Effect of direct oral anticoagulants on bleeding during and after cataract surgery.

Purpose: To assess the risk for intraoperative and postoperative ocular bleeding associated with direct oral anticoagulant treatment in patients undergoing phacoemulsification surgery.

Methods: Consecutive patients had phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation while taking uninterrupted direct oral anticoagulants (dabigatran, rivaroxaban, or apixaban). Gender and age-matched patients without antithrombotic therapy were used as the control group.

The negative impact of COVID-19 pandemic on age-related macular degeneration patients treated with intravitreal bevacizumab injections.

Purpose: COVID-19 emerged in the end of 2019 and was declared a worldwide pandemic shortly after. Social distancing and lockdowns resulted in lower compliance in intravitreal injections and office visits. We aimed to assess clinical outcomes among patients who missed these visits compared to those who arrived as planned.

When to start tacrolimus ointment for vernal keratoconjunctivitis? A proposed treatment protocol.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare treatment regimens of tacrolimus and of topical steroids for VKC and suggest a treatment protocol according to our clinical experience.

Methods: This retrospective, nonrandomized case series enrolled 85 patients with VKC. Patients were classified clinically according to severity (mild, moderate, severe) and were treated according to a suggested protocol.

Ocular Myasthenia Gravis with Severe Blepharitis and Ocular Surface Disease: A Case Report.

Ocular myasthenia gravis (OMG) is an autoimmune disease of the neuromuscular junction and commonly associated with other immune diseases. We describe a 16-year-old female who presented to our clinic with 1-month complaints of diplopia and strabismus, visual acuity deterioration, and ocular irritation. Her examination showed crossed diplopia and alternating exotropia of 25 prism diopters, severe blepharitis, conjunctival hyperemia, corneal pannus, epithelial irregularities, and subepithelial opacities.

Combined Single-Step Procedure for Correction of Silent Sinus Syndrome.

Silent sinus syndrome (SSS) is a rare condition characterized by enophthalmos and hypoglobus that is generally not related to trauma or surgery. We present a 30-year-old man who noticed facial asymmetry during the previous month and was referred to our oculoplastic clinic. His examination revealed right hypoglobus and a 2-mm right enophthalmos.