Serial intravitreal injections in age-related macular degeneration patients from the dry eye disease perspective: a cross-sectional study.

Background: To evaluate the effects of serial intravitreal injections (IVI) on the ocular surface and meibomian glands in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD).

Methods: Patients receiving anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) agent injections for unilateral nAMD were included. Untreated fellow eyes served as the control group.

Acute effects of swimming goggle wearing on intraocular pressure, anterior chamber biometrics, and optic nerve head morphology.

Swimming goggles (SG) are widely used in water sports, and this study aimed to evaluate the acute effects of wearing SG on intraocular pressure (IOP), anterior chamber biometrics, axial length (AL), and optic nerve head (ONH) morphology. Twenty-eight healthy young adults participated in this cross-sectional study, with assessed parameters including IOP, central corneal thickness (CCT), anterior chamber depth (ACD), anterior chamber angle (ACA), AL, and optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging of the ONH, specifically Bruch membrane opening (BMO), Bruch membrane opening-minimum rim width (BMO-MRW), lamina cribrosa depth (LCD), and prelaminar tissue (PLT). Measurements were taken at four time points: before wearing SG, at the 1st and 10th minutes of wearing, and immediately after removal.

Evaluation of Choroidal Structures in Children with Newly Diagnosed Type-1 Diabetes Mellitus.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to evaluate the subfoveal choroidal thickness (SFCT) and choroidal vascularity index (CVI) in children with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM).

Methods: A total of 80 children (40 with T1DM and 40 healthy controls) were included in this cross-sectional study. Enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography (EDI-OCT) images of all participants were analyzed.

The effect of intravitreal anti-VEGF injections on choroidal vascular index in patients with diabetic macular edema.

Purpose: This study aims to examine and compare the effects of intravitreal bevacizumab injection (IVB) at subfoveal 1500 micron (μm) and submacular 6000 μm in patients with diabetic macular edema (DME).

Methods: Fifty eyes of 45 patients with DME who completed six doses of IVB were included in the study group, and 50 eyes of 42 patients who had diabetic retinopathy (DR) but did not receive any treatment were included in the control group. Central macular thickness (CMT), central choroidal thickness (CCT), subfoveal and total choroidal area (TCA), and choroidal vascular index (CVI) were calculated and their changes at zero, three and six months were evaluated.

Digital analysis of unilateral ptosis repair: external levator advancement vs. Müller's muscle conjunctival resection.

Purpose: Evaluation of lid contour and marginal peak point changes to compare outcomes of external levator advancement and Miiller's muscle conjunctival resection surgery in unilateral ptosis.

Methods: We reviewed the charts of unilateral ptosis patients who underwent external levator advancement or Miiller's muscle conjunctival resection. Eyelid contour analysis was conducted on preoperative and 6-month postoperative digital images.

Short-term Effects of Intravitreal Dexamethasone Implant on Choroidal Structure in Eyes with Refractory Diabetic Macular Edema.

Objectives: The objective of the study was to evaluate choroidal structural changes after intravitreal dexamethasone implant (IDI) in eyes with diabetic macular edema (DME) refractory to antivascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy.

Methods: Twenty-three eyes of 14 patients with DME refractory to anti-VEGF therapy were included in this retrospective study. Detailed ophthalmological examinations were recorded, and optical coherence tomography images were obtained before and 3 months after IDI.

Comparison of the efficacy of intravitreal Anti-VEGF versus intravitreal dexamethasone implant in treatment resistant diabetic Macular Edema.

Purpose: Comparison of the efficacy of monthly anti-VEGF versus dexamethasone (DEX) implant in patients with diabetic macular edema (DME) whose macular edema persists despite three doses of anti-VEGF therapy.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective study included 94 eyes of 94 patients with central macular thickness (CMT) > 300 μm despite previously receiving three doses of anti-VGEF (aflibercept or ranibizumab) injections between January 2014 and January 2019. The patients were divided into four groups.

