Macular hole surgery follow-up with spectral domain-optical coherence tomography-guided facedown posturing.

Purpose: The main treatment for macular hole (MH) is pars plana vitrectomy, with or without internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling, followed by gas tamponade and face-down positioning (FDP). This study aims to present the anatomical and visual outcomes following MH repair with optical coherence tomography (OCT)-guided FDP.

Methods: Thirty-two patients who underwent surgery for idiopathic MH were enrolled.

Choroidal vascularity index changes in different treatments for vitreomacular traction.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to examine if choroidal vascularity index (CVI) is different in eyes with unilateral vitreomacular traction (VMT) from their healthy fellow eyes; and whether different treatments affect the CVI.

Methods: The baseline and 8-week post treatment CVIs of 56 unilateral VMT patients that underwent spontaneous resolution (n = 30), vitreoretinal surgery (n = 16) or pneumatic vitreolysis (n = 10) were compared with fellow eyes using paired samples t-test. Partial correlation analyses correcting age and gender was used for calculations between treatment groups.

Effect of eyeliner and mascara use on tear film and meibomian glands.

Purpose: This study was conducted to see whether eyeliner, mascara, or combined eyeliner and mascara (EM) use affects tear production, tear film stability, and meibomian gland (MG) loss.

Methods: Two hundred and twenty healthy women underwent noninvasive tear break-up time (NTBUT) measurement, meibography, and Schirmer testing. Study groups were no makeup (NM) group, eyeliner-only group, mascara-only group, and those who used both EM.

Choroidal vascularity index changes with phacovitrectomy for vitreoretinal interface disorders.

Purpose: Vitreomacular interface disorders have long been argued to change choroidal structure. The aim of this study was to determine the choroidal vascularity index (CVI) changes following internal limiting membrane peeling for epiretinal membrane (ERM) and full thickness macular hole (FTMH).

Methods: Fifty-nine patients with unilateral ERM and 56 with unilateral FTMH were included in the study.

Choroidal and Macular Thickness in Eyes with Amblyopia.

Objectives: This study was performed to assess and analyze the retinal and choroidal thickness in amblyopic eyes using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography and enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography.

Methods: A total of 67 children with amblyopia and 31 age- and gender-matched healthy non-amblyopic control subjects were enrolled in the study. The 67 amblyopic children were divided into 3 groups: hypermetropic amblyopia (Group 1).

Structural Analysis of the Retina and Choroid before and after Carotid Artery Surgery.

: To evaluate retinal and choroidal changes in patients with internal carotid artery stenosis who had undergone carotid artery stenting or endarterectomy.: The study included 43 patients with internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis that required stenting or endarterectomy and 40 healthy controls. Patients were divided into two groups according to the degree of stenosis evaluated by magnetic resonance angiography.

Effect of intravitreal and intraperitoneal cyanidin-3-glucoside injection in oxygen-induced retinopathy mouse model.

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of cyanidin-3-glucoside (C3G) in oxygen-induced retinopathy (OIR) mouse model.

Methods: In this experimental study, 10 C57BL / 6J type mice exposed to room air comprised two control groups (n = 5 each; a negative control and a group receiving intravitreal sterile dimethyl sulfoxide [IVS DMSO]). Thirty C57BL / 6J type mice exposed to 75% ± 2% oxygen from postnatal day 7 to postnatal day 12 comprised the OIR groups.

A diagnostic dilemma in a patient with delayed onset endophthalmitis.

We report a case of nonpainful uveitis nine months after an uncomplicated phacoemulsification cataract surgery. Chronic postoperative endophthalmitis was suspected. Diagnostic vitrectomy and partial capsular bag removal was performed, but the specimens cultured in microbiology laboratory showed no pathogens.

Refractive outcome comparison between vitreomacular interface disorders after phacovitrectomy.

Purpose: To compare the refractive accuracy of intraocular lens (IOL) power calculations between patients with vitreomacular interface disorders who had phacovitrectomy for vitreomacular traction (VMT), epiretinal membranes (ERM), and macular holes.

Setting: Baskent University Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara, Turkey.

Design: Retrospective case series.

Pseudoduplication of the optic disc in moderate myopia.

We report a case of optic disc pseudoduplication without pathological myopia. A 79-year-old woman presented with gradually decreased vision. Fundus examination showed macular drusen in both eyes and subretinal haemorrhage in the left eye.

Abducens Nerve Palsy and Ipsilateral Horner Syndrome in a Patient With Carotid-Cavernous Fistula.

The combination of abducens nerve palsy and ipsilateral Horner syndrome was first described by Parkinson and considered as a localizing sign of posterior cavernous sinus lesions. The authors present a case with right abducens nerve palsy with ipsilateral Horner syndrome in a patient with carotid-cavernous fistula because of head trauma. The patient was referred to the ophthalmology clinic with diplopia complaint after suffering a head trauma during a motorcycle accident.