Syrian Civil-War-Related Intraocular Foreign Body Injuries: A Four-Year Retrospective Analysis.

Purpose: To analyze the data of patients who underwent vitreoretinal surgery due to intraocular foreign body (IOFB) injuries that occurred in the Syrian civil war.

Methods: Seventy-eight eyes of 78 patients who underwent vitreoretinal surgery due to IOFB injuries that occurred during the Syrian civil war were analyzed.

Results: Forty-four eyes (56.

Evaluation of choroidal thickness in patients with scleroderma.

Purpose: To investigate the choroidal thickness in patients with scleroderma and to compare them with healthy control subjects.

Methods: Forty-six patients with scleroderma (3 male and 43 female) and 31 healthy controls (6 male and 25 female) were included in the study. Twenty-five patients had limited-type and 21 patients had diffuse-type scleroderma.

Clinical characteristics and surgical outcomes of pediatric rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.

The objective of this study was to analyze the characteristics and surgical results of pediatric rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD). The medical records of 30 eyes of 29 patients younger than 18 years of age who underwent vitreoretinal surgery due to RRD were analyzed. The gender, age, laterality, duration of presenting symptom, etiology, ocular and systemic co-morbidities, type of breaks, lens status, presence of proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) and its grade, initial and final best-corrected visual acuities (BCVAs), surgical management, number of operations, duration of follow-up, functional and anatomical success, and complications were noted.

Intravitreal Dexamethasone Implant for Treatment of Refractory Behçet Posterior Uveitis: One-year Follow-up Results.

Purpose: To investigate the results of dexamethasone (DEX) implant in the treatment of eyes with refractory Behçet posterior uveitis.

Methods: A total of 17 eyes of 12 patients with active Behçet posterior uveitis were enrolled in the study. A single intravitreal injection of DEX implant was applied to each eye.

Association between penetrating eye injuries and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children.

Purpose: To investigate whether there is an association between penetrating eye injuries and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms in children.

Methods: 45 children aged 3-18 years who were treated due to penetrating ocular injuries (patient group) and 75 control subjects (control group) were enrolled in the study. The symptoms of ADHD were evaluated by the Turkish adapted and validated form of the Conner Parent Rating Scale (CPRS).

Lung metastases in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma and evaluation of response to radioiodine therapy.

Introduction: The most common site of metastases in differentiated thyroid carcinomas is the lungs. In our study, we aimed to determine the ratios of lung metastases in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma and response to radioiodine therapy.

Material And Methods: A total of 542 patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma who were admitted to our clinic were included in the study.