Anatomic outcomes of sacrohysteropexy without posterior mesh placement in patients with asymptomatic grade 1 and 2 rectoceles: Is a rectouterine mesh really necessary?

Objectives: To present the anatomic outcomes of sacrohysteropexy surgery without posterior mesh placement in patients with asymptomatic grade 1 and 2 rectoceles.

Methods: The patients who underwent abdominal sacrohysteropexy without posterior mesh placement for the treatment of symptomatic grade 3 and 4 anterior/apical prolapse + asymptomatic grade 1 and 2 rectocele between May 2015 and January 2021 were evaluated retrospectively. The success rate, the anatomic outcomes (for anterior, apical, and posterior pelvic organ prolapse [POP]), and perioperative data of the surgical procedure were assessed.

Sexual dysfunction in women with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome: Do onabotulinum toxin-A injections improve sexual function?

Introduction: Interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) has a negative impact on female sexual function. We aimed to evaluate the effect of intravesical botulinum toxin-A (BTX-A) injection on the improvement of sexual dysfunction and urinary symptoms using the multi-domain female sexual function Index (FSFI), interstitial cystitis symptom index (ICSI), and interstitial cystitis problem index (ICPI).

Material And Method: The data of the 23 patients (study group) who received intravesical BTX-A with the diagnosis of IC/BPS were reviewed.

Choroidal thickness changes in healthcare professionals wearing surgical masks or FFP2 masks: Pilot study.

Purpose: To evaluate the choroidal thickness (CT) with enhanced depth-imaging optical coherence tomography (EDI-OCT) in healthcare professionals using surgical masks or FFP2 (N95) masks.

Methods: We included the 120 eyes of 120 healthy volunteers who were using a surgical mask (Group 1) or FFP2 mask (Group 2) in the study. Spectral domain (SD) OCT was used to measure CT.

Effect of pseudoexfoliation syndrome on lamina cribrosa morphology after uneventful phacoemulsification.

Aim: To evaluate the behavior of the lamina cribrosa (LC) following successful phacoemulsification (PE) surgery in non-glaucomatous PXS cases with cataract.

Methods: A total of 25 bilateral PXS and 56 non-PXS cataract patients were included in this prospective, interventional, and controlled study. The lamina cribrosa thickness (LCt) and anterior laminar depth (ALD) were measured horizontally and vertically from two sections using EDI-OCT.

Evaluation of the Effect of a Novel β3-Adrenergic Agonist on Choroidal Vascularity.

Purpose: To determine the effect of the new β3-agonist (mirabegron), which is used for overactive bladder (OAB) treatment, on central retinal thickness (CRT) and choroidal vascularity.

Material And Methods: The 26 eyes of 26 cases using 50 mg tablet mirabegron once per day for OAB were included in this prospective case control study. The CRT, choroidal thickness (ChT), and choroidal vascularity were measured at baseline, week 1 (W1), month 1 (M1), month 2 (M2), and month 3 (M3).

Does Pseudoexfoliation Syndrome Affect the Choroidal Response After Uneventful Phacoemulsification.

Purpose: To examine subfoveal and peripapillary choroidal thickness changes after successful phacoemulsification in cataract cases with nonglaucomatous pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PXS).

Materials And Methods: Nineteen cataract patients with PXS and 19 without PXS were included in this prospective and interventional controlled study. Subfoveal and peripapillary choroidal thicknesses were measured before surgery and on the postoperative first day (D1), first week (W1), first month (M1), second month (M2), and third month (M3).