The effect of day-long mask wearing on non-invasive break-up time.

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the effect of day-long face mask wearing on non-invasive tear break-up time (NI-BUT) in health care staff due to working schedules.

Methods: Seventy-four right eyes of 74 participants were included in the study. Participants completed the Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI) questionnaire, and NI-BUT measurements were performed between 08.

Evaluation of corneal endothelial cell morphology by specular microscopy in patients with acute anterior uveitis.

Purpose: To determine the structure and morphology of corneal endothelial cell layer in patients with acute anterior uveitis.

Methods: Thirty-four eyes of 34 acute anterior uveitis patients and 34 eyes of 34 healthy subjects were included. Mean cell density, coefficient of variation, maximum cell area, minimum cell area, average cell area and hexagonality ratio values were evaluated by non-contact specular microscopy.

Objective vision screening using PlusoptiX for children aged 3-11 years in rural Turkey.

Background: This population based cross sectional study was conducted to detect amblyopia risk factors and myopia in a rural district of Northwestern Turkey by using PlusoptiX S12R (Photoscreener PlusoptiX Inc., Nuremberg, Germany).

Methods: Children from 38 rural schools in Caycuma district of Zonguldak Turkey underwent vision screening in their school using PlusoptiX S12 photoscreener.

Peripapillary Choroidal Thickness and Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer in Untreated Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome: A Case-Control Study.

Purpose: To evaluate peripapillary choroidal thickness (PPCT), central macular choroidal thickness (CMCT), and retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness in untreated patients with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS).

Methods: This prospective, randomized, and comparative study was conducted in a university ophthalmology clinic. 106 eyes of 106 patients with OSAHS and 44 eyes of 44 healthy individuals were evaluated in this study.

The Effect of Dexamethasone Intravitreal Implant on Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer in Patients Diagnosed with Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion.

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of a single dose of intravitreal dexamethasone (DEX) implant on retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness in patients with branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO) in a 6-month period.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective observational study included the patients with BRVO who received intravitreal DEX implant and whose assessment included the baseline RNFL thickness measurements. The data of 26 eyes of 24 patients were retrospectively analyzed.

The role of patient's systemic characteristics and plateletcrit in developing toxic anterior segment syndrome after uneventful phaco surgery: A case-control study.

Purpose: To compare the systemic and ocular characteristics and laboratory findings of patients developing toxic anterior segment syndrome (TASS) after uneventful phaco surgery with unaffected subjects undergoing the same surgery in the same session.

Design: A retrospective case-control study.

Methods: The study group consisted of 26 eyes of 26 patients who underwent uneventful phaco surgery and who went on to develop TASS, while the control group included 39 subjects who had routine phaco surgery in the same session by the same surgeon.

Changes in the Choroidal Thickness and Axial Length Upon Mannitol Infusion in Patients With Asymmetric Intraocular Pressure.

Background/aims: To evaluate the changes in the choroidal thickness (CT) and axial length (AL) upon systemic mannitol infusion in glaucoma patients with asymmetric intraocular pressure (IOP).

Materials And Methods: Forty glaucoma patients with asymmetric IOP, with the IOP of 1 eye ≥40 mm Hg and the fellow eye <25 mm Hg, were administered 150 mL of a 20% mannitol infusion to reduce the IOP. The CT and AL were measured before and an hour after the infusion.

Simultaneous Bilateral Non-Arteritic Anterior Ischaemic Optic Neuropathy and Unilateral Central Retinal Artery Occlusion after Hip Prosthesis Surgery.

Non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy (NAION) results from the ischaemia of the anterior part of the optic nerve. Postoperative NAION is especially related to spinal surgeries, cardiovascular surgeries, and head-neck surgical procedures. This paper reports a rare case with simultaneous bilateral NAION and unilateral central retinal artery occlusion after hip prosthesis surgery.

Ophthalmomyiasis externa: three cases caused by Oestrus ovis larvae in Turkey.

