Long-term Results in Pediatric Developmental Cataract Surgery with Primary Intraocular Lens Implantation.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcomes of pediatric developmental cataract surgery with primary intraocular lens (IOL) implantation.

Materials And Methods: Patients between 2 and 16 years old who underwent cataract surgery with primary IOL implantation were retrospectively evaluated. Age at time of surgery, pre- and postoperative best corrected visual acuities, postoperative ocular complications, and any accompanying ocular pathologies were obtained from the patients' charts.

Treatment results in aphakic patients with glaucoma following congenital cataract surgery.

Purpose: To evaluate the clinical findings and possible risk factors of patients with aphakic glaucoma following congenital cataract surgery and identify the factors affecting response to glaucoma treatment.

Methods: A retrospective chart review of 173 patients was performed who underwent congenital cataract surgery before the age of 12 months and 40 eyes of 25 patients with aphakic glaucoma were enrolled. Age of the patients at the time of the cataract surgery, postoperative complications, additional ocular pathologies and the type of glaucoma treatment needed were investigated.

Factors Affecting Contrast Sensitivity in Healthy Individuals: A Pilot Study.

Objectives: To determine the demographic and ocular features affecting contrast sensitivity levels in healthy individuals.

Materials And Methods: Seventy-four eyes of 37 subjects (7-65 years old) with refractive errors less than 1.0 diopter, no history of ocular surgery, and 20/20 visual acuity were included in the study.

Strabismus in infants following congenital cataract surgery.

Purpose: This study aimed to determine the incidence and characteristics of strabismus following congenital cataract surgery in infants.

Materials And Methods: Patients aged <12 months who underwent surgery for congenital cataract and were followed-up for ≥1 years were included. Patients that had strabismus prior to surgery were excluded.

The impact of prism adaptation test on surgical outcomes in patients with primary exotropia.

Background: We aimed to determine the impact of the preoperative prism adaptation test (PAT) on surgical outcomes in patients with primary exotropia.

Methods: Thirty-eight consecutive patients with primary exotropia were enrolled. Pre-operative PAT was performed in 18 randomly selected patients (Group 1).

Accuracy of Plusoptix S04 in children and teens.

Objective: To compare refraction measurements of young patients obtained using Plusoptix S04 with those obtained using cycloplegic retinoscopy.

Design: Cohort study.

Participants: Data were collected from 64 patients (128 eyes), aged 2-19 years.

Influences of cyclopentolate hydrochloride on anterior segment parameters with Pentacam in children.

Purpose: To investigate the effects of cyclopentolate hydrochloride 1% on the main numerical parameters of anterior segment with Pentacam rotating Scheimpflug camera in children.

Setting: Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology.

Methods: Pentacam measurements of 50 (23 boys and 27 girls) children before and after 45 min of cyclopentolate hydrochloride 1% instillation were performed and compared with 31 (17 boys and 14 girls) no medication instilled control group.

The effect of optical correction on refractive development in children with accommodative esotropia.

Purpose: To compare the effects of partial or full hyperopic optical correction on refractive development in children with accommodative esotropia.

Methods: Children with accommodative esotropia and hyperopia >3 D were enrolled in this prospective, nonrandomized study. All children underwent an ophthalmologic examination, including refraction, keratometry, and axial length.

Accommodative esotropia following surgical treatment of infantile esotropia: frequency and risk factors.

Purpose: We aimed to examine the frequency of and risk factors for the development of accommodative esotropia following surgical treatment for infantile esotropia.

Methods: A total of 29 children were recruited. Potential risk factors for the development of accommodative esotropia included: sex; angle of deviation at initial and final visits; cycloplegic refractive error at initial and final visits; increase in hyperopia; amblyopia; amblyopia treatment; age at surgical treatment; pre- and postoperative latent nystagmus; dissociated vertical deviation or inferior oblique muscle overaction; additional surgical procedures; unstable alignment, and binocular sensory status.

Factors influencing stereoacuity in refractive accommodative esotropia.

Background: We aimed to investigate factors that promote binocular sensory function in patients with refractive accommodative esotropia (RAE) who have successful optical alignment.

Methods: Charts of 64 patients with RAE were retrospectively reviewed. Clinical factors examined included onset age of RAE, duration of misalignment, history of misalignment in family members, amblyopia, amblyopia treatment, refractive error, anisometropia, ocular movement disorders, visual acuity level, and the presence of intermittent or constant misalignment after optical correction of the hyperopic refractive error.

Orbital cellulitis after strabismus surgery.

Serious infection is uncommon after eye muscle surgery. Orbital cellulitis is a rarely reported but is potentially vision- and life-threatening complication after strabismus surgery. In this report, we describe a case of unilateral orbital cellulitis after strabismus surgery for sensory exotropia in a healthy adolescent boy.

Could personality traits modify the response to uncorrected high hyperopia?

Purpose: We aimed to measure temperament and investigate personality in children with high hyperopia considering that these could modify the individual response to uncorrected high hyperopia.

