PURPOSE An easily recognized clinical marker for early changes of primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG) or eyes predisposed to angle closure is important so that timely laser iridotomy can prevent morbidity. Pupillary ruff changes, specifically appearance of entropion uveae (EU), are frequent in eyes with PACG. METHODS Pupillary ruff was examined under magnification and EU, if present, was gr...

5. Bad results like " boat-shaped " pupil can be avoided by taking as much time as necessary for the moulding of the lens to occur. 6. Traumatic opacification of the cornea does not occur if cocaine is not used too freely and the cornea is kept moist. 7. It reduces the period of hospitalisation. Patients can be discharged from the hospital at the end of a week and in many cases all the reaction...

Ten patients with trichiasis were treated with cryosurgery by the standard retinal probe with nitrous oxide. A double freeze-thaw method was used. Nine of the patients had trachomatous trichiasis and one had conjunctival scarring. In only the latter case were the lashes destroyed, and these grew again after 2 months. Trachomatous trichiasis is frequently associated with entropion. The tarsal pl...

PURPOSE Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness. Conjunctival Chlamydia trachomatis infection causes scarring, entropion, trichiasis, and blinding corneal opacification. Worldwide, there are 8 million people with trichiasis. Although trichiasis surgery can reduce the risk of blindness, retrospective data suggest that long-term recurrence rates may be high. A 4-year prospective inv...

AIM: To describe the subcutaneous pedicled propeller flap technique for microscopic reconstruction of eyelid defects and evaluate its outcomes. METHODS: The clinical data 23 patients (23 eyes) who underwent with were retrospectively analyzed. All tumor resection one-stage anterior- or posterior-layer defects. survival rate flap, function appearance, recurrence rate, patient satisfaction evaluat...

We examined horizontal and frontal sections of 15 specimens (20-30 weeks of gestation) from the large collection of human fetuses stored at the Complutense University in Madrid (Spain). Frontal sections demonstrated the orbicularis oculi muscle inserting to a raphe-like structure along the horizontal parts of the lacrimal canaliculi. In horizontal sections, the raphe-like structure corresponded...

OBJECTIVE To report our experience with doxorubicin chemomyectomy as an alternative to other treatments for hemifacial spasm (HFS). DESIGN A prospective, open study Phase I clinical trial of chemomyectomy. SETTING A hospital-based, referral neuro-ophthalmology and oculoplastic service. PATIENTS AND METHODS Repeated (1-6, median: 4) local injections of doxorubicin were given in the eyelids...