The Impact of Angle Lambda on Patient Satisfaction after Optiflex Trio Trifocal Intraocular Lens Implantation.

Purpose: To evaluate the vision-related quality of life (QOL), visual acuities, and refractive outcomes of patients with different angle lambda () after a trifocal intraocular lens (IOL) implantation at Veni Vidi Eye Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.

Methods: This retrospective, nonrandomized, and noncomparative case series included patients who had phacoemulsification bilaterally with the implantation of a trifocal IOL (Optiflex Trio) and responded to a vision-related QOL questionnaire measuring patient satisfaction. The patients were divided into two groups according to the angle with a cutoff value of 0.

Nicotine increased VEGF and MMP2 levels in the rat eye and kidney.

Chronic cigarette smoking affects many tissues negatively. Nicotine in tobacco has negative effects on tissues, kidneys, and eyes especially, where microcirculation is vitally important for the survival and functioning. It is known that appropriate vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and (matrix metalloproteinase 2) MMP2 levels are required for suitable vascularity and enough microcirculation.

Comparison of fibrin glue and suture technique in pterygium surgery performed with limbal autograft.

Aim: To compare the efficiency and safety of fibrin glue to suture technique in pterygium surgery performed with limbal autograft.

Methods: A prospective randomised clinical trial was carried out in 58 eyes of 58 patients operated for primary nasal pterygium. Autologous conjunctival graft taken from the superotemporal limbus was used to cover the sclera after pterygium excision.