Methods: Fifteen children (age range, 5 to 12 years) with orthotropia and ametropic amblyopia in the presence of uncorrected high hyperopia were identified (group 1). Among the children with refractive accommodative esotropia, 15 children (age range, 5 to 12 years) were enrolled to form group 2.

Comparison of achromatic and blue-on-yellow perimetry in patients with resolved central serous chorioretinopathy.

Central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR) is a disorder characterized by the serous detachment of the sensory retina in the posterior pole. Although CSCR usually resolves spontaneously, the patients may notice residual visual deficits, despite recovering normal visual acuity. The aim of this study is to compare the blue-on-yellow perimetric parameters with conventional automated perimetric parameters in the detection of visual deficits in patients with resolved CSCR.

Evaluation of the effects of radiotherapy to the chiasm and optic nerve by visual psychophysical and electrophysiologic tests in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Purpose: To evaluate the effects of high-dose radiotherapy (RT) to the chiasm and optic nerves in locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients by visual psychophysical and electrophysiologic tests.

Methods And Materials: A series of visual tests, including visual evoked potentials (VEPs), contrast sensitivity, and visual field and visual acuity tests, were administered to 27 patients with locally advanced (T4) nasopharyngeal carcinoma who had undergone RT to high doses 6 to 74 months previously. As a control group, the same tests were administered to 40 unirradiated patients who had been referred to the ophthalmology department for any reason.

Retroequatorial recession of horizontal recti with loop suture in the treatment of congenital nystagmus.

Purpose: The authors wished to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of retroequatorial recession of all four horizontal recti using loop sutures for the treatment of congenital nystagmus

Subjects And Methods: Twelve patients with congenital nystagmus were enrolled in this prospective study. All patients underwent retroequatorial recession of horizontal recti with loop sutures. All recti were recessed 8 mm measuring from the insertion, then the amount of loop suture was determined according to the preoperative ocular alignment of the patients.

Blue-on-yellow perimetry versus achromatic perimetry in type 1 diabetes patients without retinopathy.

In this study, we compared the blue-on-yellow perimetric parameters with conventional automated static threshold perimetric parameters in the detection of psychophysical abnormality in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) without diabetic retinopathy. Forty-three patients with type 1 DM without diabetic retinopathy were included this study. Thirty subjects served as age-matched control group.

Oculometric features of hyperopia in children with accommodative refractive esotropia.

Purpose: To determine the nature of hyperopia in children with accommodative refractive esotropia (ARE) by evaluating the relationships between corneal radius (CR), axial length (AL), age and equivalent spherical refraction (SEQ).

Methods: A total of 112 children with ARE were included in the study. The children underwent an overall ophthalmic examination including cycloplegic refraction, keratometry and ultrasonic AL measurement.

Negative social bias against children with strabismus.

Purpose: To determine whether the presence of noticeable strabismus creates a negative social bias against children.

Methods: Photographs of two boys and two girls were digitally altered to create photographs of the same child in orthotropic, esotropic and exotropic states. Elementary school teachers rated their perceptions of the children's personal characteristics (using a 10-item list of personal characteristics) based on their responses to these whole-face photographs.

The nature and origin of intraocular metallic foreign bodies appearing after phacoemulsification.

In order to evaluate the nature and origin of metallic foreign bodies embedded in the iris after uneventful phacoemulsification, we aimed to produce metallic fragments by applying ultrasound power with the same phaco machine and handpiece in an experimental model in vitro. In a glass bottle, we used linear phaco power of 100% continuously for 5 min first with a new phaco tip and then with a used tip. Afterwards, the fluid in the bottle was filtered through a Millipore filter.

Binocular visual function in congenital esotropia after bilateral medial rectus recession with loop suture.

Purpose: Our aim was to evaluate the binocular visual function in congenital esotropia after bimedial rectus recession with loop suture and to address the factors that could take part in the attainment of binocular function.

Subjects And Methods: Forty children with congenital esotropia who were operated on between 12 and 48 months of age were included in the study group. Postoperative follow-up ranged from 2 to 10 years.

Recession of the inferior rectus muscle under topical anesthesia in thyroid ophthalmopathy.

Purpose: To evaluate the results of inferior rectus muscle recession with adjustable loop suture under topical anesthesia for vertical deviations secondary to thyroid ophthalmopathy.

Patients And Methods: Five patients with a vertical deviation greater than 15 PD and severe limitation of upgaze were enrolled in the study. Before proceeding with corrective strabismus surgery, we waited at least 6 months after stabilization of ocular alignment and normalization of thyroid chemistries.

Electroretinographic findings in Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy and correlation with genotype.

Purpose: To correlate the electroretinography (ERG) findings in patients with Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy (D/BMD) with the genotype and evaluate the ERG findings in DMD carriers.

Materials And Methods: Fifteen deletion positive patients with DMD, two deletion positive patients with BMD and six DMD carriers in two families having a positive disease history were evaluated with DNA analysis, ophthalmologic and ERG findings.

Results: The mean age of the deletion positive D/BMD patients was 11.