Ocular involvement of parasitic infections includes external, internal and orbital ophthalmomyiasis. Oestrus ovis (sheep botfly) is the most common cause of ophthalmomyiasis externa. Living in warm climates, particularly in agricultural districts, is a risk factor.

Pseudoexfoliation syndrome and coronary artery ectasia.

Aims: To determine whether pseudoexfoliation syndrome is associated with coronary artery ectasia or not.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was undertaken at Bulent Ecevit University's Ophthalmology Department with the participation of the Cardiology Department. Eighty consecutive patients who underwent coronary angiography and were classified into two groups-those diagnosed with a normal coronary artery (n=40) and those diagnosed with coronary artery ectasia (n=40)-were included in the study.

Tear function and ocular surface after Muller muscle-conjunctival resection.

Muller muscle-conjunctival resection (MCR) is a surgical technique to correct mild and moderate ptosis. In this study, tear function tests and ocular surface are evaluated in patients who underwent unilateral surgery. Sixteen patients with normal preoperative tear function who underwent unilateral MCR were evaluated prospectively.

Tear film osmolarity in patients with diabetes mellitus.

Purpose: To compare tear film osmolarity (TFO) between patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) and normal healthy individuals.

Methods: In this prospective case-controlled study, the TFO in 46 normal subjects (control group) and 55 patients with DM (study group) was evaluated. TFO in milliosmole (mOsm) was measured by using an auto-osmometer.

Impact of intelligent phacoemulsification software on torsional phacoemulsification surgery.

Background: The purpose of this study was to compare phacoemulsification energy parameters during torsional phacoemulsification with or without the use of intelligent phacoemulsification (IP) software.

Methods: One hundred and twenty-eight eyes with nuclear grades ranging from 1 to 5 were enrolled in this randomized prospective study. Operated eyes were divided into two groups, ie, those operated on using IP software (Group 1, n = 67) and those operated on without IP software (Group 2, n = 61).

[Eye injuries at a tertiary health center in the west Black Sea region, Turkey].

Background: We aimed to investigate the clinical aspects and visual prognosis in eye injury and to constitute data in the west Black Sea region in Turkey for national statistics.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of 281 eye trauma cases admitted to the Emergency Department of Zonguldak Karaelmas University Hospital between 2005 and 2010 was performed.

Results: A majority of eye injuries (42.

Incidence and risk factors for retinopathy of prematurity in the West Black Sea region, Turkey.

The objective of this study was to determine the incidence, risk factors and severity of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) and to establish screening criteria for our region. Data on 330 infants with gestational age at birth < or = 34 weeks were analyzed retrospectively for a ROP diagnosis and risk factors. Infants with type 1 ROP were treated with argon laser photocoagulation.

The course of corneal and intraocular pressure changes during pregnancy.

Objective: To determine concurrent changes in corneal thickness, intraocular pressure (IOP), and corneal topography measurements during normal pregnancy.

Design: Prospective cohort study.

Participants: We studied 50 eyes from 25 healthy women whose ages ranged from 21 to 35 years and who were first seen during the 10th week of pregnancy.

Posterior scleritis presenting with angle closure glaucoma.

Purpose: To report a case of posterior scleritis associated with angle closure glaucoma and transient myopia.

Methods: A previously healthy 29-year-old male was referred for YAG laser iridotomy to treat angle closure glaucoma. He was suffering from severe pain and vision loss in his right eye.

Validation of plusoptiX S04 photoscreener as a vision screening tool in children with intellectual disability.

Purpose: Intellectual disability (ID) is a major public health issue, affecting more than 1% of children worldwide. Pediatric vision screening using standard eye charts may be challenging for children with ID, who may benefit from a quick noninvasive vision screening tool. This study evaluated the accuracy of plusoptiX S04 (Plusoptix Gmbh, Nuremberg, Germany) in detecting amblyopia risk factors in children with ID.