BACKGROUND To evaluate the safety of besifloxacin ophthalmic suspension 0.6% when used in laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) prophylactic antibiotic regimens. METHODS Retrospective surveillance of LASIK surgery cases where besifloxacin ophthalmic suspension 0.6% or moxifloxacin ophthalmic solution 0.5% were prescribed as prophylactic medications. Surgeons from nine US surgical cent...

AIM A relationship was shown in this study between the optic canal and the ophthalmic artery by cadaver study. It is intended that the anatomical and histological values which we obtained can be used as a guide in surgery MATERIAL and METHODS: A surgical anatomical evaluation was made of twenty optic canals in ten cadavers fixed in 10% formaldehyde. These were evaluated together with measuremen...

Background: Proximal humeral fracture-dislocations (PHFD) are a special entity in proximal humeral fracturetreatment. The aim of this study is to present our minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis (MIPO) technique throughan anterolateral deltoid split approach. In addition, we performed a retrospective cohort study analyzing the patientreported functional outcome and complica...

In the past decade ophthalmic anesthesia has witnessed a major transformation. The sun has set on the landscape of ophthalmic procedures performed under general anesthesia at in-hospital settings. In its place a new dawn has ushered in the panorama of eye surgeries conducted under regional and topical anesthesia at specialty eye care centers. The impact of the burgeoning geriatric population is...

The emergence and popularity of cosmetic facial procedures may lead to significant ophthalmic complications such as ocular motility dysfunction visual disability. Here, we present a scoping review identify common in some plastic surgeries injections, develop clinical approaches for prophylaxis management terms direct attention awareness non-ophthalmologists toward scenarios appropriate interven...

A case of the congenital symblepharon variant of cryptophthalmos is reported. Surgical treatment is described. The ophthalmic features of cryptophthalmos and its systemic associations are reviewed.

  Introduction: Adequate pain control is an important consideration in the post-surgical management of patients. Local nerve blockade added to general anesthesia can provide excellent pain control during and after most nasal surgical procedures. The aim of this study was to determine the combined effect of local anesthetic drugs with corticosteroids in nasal surgery. Materials and Methods: In t...

Conjoined twins are derived from the division of a single fertilized ovum; a phenomenon accompanied with multiple congenital anomalies. Such twins are identical, of the same sex, and more likely to be female. Most twins die during the embryonic period, and only 18% survive longer than 24 hours. There are complex anomalies in thoraco-omphalopagus twins that makes them unlikely to live long enoug...