PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to report outcomes of infectious scleritis after pterygium surgery, managed with antibiotic therapies and early scleral debridement. METHODS Retrospective chart review of 13 consecutive cases of infectious scleritis after pterygium excision between 1999 and 2009 was conducted. Collected data included prior medical and surgical history, latency period betw...

AIM This cross sectional study was undertaken to identify the major causes of childhood severe visual impairment/blindness (SVI/BL) among students in schools for the blind in south eastern Nigeria with a view to offering treatment to those with remediable blindness. METHODS 142 students attending three schools for the blind in the study area were interviewed and examined using the World Healt...

OBJECTIVE To assess patients' history, demographic charactertics, cause for enucleation and orbital implant trends. METHODS A cross-sectional descriptive case study of 70 patients who underwent enucleation for various reasons between January 2004 to June 2007 at Khyber Institute of Ophthalmic Medical Sciences, Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar were reviewed. The patients' history, demograph...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy and safety of micropulse and continuous wave diode transscleral cyclophotocoagulation in refractory glaucoma. DESIGN Randomized, comparative, exploratory study in a tertiary hospital setting. PARTICIPANTS Patients with refractory, end-stage glaucoma. METHODS Forty-eight patients were randomized to either treatment. The intraocul...

OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency, risk factors, and visual outcome of post traumatic endophthalmitis in children. METHODS The study was conducted on patients less than fifteen years age, presenting with penetrating ocular injuries and associated with endophthalmitis. Anterior segment slit lamp examination and if possible posterior segment slit lamp examination with 90 D fundoscopes was pe...

This study is a retrospective, nationwide, matched cohort study to investigate the risk of band keratopathy following end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The study cohort included 94,039 ESRD on-dialysis patients identified by the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM), code 585 and registered between January 2000 to December 2009 at the Taiwan Na...

PURPOSE To evaluate the mobility of a hydroxyapatite implant covered with autologous sclera from the enucleated globes of patients with severe atrophy of the eyeball or eyelid retraction. METHODS This implant was used in seven patients with phthisis bulbi. We measured the movement of the implant by photographic analysis of the anterior orbit and by using a strain gauge. RESULTS At 1-3 years...

PURPOSE To describe the pattern of ophthalmic medicolegal cases with emphasis on cases of assault, and to acquaint ophthalmologists with rules pertaining to expert testimony and medical reports. METHODS A retrospective study was carried out to review files of 247 medicolegal cases from Upper Egypt seen by the senior author in 8 years. These were classified categorically and were analyzed from...

AIMS A retrospective analysis of children with post-traumatic endophthalmitis was performed to determine if microbiological differences exist between this disease in the paediatric population compared with this disease in adults. METHOD Twelve cases of post-traumatic endophthalmitis in children were analysed to determine characteristics of this disease in youth. Patient ages varied from 18 mo...

BACKGROUND/AIMS To compare treatment outcomes with and without silicone oil tamponade in patients undergoing pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) for severe endogenous bacterial endophthalmitis (BEE). METHODS One hundred and eight consecutive patients with severe BEE (defined by the absence of pupil red reflex at presentation and/or dense vitreous opacity on ultrasound and no improvement after 24-36 h...