Recurrence of macular edema in retinal vein occlusions after treatment with intravitreal ranibizumab (Lucentis).

Objective: To evaluate the recurrence of macular edema (ME) in a mixed group of patients with branch (BRVO) and central (CRVO) retinal vein occlusion after early onset treatment with intravitreal injections of ranibizumab.

Design: Nonrandomized, uncontrolled prospective clinical trial.

Participants: Forty patients were enrolled in our study.

A case of bilateral self-induced keratoconus in a patient with tourette syndrome associated with compulsive eye rubbing: case report.

Background: Tourette syndrome is a neurologic disorder that is characterized by repetitive muscle contractions that produce stereotyped movements or sounds. Approximately 50% of individuals with TS also exhibit obsessive-compulsive behaviors including eye rubbing. We report a case of bilateral self-induced keratoconus in a patient with TS, associated with compulsive eye rubbing.

Response of corneal hysteresis and central corneal thickness following clear corneal cataract surgery.

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of routine phacoemulsification in corneal viscoelastic properties determined by corneal hysteresis (CH) and central corneal thickness (CCT) and to explore the impact of phaco energy on the above parameters.

Methods: Forty-one eyes of 41 patients undergoing cataract surgery were enrolled in this prospective study. CH and CCT were measured preoperatively, 1 day and 1 week postoperatively.

Efficacy of brimonidine in preventing intraocular pressure spikes following phacoemulsification in glaucoma patients.

Purpose: To measure intraocular pressure (IOP) elevation 6 and 24 hours after phacoemulsification in patients with glaucoma and to investigate the efficacy of brimonidine tartrate 0.2% in preventing IOP rise on the first postoperative day following cataract surgery.

Methods: In this prospective randomized single-masked study, 86 eyes of 78 patients with well-controlled open-angle glaucoma were scheduled for phacoemulsification surgery.

A case of subretinal neovascularization treated with intravitreal ranibizumab in a patient with idiopathic juxtafoveal retinal telangiectasis.

A 65-year-old lady presented with decreased vision in her left eye (LE). Best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was 1/20. Complete examination showed idiopathic juxtafoveal retinal telangiectasis associated with subretinal neovascularization and she was treated with intravitreal ranibizumab every month for three months in the LE.

Reopening of failed trabeculectomies with ab interno Nd:YAG laser.

Purpose: To test the efficacy of ab interno Nd:YAG laser in reopening closed trabeculectomies and to specify the factors influencing the success or failure of the revision.

Methods: 27 patients underwent ab interno revision of their failed trabeculectomies with a Q switched, single-shot Cooper Vision 2500 Nd:YAG laser. The cause of obstruction was iris in 12 patients, transparent membrane in sclerectomy in 8 and fibrosis of the scleral flap in the remaining 7.

Penetrating keratoplasty and transsclerally suture-fixated intraocular lenses.

Background: One of the options the surgeon has, in the absence of lens capsule in an eye to be rendered pseudophakic, is a transsclerally sutured posterior chamber intraocular lens. This procedure can be combined with penetrating keratoplasty, in aphakic or pseudophakic covered edema.

Methods: We studied retrospectively the results of the first 10 cases of bullous keratopathy in which we performed penetrating keratoplasty combined with transsclerally suture fixated intraocular lenses.