). The ICRS and CXL procedures were performed sequentially with an interval of 4 weeks and the toric ICL implantation was performed at least 6 months after CXL.

Evaluation of allergic sensitization in Lebanese patients with allergic conjunctivitis.

Purpose: To describe the profile of patients with allergic conjunctivitis (AC) regarding their demographics, symptomatology and specific allergen sensitization, in a Lebanese tertiary hospital.

Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted at the Hôtel-Dieu de France hospital (Beirut, Lebanon) during a period of 18 months. Patients with seasonal or perennial AC presenting for ophthalmic consultation had measurements of total and specific IgE.

Mathematical analysis of corneal remodelling after intracorneal ring surgery in keratoconus.

Aim: To represent mathematically the intersection between the ectatic corneal geometry and the plane of intracorneal ring implants (ICRS) in order to determine the corneal response to ICRS surgery in keratoconus (KC). Thereafter, to present the concept and early results of a newly derived topography-guided nomogram for ICRS surgery for the treatment of keratectasia.

Methods: The corneal rings plane intersection was modelled to a conic section.

Thick keratoconic cornea associated with posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy.

Introduction: We herein report a case of bilateral unusually thick non-edematous keratoconic corneas with associated endothelial features of posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy (PPCD).

Case Report: We report the case of a 27-year-old myopic woman who presented for refractive surgery. Slit lamp exam showed bilateral corneal protrusion with diffuse deep stromal and endothelial vesicular opacities and small paracentral bands.

Pediatric Keratoconus in a Tertiary Referral Center: Incidence, Presentation, Risk Factors, and Treatment.

Purpose: To report the incidence, clinical presentation, risk factors, and treatment outcome of pediatric keratoconus in a tertiary referral eye hospital in Beirut, Lebanon.

Methods: In this retrospective study, the authors evaluated all patients with keratoconus 14 years or younger newly diagnosed at the Beirut Eye Specialist Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon, between January 2010 and December 2014. The incidence of pediatric keratoconus among all pediatric patients and among patients with keratoconus of all ages was assessed.

VITREORETINAL SURGERY WITH SILICONE OIL TAMPONADE IN PRIMARY UNCOMPLICATED RHEGMATOGENOUS RETINAL DETACHMENT: Clinical Outcomes and Complications.

Background: To determine the anatomical and functional outcomes and possible complications after pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) with silicone oil (SO) tamponade in primary uncomplicated rhegmatogenous retinal detachments.

Methods: This is a prospective observational study. Overall, 62 consecutive patients who underwent surgical repair by PPV and SO injection for primary uncomplicated rhegmatogenous retinal detachment between January 01, 2006 and April 30, 2012 were followed.

[Screening of diabetic retinopathy and maculopathy in Lebanese population using retinography and SD-OCT: The role of telemedicine].

Purpose: Diabetes and diabetic retinopathy (DR) are nowadays a major public health threat. The aim of this study is the screening of DR and diabetic maculopathy (DM) in a primary medical care center in Lebanon. We study also the interest of retinography and of SD-OCT in a telemedicine screening program.

Acute corneal hydrops mimicking infectious keratitis as initial presentation of keratoconus in a 10-year-old child.

Purpose. To report a case of acute hydrops in a 10-year-old child with advanced keratoconus. Case Presentation.

Rate of corneal collagen crosslinking redo in private practice: risk factors and safety.

Objective. To report the rate of progression of keratectasia after primary crosslinking (CXL) and evaluate the safety and efficiency of CXL redo. Materials and Methods.

Effect of hemodialysis on visual acuity, intraocular pressure, and macular thickness in patients with chronic kidney disease.

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of hemodialysis (HD) on visual acuity, intraocular pressure (IOP), and central foveal thickness (CFT) in patients with chronic kidney disease.

Materials And Methods: Forty-nine eyes from 49 chronic kidney-disease patients were analyzed. Causes of chronic kidney disease included diabetes mellitus (n=9 patients), hypertensive nephrosclerosis (n=15 patients), and other causes (n=25 patients).

Intravitreal bevacizumab for retinal capillary hemangioblastoma: A case series and literature review.

Objective: To evaluate the long-term outcomes of intravitreal bevacizumab for peripheral and juxtapapillary retinal capillary hemangioblastoma (RCH).

Design: We conducted a retrospective noncomparative interventional case series.

Participants: There were 4 patients (5 eyes) presenting with RCH.

Nosocomial transmission of highly resistant microorganisms on a spinal cord rehabilitation ward.

Background/objective: To study the mechanism of nosocomial transmission of highly resistant microorganisms (HRMOs).

Design: A prospective observational study.

Setting: A spinal cord ward of a rehabilitation center.

Heart conduction problems in a tetraplegic patient caused by a single therapeutic dosage of Baclofen.

Study Design: Case report.

Objective: To examine the unusual and unknown, severe side effect of a therapeutic dose of oral Baclofen on cardiac function.

Setting: Spinal Cord Unit, Rehabilitation Centre Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Is chronic HIV infection associated with venous thrombotic disease? A systematic review.

Infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is still a major health problem world-wide. HIV infection has changed into a chronic infection with the chance of developing long-term complications. Vascular complications are frequently reported in the current literature.

Serology: recent developments, strengths, limitations and prospects: a state of the art overview.

Specific antibodies can be used as a surrogate marker for bacterial load in leprosy. Tests to detect antibodies can be used for (i) the classification of patients for treatment purposes [most multibacillary (MB) patients are seropositive, most paucibacillary (PB) patients are not], (ii) the prediction of an increased risk of relapse and (iii) the identification of contacts having an increased risk of developing leprosy. With the advent of fast, robust and easy to perform serological tests such as lateral flow, agglutination and card tests, the application of serology in the field for these purposes becomes a feasible prospect.