Familial association of keratoconus and granular corneal dystrophy: The familial case series.

Objective: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the coexistence of bilateral keratoconus and granular corneal dystrophy (GCD) in the members of a family.

Methods: A total of 22 patients were examined in four generations of the family tree in this family screening study. Visual acuity test, biomicroscopic examination, and fundus examination were performed in all patients.

Aripiprazole-induced transient myopia.

This study aims to present a case of transient myopia due to aripiprazole used in the treatment of depression. A 21-year-old female who was being treated for depression with 15 mg/day Aripiprazole during two months. She normally used -3.

Corneal endothelial changes in patients with vitamin D deficiency.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of vitamin D deficiency on corneal endothelial layer using specular microscopy.

Methods: Fifty-eight eyes of 58 patients whose vitamin D level was below 15 ng/ml and who had no ocular pathology were included in the study (Group 1). Forty eyes of 40 age-and sex-matched subjects were enrolled as control group (Group 2).

Corneal Endothelial Changes in Behçet's Patients with Inactive Ocular Involvement.

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to evaluate alterations in the corneal endothelial layer in Behçet's disease (BD) with inactive ocular involvement using specular microscopy.

Materials And Methods: Thirty-three eyes of 33 BD patients who had at least one anterior segment involvement and no active inflammation in the last 3 months were included in the study (group 1). Twenty-seven of the 33 BD patients had an anterior uveitis attack and six of them had a panuveitis (both anterior and posterior involvement) attack.

Corneal endothelial changes in long-term cannabinoid users.

Purpose: The aim of this study was at evaluating the effects of long-term cannabis use on the corneal endothelial cells with the specular microscopy.

Methods: The study enrolled 28 eyes of 28 patients diagnosed with cannabinoid use disorder. The cannabinoid group was selected among patients who had been using the substance for three days or more per week over the past one year.

Corneal structure in tilted disc syndrome.

Purpose:: To evaluate the central corneal thickness (CCT), corneal volume (CV), and anterior and posterior corneal surfaces using the Scheimpflug imaging system in patients diagnosed with tilted disc syndrome (TDS).

Methods:: The study group (Group 1) and the control group (Group 2) comprised 35 eyes of 35 age-, sex-, and refraction-matched cases. All cases underwent a full ophthalmic examination that included cycloplegic refraction, axial ocular length measurement, and Scheimpflug imaging.

Evaluation of Anterior Segment's Structures in Tilted Disc Syndrome.

Purpose. To evaluate anterior segment's structures by Pentacam in patients with tilted disc syndrome (TDS). Methods.

The Influence of Corneal Collagen Crosslinking on Conjunctival Flora.

Purpose: To investigate the influence of corneal collagen crosslinking (CXL) on conjunctival flora.

Materials And Methods: Included in this study were 42 patients, all of whom were treated with CXL for progressive keratoconus (KC). Conjunctival swab samples were collected under operating-room conditions immediately before and immediately after the procedure.

Refraction and eye anterior segment parameters in schizophrenic patients.

Purpose: To evaluate the difference in terms of refractive errors and anterior segment parameters between schizophrenic patients and healthy volunteers.

Methods: This study compared 70 patients (48 men) who were diagnosed with schizophrenia with a control group of 60 (35 men) who were similar in terms of age, gender, education, and socioeconomic level. Anterior segment examination was performed using a Scheimflug system.

Reprint of: Social phobia and other psychiatric problems in children with strabismus.

Objective: To investigate the rate of social phobia, anxiety, depression, and other psychiatric problems in children with strabismus.

Design: Prospective, cross-sectional, case-control study.

Participants: Forty-two children with strabismus and 47 control subjects 8-13 years of age were enrolled in this study.

Systemic Prolidase Activity and Oxidative Stress in Keratoconus.

Aim: Our aim was to evaluate the serum prolidase activity, total antioxidant capacity (TAC) and total oxidant status (TOS) in patients with keratoconus.

Material And Method: A total 69 keratoconus patients and 72 control subjects with similar age and gender were evaluated within the scope of this study. The keratoconus group was divided into four stages with the modified Krumeich classification.

The frequency of exfoliation syndrome in the central anatolia region of Turkey.

Aim. The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of exfoliation syndrome in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey and to evaluate its relationship with cardiovascular and ocular diseases. Methods.

