Publications by authors named "Waleed Ali Abou Samra"
Aim: To evaluate the effect of scleral encircling bands on the development and progression of diabetic retinopathy (DR) in diabetic patients.
Methods: The medical records of diabetic patients who underwent unilateral retinal detachment (RD) surgery using scleral buckle and encircling band were reviewed retrospectively. Both eyes of patients were included in the study: one eye in each patient had a scleral buckle with encircling band (the operated eye) and the other one is the non-operated eye.
Purpose:: To compare between vitrectomy with internal limiting membrane peeling over the whole macula and preservation of the epi-foveal internal limiting membrane in myopic foveoschisis.
Patients And Methods:: A prospective controlled non- randomized comparative study included patients with myopic foveoschisis recruited between 2013 and 2017. Patients were allocated into two groups: group A included patients who underwent vitrectomy with complete macular internal limiting membrane peeling and group B included those who underwent preservation of the epi-foveal membrane.
Objectives: To study the fitting and the visual rehabilitation obtained with a corneoscleral contact lens, namely, Rose K2 XL in patients with irregular cornea.
Methods: This prospective study included 36 eyes of 36 patients with irregular cornea fitted with Rose K2 XL. Refractive and visual outcomes and mesopic and aberrometric parameters of fitted eyes were assessed at 2 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months after the initial lens use.
Purpose: To evaluate the effects of preoperative presumed predictor factors on clinical and topographic outcomes in adult keratoconus (KC) 1 year after the standard corneal cross-linking (CXL).
Design: Retrospective cohort study.
Methods: The study included 84 KC patients (136 eyes) who were treated with conventional CXL.
Article Synopsis
- A study assessed the outcomes of simultaneous versus sequential wavefront-guided (WFG) photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) combined with accelerated corneal cross-linking (CXL) in patients with progressive keratoconus over a year.
- 62 eyes were split into two groups: one received both treatments at the same time (30 eyes), while the other group had PRK 6 months after CXL (32 eyes).
- Both methods resulted in significant improvements in vision and other parameters, with no notable differences between the two approaches after one year, confirming both procedures as effective for treating keratoconus.
Aim: To evaluate the visual and topographic outcomes of a two-stage approach treatment for selected cases of progressive keratoconus (KC); corneal collagen cross-linking (CXL) followed by phacoemulsification with toric intraocular lens (IOL) implantation.
Methods: The study included 9 eyes of 6 patients diagnosed with progressive KC, aged from 35 to 47 years (41.6±11.
Objectives: To evaluate safety, efficacy, and comfort of a spherical hybrid contact lens design in management of the regular astigmatic cornea.
Methods: This prospective study included 18 eyes from 18 subjects with regular corneal astigmatism greater than -3.00 diopters.