Clinical Features and Outcomes of Patients with Orbital Schwannoma.

Purpose: To report the clinical features, treatment, and outcome of 11 patients with orbital schwannoma in Korean patients.

Methods: The medical records of 11 orbital schwannoma patients treated between April 2007 and April 2021 were retrospectively reviewed. The demographic data, clinical characteristics, radiological features, and outcomes were reviewed.

Association between age-related cataract and blepharoptosis in Korean adults: a population-based study.

Cataract and blepharoptosis are both commonly encountered ophthalmic problems in older adults. Since they share similar risk factors, it is plausible that there may be an association between the two conditions. We examined data from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) 2010-2012 to determine if there is an association between age-related cataract and blepharoptosis.

Analysis of Clinical Characteristics and Prognosis of Patients With Periocular Malignant Melanoma in Korea.

Objective: To report the clinical features of 20 patients with malignant melanoma and to evaluate the survival and prognosis of patients with malignant melanoma in Korea.

Methods And Analysis: The medical records of 20 patients with malignant melanoma treated between March 2004 and March 2020 were reviewed retrospectively. The demographic data, clinical characteristics, and outcomes were also reviewed.

Visual outcomes of proton beam therapy for choroidal melanoma at a single institute in the Republic of Korea.

We evaluate the ocular effects of proton beam therapy (PBT) in a single institution, in Korea, and identify factors contributing to decreasing visual acuity (VA) after PBT. A total of 40 patients who received PBT for choroidal melanoma (2009‒2016) were reviewed. Dose fractionation was 60‒70 cobalt gray equivalents (CGEs) over five fractions.

Cohort profile: a collaborative multicentre study of retinal optical coherence tomography in 539 patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (CROCTINO).

Purpose: Optical coherence tomography (OCT) captures retinal damage in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD). Previous studies investigating OCT in NMOSD have been limited by the rareness and heterogeneity of the disease. The goal of this study was to establish an image repository platform, which will facilitate neuroimaging studies in NMOSD.

Nationwide Trends in the Incidence and Survival of Eyelid Skin Cancers in Korea.

Purpose: This study provides a population-based report on eyelid skin cancer epidemiology showing trends in its incidence and survival in South Korea.

Methods: For this population-based epidemiological study, nationwide cancer incidence data were obtained from the Korea Central Cancer Registry, covering the entire population. Age-standardised incidence rates (ASRs) and annual per cent changes (APCs) were calculated according to sex, histological types, stage, and date of diagnosis.

Decreased expression of progesterone receptor membrane component 1 in fetal membranes with chorioamnionitis among women with preterm birth.

Purpose: Progesterone receptor membrane component 1 (PGRMC1) have anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic properties. This study aimed to determine the expression of PGRMC1 in fetal membranes among women with preterm labor (PTL), preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM), and acute histologic chorioamnionitis (HCA) during preterm birth.

Methods: Full thickness fetal membranes were obtained from women with gestational age-matched (32-34 weeks of gestational age), and categorized as PTL without HCA (PTL, n = 10), PPROM without HCA (PPROM, n = 10), PPROM with HCA (HCA, n = 10), and term without labor and HCA (term birth (TB), n = 9).

Refractory follicular conjunctival lesions: overlook as just inflammation or not?

Purpose: To report the clinical manifestations of 199 patients with suspected conjunctival lymphoma, the associations between these features and the pathological diagnoses, and the prognosis of conjunctival lesions during long-term follow-up.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective chart review of 199 patients who underwent conjunctival biopsy on suspicion of conjunctival lymphoproliferative disease between January 2008 and June 2015. We focused on slit-lamp findings in the conjunctiva and the pathological diagnoses.

Tuberculous peritonitis in the first trimester of pregnancy.

Tuberculous peritonitis in pregnancy is a rare form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis that is not easily diagnosed. The clinical presentations of tuberculous peritonitis are usually non-specific and mimic those of other diseases, such as ovarian malignancy or chronic liver disease, and this non-specificity can cause diagnostic delays and complications. The authors report the case of a 31-year-old primigravida woman who presented with uncontrolled fever, dyspnea, elevated liver enzymes, and mild abdominal distension at 13+2 weeks of gestation.

