Emerging isolates in postoperative endophthalmitis by selection pressure of fluoroquinolones: an 11-year multicenter and experimental study.

Postoperative endophthalmitis (PE) is the devastating complication that frequently results in vision loss. Recently, have emerged as a major cause of PE in several countries and resulted in poor visual outcome. However, the reason remains elusive.

Comparison of the most common isolates of postoperative endophthalmitis in South Korea; Enterococcus species vs coagulase-negative staphylococci.

Background: To compare the related factors or manifestations of the two most common isolates of post-operative endophthalmitis, which were Enterococcus spp. and coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS) in South Korea.

Methods: Medical records were reviewed for cases of post-operative endophthalmitis caused by Enterococcus spp.

Clinical features of infectious endophthalmitis in South Korea: a five-year multicenter study.

Background: To investigate clinical features of infectious endophthalmitis over five years in a South Korean population.

Methods: Medical records of consecutive patients diagnosed with infectious endophthalmitis at eight institutions located in Gyeongsangnam-do and Pusan city between January 1, 2004 and July 31, 2010 were reviewed.

Results: A total of 197 patients were diagnosed and treated.

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis without optic neuritis followed by optic neuritis in a child due to the sudden cessation of steroid therapy.

Acute disseminated encephalitis (ADEM) is an autoimmune demyelinating disorder of the central nervous system that usually occurs in children after viral infection or vaccination. It is not uncommon for ADEM to be accompanied by optic neuritis. However, ADEM followed by optic neuritis is a rare.

The effect of a temperature-sensitive poloxamer-alginate-CaCl2 mixture after strabismus surgery in a rabbit model.

Purpose: To determine the efficacy of a temperature-sensitive poloxamer-alginate mixture in reducing adhesions after strabismus surgery in a rabbit model.

Methods: The superior rectus muscle was recessed in each of 36 eyes from 18 rabbits. One randomly assigned eye in each rabbit was treated with a poloxamer-alginate mixture (PA group); the other eye was treated with a subconjunctival injection of saline (control group).

Microscopic characteristics of the inferior tarsal muscle and its surroundings in Korean.

Aim: To investigate the detailed microscopic anatomic structures of the lower eyelid in Korean cadavers.

Methods: Eight lower eyelids of 4 formalin-fixed Asian cadavers (4 males; age range, 48-69 years; mean age, 60.2 years) were examined.

A comparison of 2-octyl cyanoacrylate adhesives versus conventional suture materials for eyelid wound closure in rabbits.

Purpose: To evaluate the clinical efficacy and histopathological tolerance of 2-octyl cyanoacrylate versus conventional suture materials for eyelid wound closure in rabbits.

Methods: We performed an experimental study on 16 eyes of eight New Zealand albino rabbits. Eyelid incisions of 15 mm were done 4mm from the upper eyelid margin in both eyes.

An experimental study of rabbit conjunctival epithelial toxicity using co-treatment with mitomycin-C and a histone deacetylase inhibitor.

This study was conducted to evaluate cytotoxicity due to co-treatment with low-dose Mitomycin-C (MMC) and the histone deacetylase inhibitor, suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA) for glaucoma filtration surgery. In this study, the effect of co-treatment with MMC and SAHA to induce apoptosis in cultured conjunctival epithelial cells (CEs) in rabbit was investigated. The cytotoxic potential following co-treatment with MMC and SAHA in CEs via assay for reactive oxygen species (ROS) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) was also examined.

The study of anatomic relationship between the müller muscle and the tarsus in asian upper eyelid.

Purpose: This study was performed to clarify the detailed anatomic relationship between the insertion of Müller muscle and the tarsus in Asian upper eyelids.

Materials And Methods: Eight upper eyelids of 4 formalin-fixed Asian cadavers (4 males; age range, 48-69 years; mean age, 60.2 years) were examined.

Clinical effects of conjunctiva-Müller muscle resection in anophthalmic ptosis.

Purpose: To evaluate the clinical effects of conjunctiva-Muller muscle resection through conjunctival incision in anophthalmic patients with mild ptosis.

Methods: Conjunctiva-Müller muscle resection was performed by one surgeon in 8 patients (8 eyes) who had received evisceration or enucleation and responded to 10% phenylephrine solution to correct ptosis. The average age of the patients was 35.