Effective management of exposure keratopathy developed in intensive care units: the impact of an evidence based eye care education programme.

Objectives: To assess the impact of eye care education on the incidence of corneal exposure in intensive care units (ICU).

Research Methodology/design: Approximately 300 ICU personnel were educated about eye care to reduce the incidence of corneal exposure. The patients were divided into two groups: pre-training (Group 1: Between February 1, 2011 and March 31, 2011 [2 months]) and post-training periods (Group 2: Between April 1, 2011 and April 1 2012 [1 year]).

Is there any relation between pseudoexfoliation syndrome and Alzheimer's type dementia?

Purpose: To investigate the frequency of Alzheimer-related dementia in patients with pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PEX).

Methods: Sixty-seven patients with PEX and 67 age-, gender-, and educational-background-matched control subjects were compared for the presence of Alzheimer-related dementia according to DSM- IV-TR. The effects of cataract, glaucoma, additional ocular and systemic disease on the dementia incidence were also evaluated in patients with PEX and the control group.

Evaluation of peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer, macula and ganglion cell thickness in amblyopia using spectral optical coherence tomography.

Aim: To investigate peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL), macula and ganglion cell layer thicknesses (GCC) in amblyopic eyes with spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT).

Methods: Thirty six patients with a history of unilateral amblyopia and thirty two children who had emmetropia without amblyopia were included in this study. In this institutional study, 36 eyes of 36 patients with amblyopia (AE), 36 fellow eyes without amblyopia (FE), and 32 eyes of 32 normal subjects (NE) were included.

Superior ophthalmic vein thrombosis developed after orbital cellulitis.

A 65-year-old female patient presented with eye pain, swelling and blurred vision in the left eye. Routine biochemistry and microbiological analyzes were conducted. Orbital tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings, and cerebral angiography were performed.

Endoscopic transcanalicular diode laser dacryocystorhinostomy: is it an alternative method to conventional external dacryocystorhinostomy?

Purpose: To compare the success rates of endoscopic transcanalicular diode laser dacryocystorhinostomy (EL-DCR) and external DCR.

Materials And Methods: Operations were performed on 55 eyes of 54 patients who had distal nasolacrimal canal obstruction. External DCR was performed on 29 of the eyes and EL-DCR on 26 of them.

The ocular surface in the Behçet's disease patient.

Objective: Evaluation of the morphological changes in conjunctival surface epithelial cells with impression cytology in Behçet's disease patients.

Patients: A total of 89 eyes of 89 subjects were included. These consisted of 56 patients with inactive Behçet's disease (group 1) and a control group of 33 age- and sex-matched subjects (group 2).

The changes in tear film parameters and impression cytology in heavily drinking men.

Purpose: To evaluate the tear film function and ocular surface changes in heavily drinking men.

Methods: This prospective case-control study involved 35 male subjects with heavy alcohol consumption (group 1) and 35 age- and sex-matched control subjects (group 2). Best-corrected visual acuity measurement, slit-lamp examination, Schirmer I test, tear film break-up time (BUT) measurement, and conjunctival impression cytology were performed in all subjects.

Changes in anterior chamber parameters with the Pentacam rotating Scheimpflug and axial length measurements by ultrasound in patients who use isotretinoin.

Purpose: Evaluation of changes in anterior chamber parameters with the Pentacam rotating Scheimpflug and axial length measurements (Alx) by ultrasound in patients who use isotretinoin for the treatment of acne vulgaris.

Methods: Twenty-nine eyes of 29 patients (15 men, 14 women) were evaluated with the Pentacam before the treatment, and at the 3rd and 6th months of treatment. The axial length was evaluated by ultrasound biometry.

Traumatic optic neuropathy and central retinal artery occlusion following blunt ocular trauma.

Unlabelled: We present a case as a rare sign of traumatic optic neuropathy and central retinal artery occlusion following blunt ocular trauma. A 10-year-old child suffered complete loss of the vision of one eye following a blunt ocular injury. He sustained an occlusion of the central retinal artery and traumatic optic neurupathy of the affected eye.

Social phobia and other psychiatric problems in children with strabismus.

Objective: To investigate the rate of social phobia, anxiety, depression, and other psychiatric problems in children with strabismus.

Design: Prospective, cross-sectional, case-control study.

Participants: Forty-two children with strabismus and 47 control subjects 8-13 years of age were enrolled in this study.