Surgical Outcomes of Deep Superior Sulcus Augmentation Using Acellular Human Dermal Matrix in Anophthalmic or Phthisis Socket.

Patients with anophthalmic or phthisis socket suffer from cosmetic problems. To resolve those problems, the authors present the surgical outcomes of deep superior sulcus (DSS) augmentation using acellular dermal matrix in patients with anophthalmic or phthisis socket. The authors retrospectively reviewed anophthalmic or phthisis patients who underwent surgery for DSS augmentation using acellular dermal matrix.

Surgical outcomes of endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy: analysis of 1083 consecutive cases.

Objective: We report on the surgical outcome of endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) and analyze factors that influence surgical failure.

Design: Retrospective observational cases series.

Participants: A total of 1083 cases who underwent endoscopic DCR with bicanalicular lacrimal stent insertion, performed by 1 surgeon between January 2007 and February 2013.

Long-term Surgical Outcomes of the Multi-purpose Conical Porous Synthetic Orbital Implant.

Purpose: We present clinical results of the use of the multipurpose conical porous synthetic orbital implant (MCOI) in surgical procedures of evisceration, enucleation, and secondary enucleation in ophthalmology patients.

Methods: A retrospective review was performed of 59 eyes in which conical implants were used, including 36 cases of eviscerations, 11 enucleations, and 9 secondary enucleations. In all of the cases, the follow-up period was greater than six months between 2004 and 2013.

Obesity as a Potential Risk Factor for Blepharoptosis: The Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2008-2010.

Purpose: To examine obesity parameters as potential risk factors associated with blepharoptosis in a representative Korean population.

Methods: We analyzed the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES), conducted between 2008 and 2010. 10,285 Korean adults (4,441 men and 5,844 women) aged 40 years or older was enrolled.

Surgical outcomes of acellular human dermal grafts for large conjunctiva defects in orbital implant insertion.

Purpose: We report the surgical outcomes of acellular human dermal allografts for repair of large conjunctiva defects in primary or secondary orbital implant insertion.

Methods: This retrospective chart review examined 12 eyes in 12 patients who underwent primary or secondary orbital implant insertion using Medpor® and acellular human dermal allografts to decrease conjunctival tension. Only patients with at least 6 months follow-up were included.

No thermal tool using methods in endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy: no cautery, no drill, no illuminator, no more tears.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the surgical outcome of the endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) without thermal tools such as cautery, drill and illuminator. The study is a retrospective analysis of patients in a tertiary care unit for oculoplastic surgery. The participants enrolled into the study are a retrospective series of 127 consecutive endonasal DCRs performed between January 2008 and March 2011.

A case of congenital orbital fibroepithelial polyp.

Fibroepithelial polyp (FEP) is a benign tumor of mesodermal origin, composed of varying amounts of stroma covered by epithelium. The skin and the genitourinary tract are the most common sites of FEP. Uncommon locations of FEP include the inferior turbinate of the nasal cavity, bronchi, and the pharynx.

Prevalence of myopia and its association with body stature and educational level in 19-year-old male conscripts in seoul, South Korea.

Purpose: To examine prevalence of refractive errors and its associated factors, such as body stature and educational level, among 19-year-old males in Seoul, Korea.

Methods: A population-based cross-sectional study was performed in male subjects (n = 23,616; age = 19 years) who were normally resident in Seoul for male compulsory conscripts during the study period (2010). Refractive examination was performed with cycloplegia.

Long-term surgical outcomes of porous polyethylene orbital implants: a review of 314 cases.

Purpose: This study reports on the long-term surgical outcomes after the insertion of porous Medpor orbital implants into anophthalmic sockets.

Methods: A retrospective chart review of 314 eyes from 314 patients who underwent evisceration, enucleation and secondary procedures using Medpor orbital implants was completed focusing on implant-associated complications and their corrective methods as surgical outcomes.

Results: The mean follow-up was 50 months (range 6-107 months).